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{{More citations needed|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox album|
{{Infobox album|
| name = Back to Ballin
| name = Back to Ballin
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| cover = Lil' Troy - Back to Ballin.jpg
| cover = Lil' Troy - Back to Ballin.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = October 23, 2001
| released = September 11, 2001
| recorded = 2001
| recorded = 2001
| venue =
| venue =
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| genre = [[Southern hip hop]], [[Gangsta rap|Gangsta Rap]], [[Chopped & screwed|Chopped & Screwed effect]]
| genre = [[Southern hip hop]], [[Gangsta rap|Gangsta Rap]], [[Chopped & screwed|Chopped & Screwed effect]]
| length =
| length =
| label = Short Stop Records<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/1449704/lil-troy-free-from-prison-is-back-to-ballin/</ref>
| label = Short Stop Records<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1449704/lil-troy-free-from-prison-is-back-to-ballin/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226154728/http://www.mtv.com/news/1449704/lil-troy-free-from-prison-is-back-to-ballin/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 26, 2015|title=Lil' Troy, Free From Prison, Is Back To Ballin'|website=MTV News}}</ref><br>[[Koch Records]]<ref name=CL/>
| producer =
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Sittin' Fat Down South]]
| prev_title = [[Sittin' Fat Down South]]
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r549979}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r549979}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=238}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''RapReviews''
|rev3 = ''RapReviews''
|rev3score = 6/10<ref>https://www.rapreviews.com/2001/11/lil-troy-back-to-ballin/</ref>
|rev3score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2001/11/lil-troy-back-to-ballin/|title=Lil Troy :: Back to Ballin – RapReviews|first=Steve 'Flash'|last=Juon}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA190|title=Revolutions|work=Vibe|date=December 29, 2001|publisher=Vibe Media Group|via=Google Books}}</ref>
}}
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'''''Back to Ballin''''' is the second album by the southern rapper [[Lil' Troy]], released in 2001.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lil-troy-mn0000282071/biography</ref><ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/1449704/lil-troy-free-from-prison-is-back-to-ballin/</ref>


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'''''Back to Ballin''''' is the second studio album by the southern rapper [[Lil' Troy]], released in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lil-troy-mn0000282071/biography|title=Lil' Troy &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sarig |first1=Roni |title=Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-hop Became a Southern Thing |date=2007 |publisher=Da Capo Press |page=321}}</ref>
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The album peaked at No. 95 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>https://www.billboard.com/music/lil-troy-2/chart-history/TLP/song/411754</ref>

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The album peaked at No. 95 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lil-troy-2/chart-history/tlp/|title=Lil Troy|website=Billboard}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[The Village Voice]]'' wrote that Lil' Troy's "squeaky voice [is] multi-multi-tracked to sound like at least a half a dozen small woodland creatures cold representin.'"<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mariani |first1=Anthony |title=Never Surrender |journal=The Village Voice |date=Oct 23, 2001 |volume=46 |issue=42 |page=150}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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Latest revision as of 12:41, 29 December 2024

Back to Ballin
Studio album by
Lil' Troy
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2001
Recorded2001
GenreSouthern hip hop, Gangsta Rap, Chopped & Screwed effect
LabelShort Stop Records[1]
Koch Records[2]
Lil' Troy chronology
Sittin' Fat Down South
(1998) 		Back to Ballin
(2001) 		Paperwork
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
RapReviews6/10[4]
Vibe[5]

Back to Ballin is the second studio album by the southern rapper Lil' Troy, released in 2001.[6][7]

The album peaked at No. 95 on the Billboard 200.[8]

Critical reception

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The Village Voice wrote that Lil' Troy's "squeaky voice [is] multi-multi-tracked to sound like at least a half a dozen small woodland creatures cold representin.'"[9]

Track listing

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  1. "Pimp Is Back" :39
  2. "For Years" (featuring D-Man & R-Dis) 3:48
  3. "Mo Money, Mo Problems" 4:50
  4. "Pop Ya Collar" 3:58
  5. "We Gon Lean" (featuring Lil' Flip & R-Dis) 4:23
  6. "Back to Ballin" (featuring T-2) 3:45
  7. "There He Go" 3:43
  8. "Lesbian Nights" 4:10
  9. "Long Time" 3:30
  10. "Let's Smoke" 4:19
  11. "Buckle" 3:40
  12. "Wired Up" 3:58
  13. "Touch Ya Toes" 3:29
  14. "Keep My Name Out Your Mouth" 3:49
  15. "Dead Wrong" 1:01
  16. "We Gon Lean" (Remix by Dirk) 4:06
  17. " Steady Shinin'" 5:22
  18. " Baby Girl Wanna Ride On Me" 3:21
  19. "Wanna Be a Baller" (Chopped & Screwed Version) 7:57

References

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  1. ^ "Lil' Troy, Free From Prison, Is Back To Ballin'". MTV News. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 238.
  3. ^ Back to Ballin at AllMusic
  4. ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash'. "Lil Troy :: Back to Ballin – RapReviews".
  5. ^ "Revolutions". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. December 29, 2001 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Lil' Troy | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Sarig, Roni (2007). Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-hop Became a Southern Thing. Da Capo Press. p. 321.
  8. ^ "Lil Troy". Billboard.
  9. ^ Mariani, Anthony (Oct 23, 2001). "Never Surrender". The Village Voice. 46 (42): 150.



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