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{{Infobox album|
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Back to Ballin
| name = Back to Ballin
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Lil' Troy]]
| artist = [[Lil' Troy]]
| Cover =
| cover = Lil' Troy - Back to Ballin.jpg
| Released = [[September 11]], [[2001]]
| alt =
| Recorded = 2001
| released = September 11, 2001
| Genre = [[Southern Rap]]
| recorded = 2001
| Length =
| venue =
| Label =
| studio =
| genre = [[Southern hip hop]], [[Gangsta rap|Gangsta Rap]], [[Chopped & screwed|Chopped & Screwed effect]]
| Producer =
| Reviews =
| length =
| 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/>
| Last album =
| This album =
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Sittin' Fat Down South]]
| Next album =
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Paperwork
| next_year = 2006
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| 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''
|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 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>
'''''Back to Ballin''''' is the second album by southern rapper [[Lil' Troy]].

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

== References ==
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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

[edit]

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

[edit]
  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

[edit]
  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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