Thug Life, Volume I

Thug Life, Volume I
Studio album by Thug Life
Released	September 26, 1994
Recorded	March 1993 – May 1994[1]
Studio	Blue Palm (North Hollywood) Echo Sound (Los Angeles)
Genre	West Coast hip hop[2] gangsta rap g-funk[2]
Length	40:52
Label	Out da Gutta Interscope Atlantic
Producer	Big Syke Easy Mo Bee Professor Jay Johnny "J" Nate Dogg Mopreme Stretch Thug Music Warren G
2Pac chronology
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (1993) Thug Life, Volume I (1994) Me Against the World (1995)
Singles from Thug Life, Volume I
"Pour Out a Little Liquor" Released: August 23, 1994 "Cradle to the Grave" Released: November 4, 1994 "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" Released: 1995

Thug Life, Volume I is the only studio album by the American hip-hop group Thug Life. The album was released on September 26, 1994, by Interscope Records and Out da Gutta Records and distributed by Atlantic Records. The group, started by American rapper 2Pac, comprised 2Pac, his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and Stretch, who was heavily involved in 2Pac's previous two albums, Big Syke, The Rated R, and Macadoshis.

The album features guest appearances by Y.N.V. and Nate Dogg and production by Thug Music, comprising 2Pac and Stretch, Stretch himself, Professor Jay, Johnny "J", Warren G, and Easy Mo Bee. Since 1998, the album has been reissued by Amaru Entertainment. The album debuted at number 42 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).