Back for the First Time is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Ludacris.[6] The album, his major label debut, was released on October 17, 2000, as planned, under Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam South.
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| Released | October 17, 2000 (U.S.) | |||
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| Length | 56:32 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
| NME | [3] |
| RapReviews | 7/10[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
Most of the tracks are taken from his first album, the independently released Incognegro (1999), except for "Stick 'Em Up", "Southern Hospitality", a remix of "What's Your Fantasy", and "Phat Rabbit".
The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, and sold 133,000 copies in its first-week of sales.[7] As of November 2009, the album has sold 3.1 million copies in the United States to date. The album was eventually certified triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than 3 million copies.
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Time |
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| 1 | "U Got a Problem?" | Shondrae | 4:55 |
| 2 | "Game Got Switched" | Organized Noize | 4:09 |
| 3 | "1st & 10" (featuring Infamous 2-0 and Fate Wilson) | Shondrae | 3:43 |
| 4 | "What's Your Fantasy" (featuring Shawnna) | Shondrae | 4:35 |
| 5 | "Come on Over (skit)" | Ludacris, Infamous 2-0 | 1:03 |
| 6 | "Hood Stuck" | Ludacris | 4:21 |
| 7 | "Get Off Me" (featuring Pastor Troy) | Jermaine Dupri | 2:46 |
| 8 | "Mouthing Off" (featuring 4-Ize) | Ludacris | 3:01 |
| 9 | "Stick 'Em Up" (featuring UGK) | Shondrae | 5:05 |
| 10 | "Ho (skit)" (removed from clean version) | Ludacris, Infamous 2-0 | 0:42 |
| 11 | "Ho" (removed from clean version) | Shondrae | 2:50 |
| 12 | "Tickets Sold Out (skit)" | Mike Johnson | 0:32 |
| 13 | "Catch Up" (featuring Infamous 2-0 and Fate Wilson) | Ludacris, Fate Wilson | 4:14 |
| 14 | "Southern Hospitality" (featuring Pharrell) | The Neptunes | 5:00 |
| 15 | "What's Your Fantasy (Remix)" (featuring Trina, Shawnna, and Foxy Brown) | Shondrae | 4:37 |
| 16 | "Phat Rabbit" | Timbaland | 4:59 |
Sample credits
Phat Rabbit
1st &10
What's Your Fantasy
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[17] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[18] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||