Me, Myself and I [PA]

Performer: Fat Joe
Artist: Lil Wayne; The Game
Producer: Scott Storch; The Runners; Streetrunner; L.V.; DJ Khaled
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: After eight years at Atlantic Records, Terror Squad leader, D.I.T.C. affiliate, and Bronx representative Fat Joe returned with his seventh solo album, 2006's ME, MYSELF, & I. Joey Crack aka Don Cartegena does as Jay-Z did, returning to the studio after a string of crossover hits and a well-publicized beef to crank out an honest, street-oriented solo album (his first through his own label, Terror Squad Entertainment). Joe's flow and lyrical content are noticeably more aggressive on this one, spitting ferociously on the opening tracks "Pendemic" and "Damn." While ME, MYSELF, & I does have its share of crossover material, namely the H-Town screw-inspired "No Drama" and the bombastic Caribbean-crunk anthem "Make It Rain" (both produced by Scott Storch), the beats coming courtesy of L.V. and DJ Khaled are straight New York gutter. The fact that the guest list is just two deep (Lil Wayne and the Game make cameos) is perhaps the album's strongest asset. Without any lower-caliber MCs or big-name pop stars on hand for him to cater to, Fat Joe is able to accomplish what he set out to--show the world that he can still hold his own through 12 tracks of good old-fashioned street-hop.

Vibe (p.166) - "MYSELF is the weather-beaten work of a veteran....The production is all door-knocking snares and ominous synths..."

Bronx-born MC Fat Joe Da Gangsta parlayed his notoriety as a graffiti writer into a lucrative and influential career as an MC and hip-hop impresario. One of the first east coast MCs to rhyme unapologetically about the harsh realities of the hustla's life, Fat Joe gained a considerable amount of underground respect in the mid-1990s. But mega-success would come later as leader of the Terror Squad--featuring his equally stout prot�g� the late Big Pun--and again via his smash duet with Ashanti, 2002's "What's Love?" Representing the Puerto Rican voice in hip-hop, Fat Joe has been a major supporter of that community's reggaeton movement, which broke into the mainstream in the early 2000s.

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