Livin' for You
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Livin' for You is the seventh album from soul music
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

ian Al Green
Al Green
Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...

. Released in 1973 it includes the hit title track and "Let's Get Married." The album cracked the Top 25 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart and was the fourth album from the artist to peak at #1 on the Soul Albums chart.

Track listing

  1. "Livin' for You
    Livin' for You (song)
    "Livin' for You" is a song recorded by Al Green and co-written by Green and Willie Mitchell. It was the title track of Green's 1973 album Livin' for You...

    " (Al Green
    Al Green
    Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...

    , Willie Mitchell) - 3:12
  2. "Home Again" (Green) - 3:59
  3. "Free at Last" (Green) - 3:30
  4. "Let's Get Married" (Green) - 5:36
  5. "So Good to Be Here" (Green, Perry Allen) - 2:47
  6. "Sweet Sixteen" (Green) - 3:30
  7. "Unchained Melody
    Unchained Melody
    "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....

    " (Alex North
    Alex North
    Alex North was an American composer who wrote the first jazz-based film score and one of the first modernist scores written in Hollywood ....

    , Hy Zaret
    Hy Zaret
    Hy Zaret was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer best known as the co-author of the 1955 hit "Unchained Melody", one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century.-Biography:...

    ) - 5:35
  8. "My God Is Real" (Green, Kenny Morris)- 2:43
  9. "Beware" (Green) - 8:20

Later samples

  • "Free at Last"
    • "Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" by Jay-Z
      Jay-Z
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       from the album The Blueprint
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    • "No One Else" by Mary J. Blige
      Mary J. Blige
      Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...

       from the album My Life
      My Life (Mary J. Blige album)
      My Life is the second studio album from American R&B and soul singer Mary J. Blige, Released by Uptown/MCA Records on November 29, 1994. Recording sessions for the album began in fall of 1993 and ended almost one year later. Many of the topics on My Life deal with clinical depression, Blige's...

    • "Living This Life" by UGK
      UGK
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       from the album UGK (Underground Kingz)
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