Taking Lives (album)

2013 studio album by Something Awful

Taking Lives

Studio album by

Something Awful

Released| September 11, 2013 (2013-09-11)[1]
Recorded| 2011–2013
Genre|

* Underground rap

Length| 1:22:38
Label|

* Intrinz INK Records

Producer|

* Fury
* Micka Mexican
* Danny Damnage
* Hala-X
* Atomic Beats
* 2 Deep
* Evelution
* Black
* Allrounda Productions
* Beat G33ks
* Adamac
* C4

Bizarre chronology
| Friday Night At St. Andrews
(2010)  | Taking Lives
(2013)  | Last American Rock Stars
(2018)

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Fury chronology
| Plan B[2]
(2006)  | Taking Lives
(2013)  | One Of 12[3]
(2016)

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Taking Lives is the debut album of the American hip-hop duo Something Awful, which consists of rapper Fury (born Jay Flores) and Detroit-based emcee Bizarre (born Rufus Johnson). Fellow Bizarre's bandmates from D12 (Kuniva and Swifty McVay) and L.A.R.S. (King Gordy) made guest appearances on the record, as well as Fury's Mattrix, White Out and Bloody-T from Lethal Wreckords,[4] among other performers such as Bizzy Bone, Brotha Lynch Hung and Twisted Insane. This album is also volume 47 of Underground Hustlin series because of cypher.

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Producer| Length

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1.| "Intro"| Fury| 0:55
2.| "Smoke You" (featuring Bizzy Bone, Madecipha, Sean Strange)| Hala-X| 5:12
3.| "Taking Lives" (featuring King Gordy)| Micka Mexican| 3:58
4.| "The Babysitter" (Skit)| Fury| 1:07
5.| "Awful World" (featuring Bloody T, Intrinzik, Kryptik)| Danny Damnage| 3:54
6.| "Love The Way You Die" (featuring DTS, Whiteout)| Danny Damnage| 4:01
7.| "I'm Crazy" (featuring Ether, Lewn, Majik Duce, The Jokerr, Trikkd Out)| Atomic Beats| 5:53
8.| "Family" (featuring Tre Lb, Twisted Insane)| 2 Deep| 4:48
9.| "Peeping Tom" (featuring Bob E. Nite, Q Strange)| Evelution| 5:36
10.| "I Don't Know What I Did Last Night" (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung, King Gordy)| Black| 4:28
11.| "Day Off" (featuring DTS, Dr. Gigglez)| Allrounda Productions| 3:38
12.| "The Cypher" (featuring D12, Leathal Wreckords)| Beat G33ks| 5:43
13.| "I Can Do Anything" (featuring B-Lieve)| Adamac| 5:08
14.| "Next Level" (featuring Freeze)| Micka Mexican| 4:20

Taking Lives Cypher (Bonus Track)No.| Title| Producer| Length

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15.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:05
16.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:33
17.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:33
18.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:33
19.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:33
20.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:32
21.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:06
22.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:06
23.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:06
24.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:06
25.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:32
26.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:06
27.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:33
28.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:32
29.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:16
30.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:06
31.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:06
32.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:41
33.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:41
34.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:33
35.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:16
36.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:16
37.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:06
38.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 1:07
39.| "Taking Lives Cypher Verse"| C4| 0:52
Total length:| 1:22:38

* †Song "Taking Lives" contains guitars by Dos The Boss
* †Song "The Cypher" contains uncredited raps by B Reign, Ether, Kuniva, Mattrix, Freeze, Swifty McVay, Top Prospect, Whiteout
* †Song "I Can Do Anything" contains uncredited vocals by Lexxi
* †Song "Taking Lives Cypher (Bonus Track)" appears as a 19:05 duration track only in physical version of the album and consists of rap verses by Bizarre, Fury, Intrinzik, Trikkd Out, Chuck E Lee, C DANGER, Insane LOC, KZK, Mr. Grey, JD, D CrazE, Kingfiend & Sixthree, Heaven, SNAP, Dead Body Kingz, Thic Man, Psyco Sick Asylum, Doze, YDMC, Crisus, Jonny Wierdo, Masta, MC Gan, 2 Much

## Personnel

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* McNastee - design and layout

## References

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1. ^ "Taking Lives". Retrieved 5 May 2017 - via Amazon.
2. ^ "♫ Plan B - Fury. Listen @cdbaby". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
3. ^ "One of 12, by Fury". Fury. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
4. ^ "Lethal Wreckords". SoundClick. Retrieved 2016-12-04.

## External links

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* "Fury". BandCamp. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
* "Something Awful - Taking Lives". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-12-04.

* v
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Bizarre

* Discography
* D12 discography

Solo albums|

* Hannicap Circus (2005)
* Blue Cheese & Coney Island (2007)
* Friday Night at St. Andrews (2010)

Extended plays|

* Attack of the Weirdos (1998)

Collaborative albums|

* Taking Lives (with Fury) (2013)
* Last American Rock Stars (with King Gordy) (2018)

Singles|

* "Rockstar"

Related articles|

* D12
* L.A.R.S.

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