Live from the Underground

{{ Music ratings

| ADM = 6.8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/4626/Big-KRIT-Live-From-The-Underground.aspx|title=Live From The Underground by Big K.R.I.T. reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=November 12, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527152057/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/4626/Big-KRIT-Live-From-The-Underground.aspx|archive-date=May 27, 2013}}

| MC = 78/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/live-from-the-underground/big-krit|title=Live from the Underground by Big K.R.I.T. Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=November 12, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219223707/http://www.metacritic.com/music/live-from-the-underground/big-krit|archive-date=December 19, 2016}}

| rev1 = AllHipHop

| rev1Score = 8.5/10{{cite web|author=K1ng Eljay|url=http://allhiphop.com/2012/06/04/album-review-big-k-r-i-ts-live-from-the-underground/|title=Album Review: Big K.R.I.T's "Live From The Underground"|publisher=AllHipHop|date=June 4, 2012|access-date=June 7, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708045517/http://allhiphop.com/2012/06/04/album-review-big-k-r-i-ts-live-from-the-underground/|archive-date=July 8, 2012}}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-from-the-underground-mw0002359619|title=Live from the Underground – Big K.R.I.T.|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 8, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709123353/http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-from-the-underground-mw0002359619|archive-date=July 9, 2012}}

| rev3 = The A.V. Club

| rev3Score = B−{{cite web|last=Rytlewski|first=Evan|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/big-krit-live-from-the-underground,76972/|title=Big K.R.I.T.: Live From The Underground|newspaper=The A.V. Club|date=June 5, 2012|access-date=July 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710025916/http://www.avclub.com/articles/big-krit-live-from-the-underground%2C76972/ |archive-date=July 10, 2012}}

| rev4 = Consequence of Sound

| rev4Score = C+{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2012/06/album-review-big-k-r-i-t-live-from-the-underground|title=Album Review: Big K.R.I.T. – Live from the Underground|website=Consequence of Sound|date=June 8, 2012|access-date=June 8, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718005149/https://consequence.net/2012/06/album-review-big-k-r-i-t-live-from-the-underground/|archive-date=July 18, 2012}}

| rev5 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev5Score = A−{{cite magazine|first=Kyle|last=Anderson|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20597882,00.html|title=Live From the Underground review – Big K.R.I.T. Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 23, 2012|access-date=June 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622030436/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20597882,00.html|archive-date=June 22, 2012}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|first=Jon|last=Dolan|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/live-from-the-underground-20120605|title=Live From the Underground|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 5, 2012|access-date=June 7, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625224304/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/live-from-the-underground-20120605|archive-date=June 25, 2012}}

| rev7 = Spin

| rev7Score = 8/10{{cite magazine|last=Reeves|first=Mosi|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/big-krit-live-underground-island-def-jam |title=Big K.R.I.T., 'Live From the Underground' (Island Def Jam)|magazine=Spin|access-date=June 14, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610012805/http://www.spin.com/reviews/big-krit-live-underground-island-def-jam|archive-date=June 10, 2012}}

| rev8 = Sputnikmusic

| rev8Score = 3/5{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/50457/Big-K.R.I.T.-Live-From-The-Underground/|title=Big K.R.I.T. – Live From The Underground (staff review)|website=Sputnikmusic|date=June 22, 2012|access-date=June 25, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719233119/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/50457/Big-K.R.I.T.-Live-From-The-Underground/|archive-date=July 19, 2024}}

| rev9 = XXL

| rev9Score = 4/5{{cite magazine|last=Fleischer|first=Adam|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/reviews/2012/06/big-k-r-i-t-live-from-the-underground/|title=Big K.R.I.T., Live From The Underground|magazine=XXL|date=June 5, 2012|access-date=June 7, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709195006/http://www.xxlmag.com/reviews/2012/06/big-k-r-i-t-live-from-the-underground/|archive-date=July 9, 2012}}

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Live from the Underground received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 23 reviews.

Adam Fleischer of XXL praised Big K.R.I.T. for maintaining his "traditionalist Southern aesthetic" and "nuanced sociopolitical themes" from his mixtapes and giving the tracks "a grounded sonic variety" of "sounds [are] individually diverse but complementary on the whole", concluding that: "In a time of formulaic approaches to club and radio hits, Big K.R.I.T. is navigating a space of bluesy Southern hip-hop like no artist in recent memory. With Live from the Underground, through deeply authentic takes on his own life and surroundings, the 2011 XXL Freshman has found a way to create some of the most resonating, least selfish rap music around." Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly wrote that: "With its feral lyrical hunger and playful production, Live From the Underground is the best distillation of the South since OutKast's rule-rewriting heyday." AllMusic's David Jeffries gave praise to K.R.I.T. for "keeping quality control at top level" on his debut album by crafting "impeccable" beats and having a "precise and commanding" flow that sells "his exploration of major-label life ("I Got This", "My Sub")" while also delivering "some surprising pop experiments ("If I Fall", "Praying Man"), concluding that: "Live from the Underground winds up both an easy introduction to the man's talents and a crowd-pleasing effort with no stale sell-out aftertaste. He could have gone deeper, but this is certainly deep enough."

Spin named Live from the Underground the eleventh best hip hop album of 2012.{{cite magazine|author=Spin Staff|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/12/spin-40-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2012/121204-11-big-krit/|title=Big K.R.I.T. – Live From the Underground (Def Jam) – Spin's 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012|magazine=Spin|date=December 11, 2012|access-date=April 5, 2018|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421015559/http://www.spin.com/2012/12/spin-40-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2012/121204-11-big-krit/|archive-date=April 21, 2016}}

Live from the Underground debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 41,000 copies in the United States.{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Allen|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20080/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-10-2012|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/10/2012|work=HipHopDX|date=June 13, 2012|access-date=June 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629202837/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20080/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-10-2012|archive-date=June 29, 2012}} As of August 2012, the album sold 83,000 copies in the United States.{{cite web|last=Paine|first=Jake|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20800/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-8-12-2012|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 8/12/2012|work=HipHopDX|date=August 15, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923044659/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20800/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-8-12-2012|archive-date=September 23, 2013}}

• All tracks produced by Big K.R.I.T.

{{Track listing

| total_length = 58:28

| title1 = LFU300MA (Intro)

| writer1 = Justin Scott

| length1 = 2:13

| title2 = Live from the Underground

| writer2 = Scott

| length2 = 3:40

| title3 = Cool 2 Be Southern

| writer3 = Scott

| length3 = 3:22

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| title4 = I Got This

| writer4 = {{hlist|Scott|Willie Hutch}}

| length4 = 3:22

| title5 = Money on the Floor

| note5 = featuring 8Ball & MJG and 2 Chainz

| writer5 = {{hlist|Scott|Premro Smith|Marlon Goodwin|Tauheed Epps}}

| length5 = 4:07

| title6 = What U Mean

| note6 = featuring Ludacris

| writer6 = {{hlist|Scott|Christopher Bridges}}

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = My Sub (Pt. 2: The Jackin')

| writer7 = Scott

| length7 = 4:11

| title8 = Don't Let Me Down

| writer8 = Scott

| length8 = 2:57

| title9 = Porchlight

| note9 = featuring Anthony Hamilton

| writer9 = {{hlist|Scott|Anthony Hamilton|Ronald LaPread|Lionel Richie}}

| length9 = 3:48

| title10 = Pull Up

| note10 = featuring Big Sant and Bun B

| writer10 = {{hlist|Scott|Bernard Freeman|Santiaugo "Big Sant" Gathright}}

| length10 = 4:01

| title11 = Yeah Dat's Me

| writer11 = {{hlist|Scott|Bobby Womack}}

| length11 = 3:25

| title12 = Hydroplaning

| note12 = featuring Devin the Dude

| writer12 = {{hlist|Scott|Devin Copeland}}

| length12 = 4:01

| title13 = If I Fall

| note13 = featuring Melanie Fiona

| writer13 = Scott

| length13 = 2:56

| title14 = Rich Dad, Poor Dad

| writer14 = Scott

| length14 = 3:06

| title15 = Praying Man

| note15 = featuring B.B. King

| writer15 = Scott

| length15 = 4:21

| title16 = Live from the Underground (Reprise)

| note16 = featuring Ms. Linnie

| writer16 = Scott

| length16 = 4:53

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Credits for Live from the Underground adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|title=Live from the Underground – Big K.R.I.T.|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-from-the-underground-mw0002359619/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328001920/http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-from-the-underground-mw0002359619/credits|archive-date=March 28, 2015}}

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• 2 Chainz – vocals
• 8Ball – vocals
• Ian Allen – music business affairs
• Eric Bailey – art direction, design, illustrations
• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Big K.R.I.T. – engineer, mixing, primary artist, producer
• Big Sant – vocals
• Eric Bisgyer – assistant engineer
• C. Bridges (Ludacris) – composer, vocals
• Mike Brown – vocal engineer
• Leesa D. Brunson – A&R
• Ralph Cacciurri – engineer, mixing
• D. Copeland (Devin the Dude) – composer, vocals
• Vol S. Davis III – music business affairs
• Steven Defino – design producer
• Andre Drizza – engineer
• Chris Ebbert – assistant
• Alex Eremin – assistant engineer
• Tasha Evans – vocals (background)
• Melanie Fiona – vocals
• B. Freeman (Bun B) – composer, vocals
• M. Goodwin (MJG) – composer, vocals
• Tina Guo – cello
• Anthony Hamilton – vocals
• Keyon Harrold – flugelhorn, horn arrangements, trumpet
• Mike Hartnett – bass, guitar

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• Tony Hightower – vocals (background)
• Crystal Holy – vocals (background)
• Billy Hume – engineer, guitar, mixing
• W. Hutch – composer
• Marjoriea Jacobs – vocals (background)
• James Kang – assistant engineer
• Martin Kearns – keyboards
• Brian Kee – assistant engineer
• B.B. King – vocals, guitar
• Jason Kingsland – engineer
• Tai Linzie – art producer
• Ms. Linnie – vocals
• Pat Postlewait – bass
• L. Richie – composer
• Tacara Roberts – vocals
• Kathy Rodriguez-Harrold – horn arrangements, sax (alto), sax (tenor)
• Sha Money XL – A&R, executive producer
• Jonny Shipes – A&R, executive producer
• DJ Wally Sparks – A&R, scratching, vocals
• Steve-O – marketing
• Mark Tavern – A&R
• Antoinette Trotman – music business affairs
• Va$htie – vocals
• Lamar Williams – vocals (background)
• Tom Wolf – harmonica
• Nicole Wyskoarko – music business affairs

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