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Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2010
It's only been about 10 months since his last (and his worst) solo, and thank God he didn't wait too long. Of his 10 albums, this is probably his 2nd best one (I don't have his debut solo from 1993). To his catalog over the last 17 years, he has 3 I'd give 4.5 stars, 1 I'd say is borderline 4/4.5 stars, 3 I'd give 4 stars, and one is border 3/3.5 stars. This one is his strongest of his last 3 albums, 5 years and goes back to being hard/street oriented and not as much Pop/radi friendly songs as his last 3 albums. Of the 13 songs on here, 2 are classics, 2 are ok, the other 8 are good or real good songs. Guests are on 8 of the 13, rapping on 3 and doing the hook on 5 songs. Production is nice as well. Cool & Dre, Infamous, Scoop Deville, and Raw Uncut all do 2 songs, Scram Jones, Just Blaze, DJ Premier, Street Runner and Dope Boyz all do 1. A nice album to have and his best album in quite some time.
#1 - 9 (nice beat)
#2 - 8.5 (nice old school beat)
#3 - 9 (tight beat and storyline about the growth of crack)
#4 - 9 (f/ Clipse & Cam'ron -- good beat)
#5 - 8.5
#6 - 9 (f/ Young Jeezy -- nice beat)
#7 - 7 (f/ Trey Songz)
#8 - 7 (f/ Rico Love)
#9 - 10 (CLASSIC -- f/ R. Kelly -- great beat)
#10 - 10 (CLASSIC -- f/ TA & Too $hort -- great beat)
#11 - 8.5 (f/ Lil Wayne, who thankfully only does the hook)(
#12 - 9 (nice beat)
#13 - 8 (f/ Busta Rhymes on the hook)
Joseph Cartagena -- b. 8/19/72 -- Bronx, NY
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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2010
I have to say the crack man def gave us what we wanted to hear. From listening to the first song you kind of get the sense that this dude is really going to bring it on this album. By the time I was done listening I realized that this is a classic. I started to understand what he meant by the dark side. Heartless and cold in each verse. The kind of music that we loved b4 we all turned to listening to that garbage that's out right now. This album is far from soft. Well worth it. I figured I should support it since he's one of the last big names still giving it to us like this.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2010
The album is actually pretty good. Not a big fan of Fat Joe. But my gripe is that the album says 13 tracks (12 tracks plus a bonus) but only 12 show up on my laptop. did I receive a dud from amazon?
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2010
This is one of Joey's best, if not the best album he has ever done. If you are not a fan of Fat Joe you will be after listening to this album.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2010
This may well be one of Crack's best album if not the best, back to his hardcore roots, or might i say, real hiphop roots since this is what rap music is actually supposed to sound like, the lyricism is undeniable, Joe, where were these rhymes all this while? i know, trying to make money in this highly diluted rap music community, i dont blame you though, but a good artist should figure out a way of making money without producing mediocre music at the same time. The right people are featured including highly underrated Busta rhymes, the beats are anything but below average, well done and suitable for the tracks, but it didnt have to be hardcore completey though,with regards to the selling potential; most of the tracks are battle geared, but more storytelling and insightful tracks would've made it a complete album (like Jay's american gangster) but i still appreciate the release, this is the album for people like me. If you've been looking for real music, you'll be making a mistake by missing this.
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Reviewed in Canada on April 23, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars my cd
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2014
My order came in good time and was good value for my money .the CD was for my son and he thought the price was great .
5.0 out of 5 stars 初心者
Reviewed in Japan on June 11, 2011
この手の音楽はあまり詳しくないけど SLOW DOWNのPVがカッコ良かったので購入 バラエティに富んで気持ちが良いです 最近こればっか聴いてます TREY SONGZ YOUNG JEEZY R KELLY も買って見ようと思います
3.0 out of 5 stars Heading in the right direction...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2011
I shall try to keep this review as brief yet informative as I can.
I admittedly gave up on Joey Crack when the J.O.S.E train crash reached my ears. I really thought that he had been lost to sugary RnB for good, then suddenly this album surfaced much to my astonishment. So I gave the Don one more chance, a chance which I only partly regret.
Granted, there are far too many soft, RnB tracks on here but there does seem to be traces of that lyrical coldness which I fell in love with in the 90's. When one hears grimey tracks such as 'Kilo', 'Valley of Death', 'At Last Supremacy' and even the Lil' Wayne assisted emotion-fest 'Heavenly Father' it is apparent that Don Cartegena wants to be taken seriously again. Though, when one hears fluffy filler such as 'If it ain't About Money' and 'Money Over Bitches' it seems that the attempt to be taken seriously lacks conviction.
Aside from the aforementioned RnB cheese that dogs this album, I can't help feeling that this is 'too little, too late' and that old fans such as myself have moved on to more experimental material while the younger audience may require more gimmicks to keep their attention. Over all though, I hope that he keeps to the current ice-cold trajectory, steers further away from RnB cheese and gives us a classic sequel!
4.0 out of 5 stars yo
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2010
joey brought it back on some real hip hop so im proud of him lol, even the club tracks like na na are still crazy. he should have dropped the r kelly track though that was horrible. its worth the buy but i hope the second is longer as this project flys by