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Released on Stones Throw Records, also I Need a Dollar (Aloe Blacc), America’s Most Blunted (Madvillain) and All Caps (Madvillain)
Produced by Madlib, also Shopping Bags (She Got From You) (De La Soul), America’s Most Blunted (Madvillain) and All Caps (Madvillain)
Written by Otis Jackson Jr., also America’s Most Blunted (Madvillain), All Caps (Madvillain) and Baby (J Dilla)
Part of The Further Adventures of Lord Quas, also Greenery, The Exclusive and Bartender Say
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Madlib produced 170 songs on fono
Otis Jackson Jr. wrote 79 songs on fono
Otis Jackson Jr.’s most frequent co-writer is Daniel Dumile (18 songs together)
Madlib’s most frequent co-producer is Eothen Alapatt (15 songs together)
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Melvin Van Peebles and Otis Jackson Jr.
- Produced by
- Madlib
- Performed by
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Released on
- Stones Throw Records and [PIAS] Recordings
- Written by
- Melvin Van Peebles and Otis Jackson Jr.
- Produced by
- Madlib
- Performed by
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Released on
- Stones Throw Records and [PIAS] Recordings
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Madlib
Same writer: Otis Jackson Jr.
Same writer: Melvin Van Peebles
Same label: Stones Throw Records
Same release: The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
Same label: [PIAS] Recordings
Same writer: Otis Jackson Jr.
Same writer: Melvin Van Peebles
Versions, samples and covers
- SamplesDuppy Conqueror
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Life Is… was performed by Melvin Van Peebles
Life Is… was performed by Melvin Van Peebles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Life Is… samples Duppy Conqueror
3MusicBrainz Life Is… was produced by Madlib
4MusicBrainz Life Is… was written by Melvin Van Peebles
Life Is… was written by Melvin Van Peebles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Life Is… was written by Otis Jackson Jr.
Life Is… was written by Otis Jackson Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Life Is… is part of the release The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
Life Is… is part of the release The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Stones Throw Records is the label of the song Life Is…
Stones Throw Records is the label of the song Life Is…
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz [PIAS] Recordings is the label of the song Life Is…
[PIAS] Recordings is the label of the song Life Is…
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Life Is… was released on 2005-05-02