Studio album 2000
Black Rob Life Story
- Billboard peak
- No.3
- RIAA certified
- Platinum
- Released March 7
- 2000
- Runtime
- 69:13
- Tracks
- 21
- Label
- Bad Boy Records
Black Rob's debut: Whoa! as the indelible single, Harlem street talk, and a Bad Boy classic that outlived its chart run.
Life Story introduced Black Rob as more than a Family posse member. Whoa! became the era’s call-and-response staple—simple, sticky, endlessly chanted. Spanish Fly and I Dare You show the harder Harlem narrative side.
The album went Platinum. Later business turmoil clouded Rob’s story, but for a lot of listeners Whoa! is still the first Black Rob sentence they can finish.
Track list
Production Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie 5 Harve Pierre 5 Black Rob 4 Nashiem Myrick 3 Jay "Waxx" Garfield 2 Mario Winans 2 Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence 2 Yogi 2 Buckwild 1 Carlos "6 July" Broady 1 Petey Pablo 1 Richard "Younglord" Frierson 1 Sean Combs 1 Shak Bak 1
The Hitmen produced 19 of 21 credited tracks
- Mrs Barry (Intro) 1:00
Prod. Black Rob, Harve Pierre, Petey Pablo
- Life Story 4:58
Feat. Cheryl Pepsii Riley, Racquel
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Prod. Buckwild
- Drive By (Interlude) 0:47
Prod. Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
- Lookin' At Us 4:35
Feat. Cee-Lo
Prod. Nashiem Myrick
- Down the Line Joint 4:57
Feat. Puff Daddy, Mark Curry, Ma$e, G-Dep
Prod. Yogi
- Espacio 4:05
Feat. Lil' Kim, G-Dep
Prod. Mario Winans
- You Don't Know Me 4:50
Feat. Joe Hooker
Prod. Harve Pierre
- Can I Live 4:59
Feat. The LOX
Prod. Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
- Championship (Interlude) 1:20
Prod. Harve Pierre, Black Rob
- PD World Tour 4:46
Feat. Puff Daddy
Prod. Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
- Muscle Game 4:35
Feat. Mark Curry, Mario Winans
Prod. Mario Winans
- Cop Skit (Interlude) 1:40
Prod. Harve Pierre, Black Rob
- B.R 3:54
Feat. G-Dep
- Thug Story 4:34
Prod. Sean Combs, Harve Pierre
- Jasmine 5:31
Feat. Carl Thomas
Prod. Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Carlos "6 July" Broady, Nashiem Myrick
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Prod. Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
- I Love You Baby 3:36
Feat. Puff Daddy
- Spanish Fly 4:03
Feat. Jennifer Lopez
Prod. Yogi
- Rise Up (Interlude) 0:22
Prod. Shak Bak
- I Dare You 4:24
Feat. Joe Hooker
Singles
Artists on this release
Lead and guest artists, from the credits
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Black Rob Lead artist Harlem, New York
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Diddy 3 tracks as a guest Harlem, New York
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G. Dep 3 tracks as a guest Harlem, New York
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Mark Curry 2 tracks as a guest United States
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Mase 1 track as a guest Jacksonville, Florida
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The LOX 1 track as a guest Yonkers, New York
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Mario Winans 1 track as a guest South Carolina
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Carl Thomas 1 track as a guest Aurora, Illinois