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- Artist: Eightball & MJG
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- Release Date: August 01, 1993
- Total Time: 41:40
- Type: Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rap
Review
Along with OutKast's Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994) and Goodie Mob's Soul Food (1995), Eightball & MJG's debut, Comin' Out Hard, is one of the most influential rap albums to come out of the South. It wasn't as widely heard as those others albums, nor was it as professional-sounding; however, its independent release by Suave Records, based in Houston, and its basement-level production were influential in their own way. A generation of underground Southern rappers would arise by the end of the '90s, many of them following the template of Comin' Out Hard: underground hardcore rap modeled after West Coast gangsta rap yet delivered in a distinctly Southern manner, released via an indie label with major ambitions. Even the cover artwork of Comin' Out Hard, courtesy of Pen & Pixel Graphics, was influential, as the company would go on to design all the bling-blinging No Limit and Cash Money albums of the late '90s. Unfortunately, Comin' Out Hard is more historically significant than it is impressive from a strictly musical point of view. The production is admittedly lo-fi, credited to the rappers themselves, and while the raps are effective, the hooks leave room for improvement. Eightball & MJG would indeed improve in the years that followed, ultimately releasing a classic at the end of the decade, In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1999). Comin' Out Hard pales in comparison, yet it's an interesting album to hear from a historical perspective and is certainly noteworthy for its widespread influence, especially throughout the South. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Intro | 8Ball & MJG | (1:53) | |
| 9 Little Millimeta Boys | 8Ball & MJG | (5:08) | |
| The First Episode | 8Ball & MJG | (5:13) | |
| Armed Robbery | 8Ball & MJG | (4:34) | |
| Pimps | 8Ball & MJG | (6:25) | |
| Comin' Out Hard | 8Ball & MJG | (4:27) | |
| Mr. Big | 8Ball & MJG | (5:46) | |
| Nigga's Like Us | 8Ball & MJG | (4:54) | |
| Pimps in the House | 8Ball & MJG | (3:20) |
