★★★★★
Hi, my name is One and I'm a closet J.D. fan. I know what you're thinking: "Say it ain't so One! I thought you were the truth!" Dammit, what do you want me to do?! Who cares if he's got a Napoleon complex and was in way over his head dissin' Timbaland and Dr. Dre. I admit I had a good laugh at his expense when Tim, Dre, Eminem, and Xzibit verbally sucker-punched the unarmed man. You reap what you sow...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Why hoochies give coochie ("Get Your Shit Right," "All That's Got To Go").
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
JD has earned
a reputation for creating masterful, crisp tracks for a
constellation of stars like Ludacris, Usher, and Mariah Carey. On
his previous album, Jermaine Dupri Presents Life in 1472 (The
Original Soundtrack), the producer smartly left most of the
rhyming to those on the cards of his bulging Rolodex (including
DMX and Lil' Kim). Here, vocals from Nate Dogg and Jadakiss match
JD's rollicking beats, but the producer spoils the mood with too
many of his own whiny rants...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Now that corporate mergers and synergy are all the rage, it was
only a matter of time before pop music caught the bug. Record
moguls want to be performers, producers want to be stars, and
singers want to be label owners -- call it the Puffyization of
pop. The latest insider with cross-pollination dreams is Atlanta
producer and So So Def label CEO Jermaine Dupri. For most of the
decade, Dupri has been content to work in the background...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
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