Loyalty [PA]Fat Joe
Release Date: 11/12/2002
Original Release:
2002
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 466542_CD
UPC # 075678360022
Label: Atlantic (USA)
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Disc: 1
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Performer: Fat Joe
Artist: Ginuwine; Scarface; Cam'Ron; Remy; Baby; Tony Sunshine; Ronda Blackwell; Lamajic; Irv Gotti; Armageddon; Prospect Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Notes: Personnel includes: Fat Joe, Ginuwine, Scarface, Cam'Ron, Tony Sunshine, Armageddon, Prospect, Remy. Producers include: Irv Gotti, Cool & Dre, Precision, Alchemist, Buckwild. Personnel: Tony Sunshine (vocals); David Cabrera (guitar); Tommy Dekorte (Wurlitzer organ). Audio Mixer: Jason Goldstein. Recording information: Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; The Hit Factory, Miami, FL; TMF Studios, New York, NY. The Bronx's favorite son, the portly Hispanic rapper known affectionately as Fat Joe, has been kicking street-real rhymes for years, whether on his own or bolstered by an impressive posse including the likes of Big Pun. No matter how gangsta he gets, though, its difficult not to like Fat Joe, whose warm, organic lyrical flow is more engaging than off-putting. Thematically, he's more focused on old-school braggadocio than on any overt threats of crime and violence. Like any good rapper, Fat Joe makes himself his main subject on LOYALTY. Production that mixes pop-friendly hooks and bubbling funk with R&B and cutting-edge hip-hop provides just the right framework for Joe's vibrant raps. Stellar guest appearances from Scarface and Ginuwine don't hurt the proceedings either.
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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Similar Genres:
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