8Ball heads 8 Ways Entertainment (distributed by Koch Entertainment), while MJG heads MJG Muzik. Today 8Ball and MJG also head their own record labels. The song was a collaboration between two of the most successful rap groups from the state of Tennessee, whence Three 6 Mafia also hail. That song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, which is the biggest hit of Three 6 Mafia's career and the biggest hit for 8Ball & MJG. Ĭommercially one of the high points of 8Ball & MJG's career was their being featured on Three 6 Mafia's hit song " Stay Fly" in 2005. Their second album on Bad Boy Records was titled Ridin' High and was released in March 2007. Their first album for Bad Boy Records, Living Legends, came out in 2004 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. They already had some experience with the label, being featured on the song "The Player Way" from Bad Boy rapper Mase's 1997 album Harlem World. In the early 2000s they would sign with Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine. In 1996, they appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists. One year later in 2000, they released their fifth group album entitled Space Age 4 Eva. They reunited in 1999 to release their fourth album as a group, titled In Our Lifetime. After those albums both 8Ball & MJG released solo albums, first MJG's No More Glory in 1997 and then 8Ball's Lost in 1998. It also contained the song "Space Age Pimpin'", which was 8Ball & MJG's first single to chart, reaching #58 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart and #22 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. On Top of the World was particularly successful, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 200 and being certified Gold. Their subsequent albums in the 1990s, including 1994's On the Outside Looking In, and 1995's On Top of the World cemented their status as some of the South's best rappers. In 1993, they released the successful album Comin' Out Hard. There were no acrimonious incidents, no run-ins with the law, no "retirements," no hangups whatsoever - if anything, 8Ball and MJG were respectably reliable over the course of their career, always comin' out hard and always representing the South.8Ball & MJG first appeared on the rap scene with their underground 1991 album Listen to the Lyrics.
Despite never crossing over into the mainstream - none of their singles ever broke into the Billboard Hot 100 for example, not even once they signed to Bad Boy - and despite occasionally infrequent output, 8Ball and MJG persevered over the decades. In addition, 8Ball and MJG recorded individually, the former by far the more prolific of the two.
1 (1999), which would become Southern rap milestones, along with classic singles like "Space Age Pimpin'." 8Ball and MJG eventually left Suave for a major label, JCOR/Interscope, in 2000, and then were signed by Diddy to Bad Boy Records, resulting in their most commercially successful album to date, Living Legends (2004). The pioneering duo enjoyed increasing recognition as the years passed, releasing a couple albums, namely Comin' Out Hard (1994) and In Our Lifetime, Vol. One of the pioneers of Southern rap, 8Ball and MJG, emerged from Memphis, Tennessee in the early '90s and, aligned with the Houston, Texas-based independent label Suave Records, quickly garnering a tremendous regional following while proving highly influential to a generation of aspiring, independent-minded rap artists and entrepreneurs. REFUNDS: Refunds only issued in the event of a cancellation.ĬOVID: All current North Carolina and Local COVID-19 protocols will be followed. Metal Detectors will be at the gates to ensure the safety of all guests. GUEST SAFETY: No Weapons of any kind allowed on the property.
Feel free to bring your favorite camping chair to enjoy the show.īAGS: Only small personal bags or purses are allowed and are subject to search at any time. SEATING: Festival Style General Admission - we don’t provide seating. Outside food & beverage is not permitted.
THE GOOD STUFF: Food trucks and full bar service available onsite. TAKE THE BUS: Silverados is on the public bus route. SHUTTLE: Free shuttle service provided starting at 6pm. PARKING: Parking available at Appalachian Tool (One Minute Away) 121 Lytle Cove Rd, Swannanoa, NC 28778 for $10. WEATHER: Rain or shine - No refunds will be issued due to inclement weather.