2004 studio album by Young Gunz
Tough Luv Released February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24 ) Recorded 2003 Studio Genre Hip hop Length 1 :12 :37 Label Producer "No Better Love" Released: 2004 "Friday Night" Released: 2004
Tough Luv is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Young Gunz . It was released on February 24, 2004 via Roc-A-Fella Records . Recording sessions took place at Sony Music Studios , Baseline Studios and Quad Recording in New York , and at The Studio and Homebase Studios in Philadelphia . Production was handled by Chad Hamilton, Just Blaze , Bink! , Boola, Darrell "Digga" Branch, Ez Elpee, Ruggedness and Scott Storch , with Jay-Z , Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Denim, Beanie Sigel , Cam'ron , Chingy , Freeway , Jay-Z, Juelz Santana , Omillio Sparks and Rell .
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and sold 128,000 copies in its first week. By 2010, it sold 421,000 units in the US.[5] Its lead single "No Better Love" peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
Track listing [ edit ] Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Future of the Roc" 2:59 2. "Roc U" (featuring Beanie Sigel ) Chad Hamilton 4:52 3. "No Better Love" (featuring Rell ) Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (co. ) 3:55 4. "Friday Night" Just Blaze 4:09 5. "$$$ Girlz" (featuring Juelz Santana ) Chad Hamilton 3:54 6. "Never Take Me Alive" (featuring Jay-Z ) Scott Storch 4:59 7. "Tough Luv" (featuring Denim) Ries Muhammad Smith Dee Ervin Just Blaze 5:39 8. "Grown Man" Ries Muhammad Hamilton L. Bell C. James Chad Hamilton 3:13 9. "North of Death" Chad Hamilton 4:59 10. "Look in Your Eyes" (featuring Cam'ron ) Ruggedness 4:13 11. "Take It How U Want It" (featuring Sparks ) Chad Hamilton 5:10 12. "That's Right" Boola 4:31 13. "Parade" (featuring Freeway ) Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (co. ) 4:31 14. "Time" Ries Muhammad Hamilton Presson Bob Reneu Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (co. ) 3:46 15. "Life We Chose" (featuring Denim) Chad Hamilton Shane Boog (co. ) Ryan Press (co. ) 4:13 16. "Problemz" Ries Muhammad Lamont Porter Ez Elpee The Thorobreads (add. ) 3:12 17. "Can't Stop, Won't Stop Remix" (featuring Chingy ) Darrell "Digga" Branch 4:22 Total length: 1:12:37
Sample credits Personnel [ edit ] Christopher "Young Chris " Ries – vocals Hanif "Neef Buck " Muhammad – vocals Dwight "Beanie Sigel " Grant – vocals (track 2) Gerrell "Rell " Gaddis – vocals (track 3) LaRon "Juelz Santana " James – vocals (track 5) Shawn "Jay-Z " Carter – vocals (track 6) , executive producer Denim – vocals (tracks: 7, 15) Cameron "Cam'ron " Giles – vocals (track 10) Kenneth "Omillio Sparks " Johnson – vocals (track 11) Leslie "Freeway " Pridgen – vocals (track 13) Howard "Chingy " Bailey – vocals (track 17) Steve Tirpak – trumpet (track 1) Emma Kummrow – violin (track 1) Igor Szwec – violin (track 1) Gloria Justen – violin (track 1) Larry Gold – cello, additional strings and horns (track 1) E-Bass – keyboards and guitars (tracks: 4, 7) Matt McCarrin – additional keyboards (track 9) J. I. of Team PB – additional vocals (track 10) Cosmic Kev – additional scratches (track 13) Roosevelt "Bink! " Harrell III – producer (track 1) Spunk Digga – co-producer (track 1) Shane "Bermuda" Woodley – recording (tracks: 1, 3-5, 7, 10, 12, 14) Jeff Chestek – recording (track 1) Dragan "Chach" Cacinovic – mixing (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 16, 17) Chad Hamilton – producer & recording (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13-15) Doug Wilson – mixing (tracks: 2, 8, 11, 13-15) Ryan Presson – co-producer (tracks: 3, 13-15) Justin "Just Blaze " Smith – producer (tracks: 4, 7) Ken Lewis – mixing (tracks: 4, 7) Scott Storch – producer (track 6) Gimel "Young Guru " Keaton – recording (track 6) , mixing (track 12) Kam Houff – mixing (track 6) Melvin "Ruggedness" Carter – producer (track 10) Alrad "Boola" Lewis – producer (track 12) Caveman – recording (track 13) Shane Boog – co-producer (track 15) Lamont "Ez Elpee" Porter – producer (track 16) The Thorobreads – additional producer(s) (track 16) Carlisle Young – recording (tracks: 16, 17) Darrell "Digga" Branch – producer (track 17) Tony Dawsey – mastering Damon "Dame" Dash – executive producer Kareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producer Andrew Huggins – recording administrator Eric Weissman – sample clearance agent Dawud West – art direction, design Mark Mann – photography Oluwaseye Olusa – additional photography Patrick Reynolds – A&R administrator Darcell Lawrence – A&R direction Darrin Chandler – A&R direction Ramses Francois – A&R coordinator Travis Cummings – A&R coordinator Gary "Big Face" Bien-Aime – A&R Shalik Berry – A&R Sherman Dudley – management Jay Brown – management Amber Noble – marketing Girard Hunt – marketing Shari Bryant – marketing Jennifer Justice – legal Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
References [ edit ] ^ Kellman, Andy. "Young Gunz - Tough Luv Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved January 25, 2023 . ^ Pemberton, Rollie (April 5, 2004). "Young Gunz: Tough Luv" . Pitchfork . Retrieved January 25, 2023 . ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (February 24, 2004). "Young Gunz :: Tough Luv – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved January 25, 2023 . ^ Ryan, Chris (April 2004). "Reviews" . Spin . Vol. 20, no. 4. SPIN Media LLC . p. 93. ISSN 0886-3032 . Retrieved January 25, 2023 . {{cite magazine }}
: CS1 maint: date and year (link ) ^ "(XXL Scan)Def Jam's Entire Rap Discography & Their Record Sales" . www.hiphopstan.com . Archived from the original on 2010-10-03. ^ "Young Gunz Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved September 14, 2020. ^ "Young Gunz Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved September 14, 2020. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2004" . Billboard . Retrieved September 14, 2020 . External links [ edit ]