Ludacris is gearing up to promote his upcoming movie F9, which hits theaters on June 25 and the Atlanta legend is feeling a bit nostalgic.
On Thursday (May 13), Ludacris took to Instagram to take fans back to October 2000 when he dropped his second studio album, Back For the First Time. Luda posted a picture of the album cover with a recreated version attached to it.
“How it Started vs How it’s Going,” Luda wrote with a clock emoji attached in the caption.
Although the album was Luda’s second studio album, it’s also his major-label debut. Back For the First Time debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and eventually went triple-platinum. The album was led by the singles “What’s Your Fantasy” and “Southern Hospitality.” It’s been six years since Ludacris dropped his last album Ludaversal, so maybe he’s feeling the music bug once again.
It would be surprising to see Luda fit in studio time with the busy movie promo schedule he’s about to have. The 43-year-old rapper will be starring alongside Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, John Cena, Bow Wow and more in F9, the ninth installment in the Fast & Furious film franchise.
Fans got to catch a glimpse of the new movie when the second trailer dropped last month. Although she wasn’t featured in the trailer, Cardi B will be making an appearance in the film as “Leysa.” Diesel revealed her role to Jimmy Kimmel in a March 2020 interview.
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“My daughter wanted a piece of casting to happen, so Cardi B is in it,” Diesel told Kimmel. “Well, you have to work through the writers and you have to create a role that will work through mythology. Strange enough, 20 years ago, you wouldn’t have thought this, but now we do have Oscar winners asking [for roles in the Fast franchise].”
OK we all know this frsnchise is the definition of milking the cow. Vinny dis know fast n furious is all he got to ever be relavant for a week
Black dont crack. Glad he hung up the mic though. His gimmick only lasted su long.
What gimmick? Luda has bars and can rap his ass off. Not all his music is top notch. But damn he ain’t no gimmick rapper.
He aged well. His music isn’t as enjoyable as it was 20 years ago, but he’s accomplished a lot and seems like good people
Been actually bumping his albums lately.. Dude is pure entertainment.. Great career.
I love luda his energy and skills and interesting tones of voice and bars. Cardi b is entertaining af. Arguably she better as actor than rapper no shade it’s just her personality like that cardi tried series. She’s fun and larger than life. So yeh this pair are true entertainers. I still need to watch that movie, I think “hustlers”(?) A movie with cardi b in. I also need to watch Mr. Robot with M.A in. And bodycam with Mary j Blige.
Braided Luda is different. We might get some heat
Ludaversal can still put out heat and great albums, he just needs to sit on his music for a minute before releasing it to make sure each song ages well. All his albums are great but most of his recent stuff is weighed down by filler tracks. He can make some real smootg tracks, but then he makes some generic pop tracks. Just pace yourself and make sure each track is banger… and throw in a skit for old time sake.
Luda expanded punchline rap in the South and stayed relevant while doing so. A true MC during a period and in a region where the art was blinded by “bling” and beats. Luda’s voice and lyrics were another instrument to add to the music. Most other southern artist could not do that, with exception for a few.. ‘Kast, Face and UGK who mastered storytelling.