THIS THING CALLE(EX)Recording information: Duck Off Studios, Atlanta, GA; Treesound Studios, Atlanta, GA; Tweleve Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA. Photographer: Diwang Valdez. Counting the front cover, the booklet for This Thing Called Life contains over two dozen photos, all black and white, mostly downcast. In a couple shots, August Alsina's view is from the ground, at the mercy of an ambiguously clothed man pointing a gun at him. Others show the singer staring at a