Life in 1472

Life in 1472
Studio album by Jermaine Dupri
Released	July 21, 1998
Recorded	1997–1998
Genre	Hip hop
Length	59:56
Label	So So Def Columbia Sony
Producer	Jermaine Dupri Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Charlemagne Coptic Carl So-Lowe DJ Quik Slick Rick DJ Premier Mariah Carey Kanye West
Jermaine Dupri chronology
Life in 1472 (1998) Instructions (2001)
Singles from Life in 1472
"The Party Continues" Released: February 17, 1998 "Money Ain't a Thang" Released: May 11, 1998 "Sweetheart" Released: September 7, 1998 "Going Home with Me" Released: November 23, 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
City Pages	(unfavorable)[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
SF Weekly	(unfavorable)[6]
Vibe	(favorable)[7]
Yahoo! Music	(favorable)[8]

Life in 1472 is the debut studio album by American producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri, released via So So Def in the United States on July 21, 1998. 1472 refers to J (being the 10th letter of the alphabet) + D (representing the 4th letter of the alphabet), and 72 (the year of Dupri's birth, 1972). It produced the singles "Money Ain't a Thang" (US No. 52), "Sweetheart" (US No. 125), "The Party Continues" (US No. 29), and "Going Home with Me". Life In 1472 spent two weeks at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while breaking the top 5 on the Billboard 200 and selling 162,000 copies in its first week.^[9] The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on August 19, 1998. A platinum certification followed on September 2, 1998.