8Ball & MJG first appeared on the
rap scene with their underground 1991 album
Listen to the Lyrics. In 1993, they released the more commercially-successful album ''
Comin' Out Hard''. Their subsequent albums in the 1990s, including 1994's
On the Outside Looking In, and 1995's
On Top of the World helped cement their status as undisputed icons of the South's budding mainstream rap scene.
On Top of the World was particularly successful, peaking at #8 on the
Billboard 200 and being
certified gold. After those albums, both 8Ball & MJG each released solo attempts, the first of which was MJG's
No More Glory in 1997, followed by 8Ball's
Lost in 1998. They reunited in 1999 to release their fourth album as a group, titled
In Our Lifetime. One year later in 2000, they released their fifth group album entitled
Space Age 4 Eva. 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. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the
AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by the magazine
The Source. 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. Their first album for Bad Boy Records,
Living Legends, came out in 2004 and was certified
gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America. Their second album on
Bad Boy Records was titled
Ridin High and was released in March 2007. 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. On their label are the young, up and coming Memphis duo, Da Volunteers, who are widely known throughout the
Southern United States for their 2006 single, "What's Yo Favorite Color?", which glorifies their neighborhood of
Orange Mound. In June 2008 the group announced that they officially signed onto
T.I.'s record label
Grand Hustle. Their eighth album as a group and their first on Grand Hustle, titled
Ten Toes Down, was released in May 2010. It reached #36 on the
Billboard 200 in its first week. ==Discography==