Life in 1472
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{{Infobox album
| name = Life in 1472
| type = studio
| artist = Jermaine Dupri
| cover = Life in 1472 Album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 21, 1998
| recorded = 1997–1998
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 59:56
| label =
| producer =
- Jermaine Dupri
- Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
- Charlemagne
- Coptic
- Carl So-Lowe
- DJ Quik
- Slick Rick
- DJ Premier
- Mariah Carey
- Kanye West
| next_title = Instructions
| next_year = 2001
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Life in 1472
| type = studio
| single1 = The Party Continues
| single1date = February 17, 1998
| single2 = Money Ain't a Thang
| single2date = May 11, 1998
| single3 = Sweetheart
| single3date = September 7, 1998
| single4 = Going Home with Me
| single4date = November 23, 1998
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r366307|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
|rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Jermaine+Dupri Robert Christgau review]
|rev3 = City Pages
|rev3score = (unfavorable)[http://www.citypages.com/1998-08-19/music/just-so-so-stories/ City Pages review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226105025/http://www.citypages.com/1998-08-19/music/just-so-so-stories/ |date=February 26, 2015 }}
|rev4 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev4Score = B−[https://ew.com/article/1998/07/31/jermaine-dupri-presents-life-1472/ Entertainment Weekly review]
|rev5 = Rolling Stone
|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20071109012510/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jermainedupri/albums/album/117281/review/5943737/life_in_1472 Rolling Stone review]
|rev6 = SF Weekly
|rev6score = (unfavorable)[http://www.sfweekly.com/1998-08-19/music/reviews/ SF Weekly review]
|rev7 = Vibe
|rev7score = (favorable)[https://books.google.com/books?id=lywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA283&dq=%22Revolutions%22 Vibe review]
|rev8 = Yahoo! Music
|rev8score = (favorable)[http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/review/12040914 Yahoo! Music review]
}}
Life in 1472 is the debut studio album by American rapper and producer Jermaine Dupri, released via So So Def in the United States on July 21, 1998. 1472 refers to J (being the 10th letter of the alphabet) + D (representing the 4th letter of the alphabet), and 72 (the year of Dupri's birth, 1972). It produced the singles "Money Ain't a Thang" (US No. 52), "Sweetheart" (US No. 125), "The Party Continues" (US No. 29), and "Going Home with Me". Life In 1472 spent two weeks at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while breaking the top 5 on the Billboard 200 and selling 162,000 copies in its first week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rap-reigns-on-the-chart-86435/|title=Rap Reigns On The Chart|magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=February 15, 2019}} The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on August 19, 1998. A platinum certification followed on September 2, 1998.
Release and promotion
Life in 1472 was released on July 21, 1998, in the United States.{{cite news |date=July 20, 1998 |title=Dupri Debut |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |page=B2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111871069/the-atlanta-constitution/ |via=Newspapers.com}} In the United Kingdom, Columbia Records issued LPs and CDs on July 27.{{cite magazine |date=July 25, 1998 |title=New Releases – Albums |magazine=Music Week |page=30}} Sony Music Japan followed on July 29,{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/11755/products/235514/1/|title=ライフ・イン・1472|trans-title=Life in 1472|language=ja|publisher=Oricon|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505060652/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/11755/products/235514/1/|archive-date=May 5, 2022}} and Sony Music Taiwan on August 5.{{cite web|url=https://sonymusic.com.tw/album/life-1472-%EF%BD%8A%EF%BD%85%EF%BD%92%EF%BD%8D%EF%BD%81%EF%BD%89%EF%BD%8E%EF%BD%85%E3%80%80%EF%BD%84%EF%BD%95%EF%BD%90%EF%BD%92%EF%BD%89-duprijermaine-4897122/|title=Life in 1472|language=zh-hant|publisher=Sony Music Taiwan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113193440/https://sonymusic.com.tw/album/life-1472-%EF%BD%8A%EF%BD%85%EF%BD%92%EF%BD%8D%EF%BD%81%EF%BD%89%EF%BD%8E%EF%BD%85%E3%80%80%EF%BD%84%EF%BD%95%EF%BD%90%EF%BD%92%EF%BD%89-duprijermaine-4897122/|archive-date=November 13, 2022}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Life in 1472 track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Turn It Out
| note1 = featuring Nas
| extra1 = West
| writer1 = Jermaine Dupri, Nasir Jones, Kanye West
| length1 = 3:57
| title2 = Money Ain't a Thang
| note2 = featuring Jay-Z
| extra2 = Jermaine Dupri
| writer2 = Dupri, Shawn Carter, LaMarquis Jefferson, Rahman "R.O.C." Griffin
| length2 = 4:14
| title3 = Get Your Sh** Right
| note3 = featuring Madd Rapper and DMX
| writer3 = Earl Simmons, Griffin, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Dupri
| extra3 = Angelettie, Charlemagne
| length3 = 4:43
| title4 = Fresh
| note4 = featuring Slick Rick
| writer4 = Richard Walton, Dupri
| extra4 = Dupri, Carl So-Lowe
| length4 = 3:53
| title5 = Sweetheart
| note5 = featuring Mariah Carey
| writer5 = Rainy Davis, MaryAnn Tanedo, Dupri, Carl So-Lowe
| extra5 = Dupri, Carey
| length5 = 4:44
| title6 = Jazzy Hoes
| note6 = featuring 8Ball, Too $hort, Mr. Black & YoungBloodZ
| writer6 = Dupri, Sean Joseph, Todd Shaw, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, Griffin
| extra6 = Dupri, Lowe
| length6 = 4:38
| title7 = Don't Hate on Me
| note7 = featuring Da Brat and Krayzie Bone
| writer7 = Dupri, Shawneise Harris, Krayzie Bone
| extra7 = Dupri
| length7 = 4:17
| title8 = Going Home with Me
| note8 = featuring Keith Sweat and R.O.C.
| writer8 = Dupri, Griffin, Keith Sweat
| extra8 = Dupri
| length8 = 3:41
| title9 = You Get Dealt Wit
| note9 = featuring Mase and Lil' Kim
| writer9 = Dupri, Jefferson, Mason Bertha, Kimberly Jones
| extra9 = Dupri, Jefferson
| length9 = 3:58
| title10 = The Party Continues (video version)
| note10 = featuring Da Brat and Usher
| writer10 = Dupri, Usher Raymond IV, Harris
| extra10 = Dupri
| length10 = 4:16
| title11 = All That's Got to Go
| note11 = featuring Da Brat and Latocha Scott
| writer11 = Dupri, Harris, Latocha Scott, Angelettie
| extra11 = Eric Coptic, Angelettie
| length11 = 4:05
| title12 = Protector's of 1472
| note12 = featuring Snoop Dogg, R.O.C. and Warren G
| writer12 = Dupri, Griffin, Calvin Broadus, Warren Griffin, Chris Martin
| extra12 = DJ Premier
| length12 = 4:46
| title13 = Lay You Down
| note13 = featuring Trina & Tamara
| writer13 = Rick Rubin, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels
| extra13 = Dupri, Manuel Seal
| length13 = 4:27
| title14 = Three the Hard Way
| note14 = featuring Mr. Black & R.O.C.
| writer14 =
| extra14 = DJ Quik
| length14 = 4:17
| total_length = 59:56
}}
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Jermaine Dupri|title=Life in 1472|award=Gold|certyear=1998|relyear=1998}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Jermaine Dupri|title=Jermaine Dupri Presents - Life In 1472|award=Platinum|relyear=1998|certyear=1998|refname=riaa}}
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See also
References
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