Last Man Standing (MC Eiht album)

Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing
Studio album by MC Eiht
Released	November 11, 1997
Recorded	1997
Studio	Echo Sound (Los Angeles, California); Skip Saylor Recording (Los Angeles, California); Track Record (North Hollywood, California); X Factor Studios; Half Oz. Studios;
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap;
Length	1:17:23
Label	Epic Street
Producer	MC Eiht (also exec.); DJ Slip; DJ Muggs; Daz Dillinger; Massive;
MC Eiht chronology

Last Man Standing is the third studio album by American rapper MC Eiht. It was released on November 11, 1997, through Epic Street. Recording sessions took place at X Factor Studios, Echo Sound, Half Oz. Studios, Skip Saylor Recording, and Track Record in California. Production was handled by MC Eiht, DJ Slip, DJ Muggs, Massive and Daz Dillinger. It features guest appearances from Boom Bam, Big Nasty, B-Real, Da Foe, Daz Dillinger, Hie Tiimes, Lil' Hawk and Mon-Diggi. The album peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200 and at number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Source	^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Under Attack" (featuring Boom Bam)	A. Tyler T. Allen G. Heisser	DJ Slip	4:03
2.	"Kind of Pimpish"	A. Tyler M. Ford	Massive	4:37
3.	"Me & My Bitch" (featuring Hie Tiimes)	A. Tyler C. McMillian L. Graham R. Locke D. Ellis T. Allen	DJ Slip MC Eiht (co.)	5:00
4.	"Can I Get Mine"	C. King G. Goffin A. Tyler L. Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:04
5.	"Compton 4 Death"	A. Tyler T. Allen	MC Eiht DJ Slip (co.)	4:42
6.	"Tha Business" (featuring Da Foe, Lil' Hawk & Big Nasty)	A. Tyler C. Flemming M. Burns N. Franklin T. Allen	MC Eiht DJ Slip (co.)	4:46
7.	"Any Meanz"	A. Tyler T. Allen	DJ Slip MC Eiht	4:33
8.	"Tough Guyz" (featuring Boom Bam & Mon-Diggi)	A. Tyler T. Allen G. Heisser	DJ Slip	4:09
9.	"Got Cha Humpin'"	C. Fischer A. Tyler L. Muggerud	DJ Muggs	4:11
10.	"Hit the Floor" (featuring Daz Dillinger)	D. Arnaud A. Tyler	Daz Dillinger	4:31
11.	"Who's tha Man"	A. Tyler T. Allen	MC Eiht DJ Slip (co.)	4:21
12.	"Tha Way We Run It" (featuring B-Real)	A. Tyler L. Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:51
13.	"Anything U Want"	A. Tyler T. Allen	MC Eiht DJ Slip (co.)	4:04
14.	"Hangin'"	A. Tyler T. Allen C. MacIntosh S. Nichol J. Peters	DJ Slip MC Eiht	4:17
15.	"When All Hell Breaks Loose"	A. Tyler L. Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:50
16.	"Hubtouchablez"	A. Tyler	MC Eiht	4:49
17.	"On Top of All That"	A. Tyler T. Allen	DJ Slip MC Eiht	3:56
18.	"Return Fire"	A. Tyler T. Allen	MC Eiht DJ Slip (co.)	4:39
Total length:				1:17:23

Sample credits

Track 3 contains a sample from "Be With Me" written by Leo Graham, Ruben Locke Jr. and Darryl Cortez Ellis, as recorded by Tyrone Davis
Track 4 contains a sample from "Hey Girl" written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, as recorded by Cornell Dupree
Track 9 contains a sample from "Morning" written by Clare Fischer, as recorded by Donald Byrd
Track 14 contains a sample from "Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" written by Carl McIntosh, Steve Nichol and J. Peters, as recorded by Loose Ends

Personnel

Aaron Tyler – main artist, keyboards (track 6), programming (track 14), producer (tracks: 5-7, 11, 13, 14, 16-18), co-producer (track 3), executive producer, mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18)
Gene Heisser – featured artist (tracks: 1, 8)
Hie Tiimes – featured artist (track 3)
Da Foe – featured artist (track 6)
Lil' Hawk – featured artist (track 6)
Big Nasty – featured artist (track 6)
Mon-Diggi – featured artist (track 8)
Delmar Drew Arnaud – featured artist & producer (track 10)
Louis Freese – featured artist (track 12)
Terry Keith Allen – keyboards (tracks: 1, 17), guitar programming (track 6), programming (track 14), producer (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 14, 17), co-producer (tracks: 5, 6, 11, 13, 18), engineering (tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18)
M. "Massive" Ford – keyboards & producer (track 2)
William Fredric Zimmerman – keyboards (tracks: 5-7, 11, 13, 16-18)
Priest "Soopafly" Brooks – keyboards (track 10)
Horace "Bokie" Coleman – guitar (tracks: 3, 8, 11, 13, 17, 18), bass (track 3)
Lawrence Muggerud – producer & mixing (tracks: 4, 9, 12, 15)
Don L. Bartholomew – mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18)
Dave Aron – mixing (track 10)
Tony Robert Alvarez – engineering (tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18)
Joe Warlick – engineering (tracks: 4, 9, 12, 15)
Peter Dokus – art direction, photography
Giulio Costanzo – design
Ted Lowe – A&R
John W. Smith – management
Kenneth M. Smith – management

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	64
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	13

References

^ Stanley, Leo. "Last Man Standing - MC Eiht | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
^ Nino, Carlos (December 1997). "Record Report: MC Eiht – The Last Man Standing". The Source. No. 99. New York. p. 186. Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
^ "MC Eiht Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
^ "MC Eiht Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2016.

External links

MC Eiht – Last Man Standing at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Stanley, Leo. "Last Man Standing - MC Eiht | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2018.

[2] Nino, Carlos (December 1997). "Record Report: MC Eiht – The Last Man Standing". The Source. No. 99. New York. p. 186. Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

[ac_Billboard200_MC_Eiht-3] "MC Eiht Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2016.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_MC_Eiht-4] "MC Eiht Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 5, 2016.

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