Eightball (Premro Smith) and MJG (Marlon Jermaine Goodwin) grew up in the rough Orange Mound area of Memphis and met at Ridgeway Junior High in 1984. They shared a passion for hip-hop, which hadn't yet made a strong impact in the South, and soon formed a partnership. After years of mixtape work, later re-released on the Lyrics of a Pimp (1997) and Memphis Under World (2000) compilations, the two started Suave House Records with savvy 20-year-old CEO Tony Draper. The label released Eightball & MJG's debut full-length, Comin' Out Hard (1993), a cult classic produced entirely by the duo and popularized by the song "Armed Robbery."
Each successive year brought with it a new album: On the Outside Looking InM (1994) and On Top of the World (1995), the latter distributed nationally by Relativity. These releases continued to expand the duo's reach throughout the South, so much so that Universal Records offered Draper a lucrative distribution deal in 1997 for Suave House. Eightball & MJG afterward released a pair of solo albums — Lost (1997) and No More Glory (1998), respectively — and went on to record their crowning achievement, In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1999). The album elevated the duo to nationally recognized status and earned universal acclaim, ultimately standing as one of the definitive Dirty South albums of the era, alongside Goodie Mob's Soul Food (1995) and OutKast's late-'90s work.
Eightball & MJG parted ways with Suave House in 1999 and maintained a relatively low profile for a few years until they notably signed with P Diddy's Bad Bay label in 2002, recording an album for Jcor (Space Age 4 Eva [2000]) and scoring a widespread club hit ("Buck Bounce") in the meantime. A new track, "Don't Make", started to appear on mixtapes in 2003 and was followed by the duo's first album for Bad Boy, Living Legends, in May of 2004. Ridin' High followed in 2007.
Sound Files (MP3)
Relax & Take Notes (w/Project Pat) - from the album Ridin' High
*You Don't Want Drama - from the album Living Legends
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