On May 18, 1999, Eightball & MJG dropped one of their best albums, In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1.

The album, crafted almost entirely by Suave House's wildly underrated talent, producer T-Mix, arrived after their 1995 standout effort, On Top of the World, an album which spawned one of their signature hits, "Space Age Pimpin," and perhaps more importantly, established the Orange Mound, Memphis duo as one of the most lyrically dense, influential groups in southern Hip-Hop and beyond. Balancing one another stylistically, with Ball’s vivid storytelling and MJG’s fast, lyrical wordplay, Eightball & MJG have always been top-level emcees with a great sense of musicality, and that's vividly on display throughout the project.

Following On Top of The World, both Eightball and MJG released long-awaited albums — Ball dropped off a triple disc effort, Lost, which featured everyone from Redman, Too $hort, and Canibus to E-40 and Bun B, while MJG released No More Glory with less fanfare, though it further showcased his lyrical dexterity.

By the time 1999 rolled around, Ball & G were more relaxed in the space they occupied as one of the acts that definitively helped lay the blueprint for Southern rap, and you can hear the approach in their music and the themes they openly explore. The album is as much about declaring their legacy as it is building upon it.

On "Daylight," they offer a weary account about hustling, sprinkled with homegrown wisdom over mellow T-Mix production laced with story-telling guitars. On "Nobody But Me," another classic, syrupy T-Mix production, MJG goes off on the last verse reestablishing that he's one of the most talented rappers on the scene, whether it's widely recognized or not.

While alongside T-Mix, Ball & G initially handled a lot of their own production, on In Our Lifetime, they also called on their Atlanta neighbor, Mr. DJ, for three of the tracks on the 14-song effort, continuing their connection with the Dungeon Family. The album was recorded in part at the freshly minted Dungeon in Atlanta and Cee-Lo shows up on the slow-rolling, status declaring track, "Paid My Dues" while OutKast appears for a long-awaited collaboration on "Throw Your Hands Up." Andre 3000 is in top form, of course, opening his verse with the memorable line: “You wouldn't understand if you stood under it/It’s like the longer I talk to you, the dumber that I get…” On another album standout "Love Hurts," which offers Ball a chance to shine with his relaxed storytelling, the DF's Big Rube shows up to offer words of advice.

A strong contender for the best albums in their catalog, In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1, their last release on Suave House, puts Eightball & MJG's best attributes on full display.