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| Last album = | This album = ''My Krazy Life'' (2014) | Next album = ''Blame It On the Streets'' (2014) | Misc = }} ''My Krazy Life'' is the debut studio album by American rapper YG. It was released on March 18, 2014, by Pu$haz Ink, CTE World and Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions took place from 2012 to 2014 in various recording studios, mostly from Atlanta, Georgia to Los Angeles, California. The album features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rich Homie Quan, Ty Dolla $ign, Schoolboy Q, Meek Mill, Jay Rock, Jeezy, TeeFlii and RJ, while the production was primarily handled by frequent collaborator DJ Mustard, along with production from Ty Dolla $ign and Terrace Martin. The album was supported by four singles, "My Nigga" featuring Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan, "Left, Right", "Who Do You Love?" featuring Drake and "Do It to Ya" featuring TeeFlii. "My Nigga" peaked at number 19 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and was certified platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). YG also released multiple mixtapes leading up to the album's release including the ''Just Re'd Up'' series and the DJ Mustard-produced ''4Hunnid Degreez''. == Background == In 2009, after serving six months in jail on residential burglary charges, YG signed a deal to Def Jam Recordings. While he was still in jail, his music has been getting some buzz off of his Myspace account and when he released out of jail, he's been going into meetings from Atlantic Records to Def Jam, where they just chose him to sign with the latter due to brand recognition. The majority of label attention had come from his collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign on his song "Toot It and Boot It", which ended up peaking on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, after being re-released by Def Jam. After he revealed that his debut album would be named ''I'm From Bompton''. He explained that title saying, "I changed the C to a B because it's where I'm from and it's also bringing something new. It's drawing more attention, you feel me? And it's, like, I'm not doing it to draw attention. I'm doing it to because that's really what I say and that's really where I'm from. I'm from Bompton...You gonna feel like you're from Bompton too when you're done listening to the album." In January 2012, YG changed the album's tentative title to ''Freshman on Campus'', however, that title would not last long and he would change it back. In June 2013, YG revealed that he signed a deal to Young Jeezy's record label CTE World. On September 4, 2013, YG announced that he had changed the name of his debut album from ''I'm From Bompton'' to ''My Krazy Life''. He explained the change saying Jeezy asked him, "Who do you want to support your album? Do you want a certain type of people or do you want the whole world?" YG responded saying the whole world. He then explained, "If my album was called ''I'm From Bompton'' it means like, I'm gangbanging, so certain people might feel some type of way. They won't purchase my album because I'm gangbanging." He said that the new title and the album summarize a "day in the life of YG."〔 On December 16, 2013, YG told HipHopDX, "My album is catered to my life, my culture and the West Coast. It’s like a day in the life of YG from the morning until the night." He further explained the subject matter of the album saying, "It's a lot of crazy shit. My album is catered to my life, you feel me? Shit that was really going on in my lifestyle, coming from where I come from, the West Coast, the culture out there. Gang banging, drugs, parties, and, just like every other culture, the same shit. It's a lot of gang banging going on. It's shooting going on. It's robbing going on. It's fucking bitches. All that shit."〔 He also said the album would discuss the hardships he faced growing up in Compton. He elaborated to ''Vibe'' saying, "Game told it his way, Kendrick told it his way, I’ma tell it my way. That's what it is, and we all from the same city but we're not the same people. We didn't go through everything the exact same ways. Our rapping style is different, so how I’m coming at shit that's finna' be different. You feel me? At the end of the day it’s all the same, talking about money, bitches and homies. It’s all the same shit it’s just different ways." Speaking of the music that influenced the album, YG said, "I always listened to Quik, N.W.A, Snoop, Dre, E-40. I was banging all that. Honestly though the shit I was really listening to was Weezy. I think it was the type shit he was rapping about and the way he was doing it that made me want to rap more. I have been listening to ''Doggystyle'' and ''The Chronic'' and even Kendrick's shit a lot more once I started talking about doing an album." He later included 50 Cent's ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''' and The Notorious B.I.G.'s ''Life After Death'' as albums he had taken influence from for this album.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Krazy Life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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