Just Tryin' Ta Live
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| Studio album by Devin the Dude | ||
| Released | January 29, 2002 | |
| Genre | Hip Hop | |
| Label | Virgin Records | |
| Producer(s) | Devin the Dude Mike Dean Dr. Dre DJ Premier Raphael Saadiq N.O. Joe Luster Baker Dave Banner DJ Styles Domo Blind Rob T-Mix |
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| Devin the Dude chronology | ||
| The Dude (1998) |
Just Tryin' Ta Live (2002) |
To Tha X-Treme (2004) |
Just Tryin' Ta Live is the sophomore album from rapper Devin the Dude. It was a minor critical success, but did not fair well commercially. It peaked ar #61 on the Billboard 200 chart, but had no charting singles. It features high-profile guest appearances from Nas and Xzibit as well as production from Dr. Dre, but overall is an underground style album.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Songwriters | Producer(s) | Performer (s) |
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| 1 | "Zeldar" | D. Copeland, M. Poye | Domo | Devin the Dude |
| 2 | "It's A Shame" | D. Copeland, A. Young | Dr. Dre | Devin the Dude, Pooh Bear |
| 3 | "R & B" | D. Copeland, M. Dean, H. Cross, R. Ellison, D. Johnson, R. McQueen | Blind Rob, Domo, Mike Dean | Devin the Dude |
| 4 | "Lacville '79" | D. Copeland, D. Edwards | Devin the Dude | Devin the Dude |
| 5 | "I-Hi" | D. Copeland, M. Poye | Domo | Devin the Dude |
| 6 | "Who's That Man, Moma" | D. Copeland, R. McQueen | Blind Rob, Devin the Dude | Devin the Dude |
| 7 | "Some Of 'Em" | D. Copeland, A. Joiner, N. Jones, T. Jones | T-Mix | Devin the Dude, Nas, Xzibit |
| 8 | "Go Somewhere" | D. Copeland, M. Dean, R. McQueen | Blind Rob, Devin the Dude, Mike Dean | Devin the Dude |
| 9 | "Whatever" | D. Copeland, R. McQueen, M. Poye | Blind Rob, Domo | Devin the Dude |
| 10 | "Would Ya?" | D. Copeland, R. McQueen, M. Poye | Blind Rob, Domo | Devin the Dude |
| 11 | "Doobie Ashtray" | D. Copeland, C. Martin | DJ Premier | Devin the Dude |
| 12 | "Just A Man" | D. Copeland, C.R. Wiggins, R.C. Ozuna Jr., G.D. Stanridge II, | Raphael Saadiq | Devin the Dude, Raphael Saadiq |
| 13 | "Fa Sho" | D. Copeland, C. Garza, D. Johnson, J. Johnson, M. Dean, R. McQueen | Blind Rob, Mike Dean, N.O. Joe | Devin the Dude, Odd Squad |
| 14 | "WXYZ" | D. Copeland, R. McQueen, M. Poye | Blind Rob, Devin the Dude, Domo, Luster Baker | Devin the Dude |
| 15 | "Tough Love" | D. Copeland, R. McQueen, C. Garza | Blind Rob, DJ Styles, Tony Mason (co-producer) | Devin the Dude |
| 16 | "Just Tryin' Ta Live" | D. Copeland, M. Dean, R. McQueen, H. Cross, R. Ellison, D. Johnson | Dave Banner, Mike Dean | Devin the Dude, Odd Squad |
[edit] Album Chart Positions
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
| Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | ||
| 2004 | Just Tryin' Ta Live | #61 | #11 |
