Life as a Rider

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Life as a Rider | type = studio | artist = C-Bo | cover = Life as a Rider.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2002|1|29}} | recorded = | studio = Heat Recording Studio (North Hollywood, CA) | genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip-hop|gangsta rap}} | length = {{Duration|m=56|s=56}} | label = {{hlist|West Coast Mafia|Warlock}} | producer = {{hlist|Bosko|Floss P|J. Silva|Michael Angelo Saulsberry|Mike Mosley|Rhythm D.}} | prev_title = Blocc Movement | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = West Coast Mafia | next_year = 2002 | misc = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |title=Life as a Rider - C-BO {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/life-as-a-rider-mw0000591097 |access-date=December 28, 2025 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> }} '''''Life as a Rider''''' is the seventh solo studio album by American rapper C-Bo. It was released on January 29, 2002, via West Coast Mafia/Warlock Records. Produced by Mike Mosley, Floss P, Rhythm D, Bosko, John Silva and Michael Angelo Saulsberry, it features guest appearances from 151, Boo Kapone, CJ Mac, Don Town, Gangsta Dresta, Jamal, Killa Tay, Kokane, Lil Daddy, Outlawz, Spade, Speedy, Tray Dee, Young Meek and Yukmouth. In the United States, the album peaked at number 41 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 8 on the Independent Albums charts.

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Cowboy | note1 = featuring Kokane | writer1 = {{hlist|Jon Bon Jovi|Richie Sambora}} | extra1 = Floss P | length1 = 4:39 | title2 = What U No Bout | note2 = featuring Outlawz | writer2 = {{hlist|Shawn Thomas|Malcolm Greenidge|Rufus Lee Cooper III|Mutah Beale|Floss P.}} | extra2 = Floss P | length2 = 4:45 | title3 = West Coast | note3 = featuring Killa Tay, Spade and 151 | writer3 = {{hlist|Thomas|Killa Tay|Spade|151|Mike Mosley}} | extra3 = Mike Mosley | length3 = 5:20 | title4 = I Am C-Bo (Skit) | note4 = Crash of da Riders | writer4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 0:27 | title5 = Creep | note5 = featuring Yukmouth | writer5 = {{hlist|Thomas|Jerold Ellis, Jr.|Mosley}} | extra5 = Mike Mosley | length5 = 4:11 | title6 = Undadawgs | note6 = featuring Gangsta Dresta and CJ Mac | writer6 = {{hlist|Thomas|Andre Wicker|Bryan Ross|Mosley}} | extra6 = Mike Mosley | length6 = 3:45 | title7 = Who Bangin' | note7 = featuring Boo Capone, Jamal, Lil Daddy, Speedy a.k.a. Gotti Gotti and Young Meek | writer7 = {{hlist|Thomas|Jamal|Lil Daddy|Trammel Williams|Mikco Your|Mosley}} | extra7 = Mike Mosley | length7 = 3:50 | title8 = If It Ain't Ruff | writer8 = {{hlist|Thomas|David Weldon}} | extra8 = Rhythm 'D' | length8 = 3:33 | title9 = Let Me Ride | note9 = featuring Don Twon | writer9 = {{hlist|Thomas|Weldon}} | extra9 = Rhythm 'D' | length9 = 3:54 | title10 = Routine Check | writer10 = {{hlist|Thomas|Weldon}} | extra10 = Rhythm 'D' | length10 = 2:56 | title11 = Who Got Flows | writer11 = {{hlist|Thomas|John Silva}} | extra11 = J. Silva | length11 = 3:56 | title12 = Haters, Music, Hoes (Skit) | note12 = Spade, Tish, Crash | writer12 = | extra12 = | length12 = 1:40 | title13 = Don't Love These Hoes | writer13 = {{hlist|Thomas|Mosley}} | extra13 = Mike Mosley | length13 = 4:02 | title14 = G's and Hustla's | note14 = featuring Tre' D | writer14 = {{hlist|Thomas|Tracy Lamar Davis|Floss P.}} | extra14 = Floss P | length14 = 4:19 | title15 = Rag Lo-Lo's | writer15 = {{hlist|Thomas|Michael Angelo Saulsberry}} | extra15 = Michael Angelo Saulsberry | length15 = 3:55 | title16 = Outro | writer16 = | extra16 = Bosko | length16 = 1:44 | total_length = 56:56 }}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2002) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row" |US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=February 16, 2002 |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-albums/2002-02-16/ |website=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=114 |issue=7 |page=23 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=December 28, 2025}}</ref> | 41 |- ! scope="row" |US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=February 16, 2002 |title=Top Independent Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2002-02-16/ |website=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=114 |issue=7 |page=69 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=December 28, 2025}}</ref> | 8 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master|1013422|Life As A Rider|type=album}}

Category:2002 albums Category:C-Bo albums Category:Warlock Records albums Category:Albums produced by Bosko Category:Albums produced by Rhythum D