''Last Man Standing'' is the third studio album by American rapper

MC Eiht Aaron Bernard Tyler (born May 22, 1971), better known by his stage name MC Eiht (pronounced "MC Eight"), is an American rapper. Many of his songs are based on his life in Compton. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's nam ...

. It was released on November 11, 1997, through

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. Recording sessions took place at X Factor Studios, Echo Sound, Half Oz. Studios, Skip Saylor Recording, and Track Record in

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was handled by MC Eiht, DJ Slip,

DJ Muggs Lawrence Muggerud (born January 28, 1968) professionally known as DJ Muggs, is an American DJ, audio engineer and record producer. He has been a member of Cypress Hill, a member of the trip hop band Cross My Heart Hope to Die and the leader of h ...

, Massive and

Daz Dillinger Delmar Drew Arnaud (born May 25, 1973), known professionally as Daz Dillinger or simply Daz (formerly Dat Nigga Daz), is an American rapper and record producer. As a member of Death Row Records in the early 1990s, he is credited with the label ...

. It features

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s from

Boom Bam Boom Bam (born Gene Heisser, 1974) is a member of Compton's Most WantedYahoo! ...

, Big Nasty,

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, 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

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chart in the United States.

Track listing

;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

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*Track 4 contains a sample from " Hey Girl" written by

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and

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, as recorded by

Cornell Dupree Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz fusion and Rhythm and blues, R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis, and Steve Gadd, appeared on ''L ...

*Track 9 contains a sample from "

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" written by

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, as recorded by

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*Track 14 contains a sample from "

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" 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),

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, 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 –

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(tracks: 3, 8, 11, 13, 17, 18),

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(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 David Royce Aron (August 29, 1964 – March 11, 2019) was an American recording engineer, live and studio mixer, record producer, and musician. Early life Aron was born and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the son of 1950s be-bop trumpet play ...

– 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

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 albums MC Eiht albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by MC Eiht Albums produced by DJ Muggs Albums produced by Daz Dillinger