Audio Mixer: Robert Rebeck.

Recording information: Chapman Recording; Studio 30 Thirteen, Houston, TX.

Photographers: Brandon Holley; Mike Frost .

On his third major label LP, Paul Wall largely sticks to the winning formula which brought him success on his break-out effort, THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP (2005), and the follow-up, GET MONEY STAY TRUE (2007). Moving back and forth between feel-good street bangers (as on the defiant album-opener "I Need Mo," the syrupy-slow "One Hundred," and the ode to automobiles "Pressin' Them Buttons") and bouncy synth-fueled strip club anthems (like the lusty neck-snapper "Lemon Drop" and the designer-drug homage alongside Bay Area legend Too $hort "Pop One of These"), Wall also takes time for a few heartfelt, lyrically-driven excursions. FAST LIFE'S unlikely highlights see Paul examining the difficulties of his childhood in "Mama Raised Me" and the autobiographical "Look at Me." FAST LIFE features appearances from H-Town icons Z-Ro, Lil Keke, and Webbie as well as Yung Joc, Gorilla Zoe, Tech N9ne, and Krizz Kaliko.