Connected for Life

2002 single by Westside Connection featuring Butch Cassidy

"Connected for Life"

Single by Westside Connection featuring Butch Cassidy
from the album  Bang or Ball and Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture xXx: A New Breed of Secret Agent
Released| May 28, 2002 (2002-05-28)
Recorded| 2001
Studio|

* Sugar Hill Studios (Houston, TX)
* PatchWerk Recording Studios (Atlanta, GA)
* Sony Music Studios (New York, NY)

Genre| Hip-hop
Length| 9:05
Label|

* Cash Money
* Universal

Songwriter(s)|

* Dedrick Rolison
* O'Shea Jackson
* William Calhoun
* Byron Thomas

Producer(s)| Mannie Fresh
Mack 10 singles chronology
| "Hate in Yo Eyes"
(2001)  | "Connected for Life"
(2002)  | "It's the Holidaze"
(2002)

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Ice Cube singles chronology
| "$100 Bill Y'all"
(2001)  | "Connected for Life"
(2002)  | "It's the Holidaze"
(2002)

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WC singles chronology
| "Connected"
(2001)  | "Connected for Life"
(2002)  | "The Streets"
(2002)

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Butch Cassidy singles chronology
| "Tarantula"
(2002)  | "Connected for Life"
(2002)  | "Talk to Me"
(2004)

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Music video
"Connected For Life" on YouTube

"Connected for Life" is a song performed by American West Coast hip-hop trio Westside Connection. It was released on May 28, 2002 via Cash Money/Universal Records as the third and final single from Mack 10's fifth solo studio album Bang or Ball. Recording sessions took place at Sugar Hill Studios in Houston, PatchWerk Recording Studios in Atlanta and Sony Music Studios in New York. Produced by Mannie Fresh, it features vocals from fellow American singer Butch Cassidy. In the United States, the single peaked at number 57 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 56 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts. The song also appeared in Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture xXx: A New Breed of Secret Agent.

## Track listing

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12" vinylNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Connected for Life" (Album Version)|
2.| "Connected for Life" (Main/Clean Version)|
3.| "Connected for Life" (Instrumental)|
4.| "Connected for Life" (Acappella)|

CD singleNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Connected for Life" (Clean Album)| 4:34
2.| "Connected for Life" (Main/Clean)| 4:31
Total length:| 9:05

## Personnel

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* Dedrick "Mack 10" Rolison – vocals
* O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson – vocals
* William "WC" Calhoun Jr. – vocals
* Danny "Butch Cassidy" Means – vocals
* Byron "Mannie Fresh" Thomas – producer, recording, mixing
* Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
* Ronald "Slim" Williams – executive producer
* Bryan "Birdman" Williams – executive producer
* Dino Delvaille – A&R
* Adrienne Muhammad – A&R

## Charts

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Chart (2002)  | Peak
position

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US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[1] | 57
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[2] | 56

## References

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1. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
2. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2025.

## External links

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* "Connected For Life" at Discogs (list of releases)

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Mack 10

Discography

Studio albums|

* Mack 10
* Based on a True Story
* The Recipe
* The Paper Route
* Bang or Ball
* Ghetto, Gutter & Gangsta
* Hustla's Handbook
* Soft White

Collaborative albums|

* Mack 10 Presents da Hood (with Da Hood)

Singles|

* "Foe Life"
* "Nothin' But the Cavi Hit"
* "Backyard Boogie"
* "Connected for Life"

Featured singles|

* "Ghetto Fabulous"
* "I Want It All"
* "You Can Do It"
* "Sun Come Up (Remix)"

Related articles|

* Westside Connection

* v
* t
* e

Ice Cube

Discography

Studio albums|

* AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
* Death Certificate
* The Predator
* Lethal Injection
* War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)
* War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)
* Laugh Now, Cry Later
* Raw Footage
* I Am the West
* Everythang's Corrupt
* Man Down

Extended plays|

* Kill at Will

Compilations|

* Bootlegs & B-Sides
* Featuring...Ice Cube
* Greatest Hits
* In the Movies
* The Essentials
* Icon

Singles|

* "Steady Mobbin'"
* "True to the Game"
* "Wicked"
* "It Was a Good Day"
* "Check Yo Self"
* "Really Doe"
* "You Know How We Do It"
* "Bop Gun (One Nation)"
* "The World Is Mine"
* "We Be Clubbin'"
* "Men of Steel"
* "Pushin' Weight"
* "Hello"
* "You Can Do It"
* "Until We Rich"
* "Why We Thugs"
* "Go to Church"
* "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It"
* "Do Ya Thang"
* "I Rep That West"
* "Good Cop, Bad Cop"
* "Arrest the President"

Featured singles|

* "Connected for Life"

Other songs|

* "No Vaseline"

Related articles|

* N.W.A
* Westside Connection
* C.I.A.
* Da Lench Mob
* Lench Mob Records
* Cube Vision
* O'Shea Jackson Jr.

* v
* t
* e

Discography

Studio albums|

* The Shadiest One
* Ghetto Heisman
* Guilty by Affiliation
* Revenge of the Barracuda

Low Profile albums|

* We're in This Together

WC and the Maad Circle albums|

* Ain't a Damn Thang Changed
* Curb Servin'

Westside Connection albums|

* Bow Down
* Terrorist Threats

Collaboration albums|

* West Coast Gangsta Shit (with Daz Dillinger)

Singles|

* "Just Clownin'"
* "Better Days"
* "The Streets"

Featured singles|

* "Connected for Life"

Related articles|

* Crazy Toones

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* t
* e

Westside Connection

* Mack 10
* WC
* Ice Cube

Albums|

* Bow Down
* Terrorist Threats

Singles|

* "Bow Down"
* "Gangstas Make the World Go Round"
* "Connected for Life"
* "Gangsta Nation"

Related articles|

* Mack 10 discography
* Ice Cube discography
* WC discography

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