Living Legend (Gunplay album)

In November 2012, Gunplay stated the album would be released in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.22062/title.gunplay-promises-debut-album-for-spring-2013/ |title=Gunplay Promises Debut Album For Spring 2013 |publisher=HipHopDX |date=2012-11-30 |accessdate=2015-07-12}} In June 2014, in an interview with XXL, he spoke about the sound of the album, saying: "It’s going to be something for the world, not just for the hood. I’m already a hood nigga—I got hood tracks on there—but I want to take it to that next level."{{cite web|author=Emmanuel C.M. |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/06/gunplay-living-legend-interview/ |title=Gunplay Gives A Complete Update On His Album 'Living Legend' |publisher=Xxlmag.com |date=2014-06-13 |accessdate=2015-07-12}} He explained the meaning behind the album title, saying: "I think the title fits me perfect. I elaborate on that a few times on the album to let y’all know why I am a Living Legend.” Later he said: "It’s gonna mean a lot to me and this title Living Legend, ’cause I been through 100 percent more than what these rap niggas been through, what the average nigga on the street been through and I’m still here. And I think it calls for a celebration and a title like Living Legend will embody that whole situation."{{cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2014/08/28/exclusive-gunplay-talks-growing-up-in-miami-bobby-shmurda-his-debut-album-living-legend/ |title=Exclusive: Gunplay Talks Growing Up In Miami, Bobby Shmurda & His Debut Album, 'Living Legend' |publisher=The Source |date= |accessdate=2015-07-12}}

On March 13, 2015, the album's lead single "Tell 'Em Daddy" was released.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tell-em-daddy-single/id978087702 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713063403/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tell-em-daddy-single/id978087702 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |title=iTunes – Music – Tell 'Em Daddy – Single by Gunplay |publisher=iTunes |date=2015-03-13 |access-date=2015-07-12}} On June 2, 2015, the album's second single "Wuzhanindoe" featuring YG was released.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wuzhanindoe-feat.-yg-single/id997478261 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630084542/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wuzhanindoe-feat.-yg-single/id997478261 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |title=iTunes – Music – Wuzhanindoe (feat. YG) – Single by Gunplay |publisher=iTunes |date=2015-06-02 |access-date=2015-07-12}} On July 1, 2015, the music video was released for "Wuzhanindoe" featuring YG.{{cite web|last=Leight |first=Elias |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/07/01/gunplay-yg-wuzhanindoe-video |title=Watch Gunplay And YG In The "Wuzhanindoe" Video |publisher=The Fader |date=2015-07-01 |accessdate=2015-07-12}} On July 10, 2015, the album's third single "Be Like Me" featuring Rick Ross was released.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010SYEZGC |title=Be Like Me [feat. Rick Ross] [Explicit]: Gunplay: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2015-08-01}} On The July 17, 2015, the album's fourth single "Blood on the Dope" featuring PJK was released.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010SYFYDA |title=Blood On The Dope [feat. PJK] [Explicit]: Gunplay: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2015-08-01}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 68/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/living-legend/gunplay |title=Reviews for Living Legend by Gunplay |publisher=Metacritic |date=2015-07-31 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=David Jeffries |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/living-legend-mw0002856917 |title=Living Legend – Gunplay | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2015-07-31 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6649396/gunplay-living-legend-album-review |title=Rapper Gunplay Shows Both Sides of His Personality on Wild Debut 'Living Legend': Album Review |publisher=Billboard |date=2015-07-31 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}

| rev3 = HipHopDX

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Fairfax |first=Jesse |url=http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2507/title.gunplay-living-legend |title=Gunplay – Living Legend |publisher=HipHopDX |date=2015-08-06 |accessdate=2015-08-10}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork Media

| rev4Score = 6.5/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20807-living-legend/ |title=Gunplay: Living Legend |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2015-07-30 |accessdate=2015-08-05}}

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Weingarten |first=Christopher R. |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/gunplay-living-legend-20150806 |title=Gunplay's New Album: Living Legend |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2015-08-06 |accessdate=2015-08-10}}

| rev6 = XXL

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}} (L){{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2015/08/gunplay-living-legend-review/ |title=Gunplay Finally Proves His Worth on 'Living Legend' |publisher=Xxlmag.com |date=2015-08-05 |accessdate=2015-08-10}}

}}

Living Legend received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68 based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "Being able to bellow like Busta Rhymes or Ludacris just makes everything bang harder, and with a lean 11 cuts on the album's normal release, Living Legend is a non-stop gangsta party connected to the street, offering a more approachable alternative to Ross' grandiose LPs." Jesse Fairfax of HipHopDX stated, "Gunplay’s repetitively destructive themes come as no shock given his stage name. While his long journey has finally paid off, Living Legend lacks it factor to have listeners clamoring for a follow-up anytime soon." David Drake of Pitchfork Media called it "a consistent release with no substantial misfires, full of densely packed verbiage and grand gestures, reminiscent of a time when technique, style, and personality seemed inseparable, interrelated qualities in a rapper's arsenal."

{{Track listing

| headline = Living Legend {{nobold|— Standard edition}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length =

| title1 = Tell 'Em

| note1 =

| extra1 = D. Rich

| length1 = 4:15

| title2 = Just Won't Do

| note2 = featuring PJK

| extra2 = Mike Mulah

| length2 = 3:22

| title3 = Be Like Me

| note3 = featuring Rick Ross

| extra3 = The Beat Bully

| length3 = 4:06

| title4 = Only 1

| note4 =

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

• Black Saun
• Tyler Woods

}}

| length4 = 3:16

| title5 = From Da Jump

| note5 = featuring Triple C's

| extra5 = Andrew Balogh

| length5 = 4:29

| title6 = Wuzhanindoe

| note6 = featuring YG

| extra6 = DJ Mustard

| length6 = 3:07

| title7 = Chain Smokin'

| note7 = featuring Stalley and Currensy

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

• K Da Komposer
• Mighty Joe
• Montilla

}}

| length7 = 5:39

| title8 = White Bitch

| note8 =

| extra8 = Isak Swing

| length8 = 4:13

| title9 = Blood on the Dope

| note9 = featuring Yo Gotti and PJK

| extra9 = Roc & Mayne

| length9 = 5:57

| title10 = Dark Dayz

| note10 =

| extra10 = {{flatlist|

• Onassis
• The Mekanics

}}

| length10 = 6:09

| title11 = Leave Da Game

| note11 = featuring Masspike Miles

| extra11 = DJ Pain 1

| length11 = 5:31

}}

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