{{Infobox album | name = The Life I Live | type = studio | artist = Torrey "T.C." Carter | cover = The Life I Live.jpg | alt = | released = 2000 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = *Goldmind *Elektra | producer = Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Timbaland, Flavahood, Nokio, Charlamagne, Bink!, DJ Eddie F., Gerard Thomas, Brycyn Evans, Brian Kidd, Gerald Isaac | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = The Life I Live | type = studio | single1 = Take That | single1date = June 6, 2000 | single2 = If It's Money You Want | single2date = 2000 }} }}
'''''The Life I Live''''' is the 2000 debut solo album by American R&B singer, Torrey Carter. The album was led by the top 20 R&B hit, "Take That" (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott);<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/torrey-carter-featuring-missy-misdemeanor/401233#/artist/torrey-carter-featuring-missy-misdemeanor/401233/|title=Take That chart position|website=Billboard.com|access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> the album also listed "If It's Money That You Want" as the second single, where it began to gain minor airplay. However, both singles failed to become much of a success, thus the album was shelved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Torrey+Carter|title=Torrey Carter music, videos, stats, and photos|date=23 November 2022|website=Last.fm|access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/torrey-carter-the-life-i-live-mw0001135943|title=The Life I Live|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 13, 2025}}</ref> }}
AllMusicrated the album three out of five stars.<ref name="AllMusic"/>
==Track listing== From Yahoo Music.<ref>{{cite web|title=Torrey Carter: The Life I Live [Clean] by Torrey Carter|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/torrey-carter/albums/torrey-carter-the-life-i-live-clean--123739|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614091033/http://music.yahoo.com/torrey-carter/albums/torrey-carter-the-life-i-live-clean--123739|archive-date=June 14, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>
# "Floss Ya Jewels" # "Take That" <small>(featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott)</small> # "Shotgun" <small>(featuring Lil' Mo)</small> # "The Life I Wanna Live" <small>(featuring Nokio of Dru Hill)</small> # "Cream (Ride or Die)" <small>(featuring Lil' Mo & Nokio of Dru Hill)</small> # "We Gon' Do" # "If It's Money That You Want" # "Now I Got a Girl" # "Same 'Ol" <small>(featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott)</small> # "It Takes Two" <small>(featuring Lil' Mo)</small> # "Insanity"
==Leftover tracks== * "O.K." <small>(featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Petey Pablo & Trick Daddy)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thomascrownchronicles.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html/|title=Thomas Crown Chronicles|website=Thomascrownchronicles.blogspot.com|access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Life-Bonus-Track-Torrey-Carter/product-reviews/B00005AA86/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending|title=Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Life I Live (+1 Bonus Track)|website=Amazon.com|access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> * "Tight Jeans"<ref>[https://archive.today/20120712171656/http://launch.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/mochaandtorreycarter/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=5/ Mocha and Torrey Carter]</ref>
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