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All Or Nothing (Clean)

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I'm a Fat Joe fan from the early ninties. I honestly stopped liking Fat Joe just before Big Pun died. I heard the Just Blaze produced "Safe 2 Say (The Incredible)" and instantly thought that the recent beef with 50 Cent had jolted an awakening of the Fat Joe of the D.I.T.C. fame. Singles like "So Much More" and "Listen Baby" seemed to have confirmed this...but once I listened to the finished product I must say I was quite disappointed. This album fronts several lackluster pop anthems (Get It Poppin for example) and just plain awful songs (Hold You Down). For those looking for that raw NY street lyricist, wait until Nas or Jay-Z release their next albums or go underground and listen to Immortal Technique.

Fat Joe has been rappin longer than he has been selling, which isn't that unusual, except he's been on the scene for over ten years. He could've had classic albums. The underated "Jealous One's Envy" had all the makings of a classic album. Great production, great vibe, but great lyrics? That has been a problem for Fat Joe for about ten years, and again with his latest release, "All Or Nothing", he's treated with great production, a great party vibe that people are attracted to, yet Fat Joe fails to deliver solid lyrics and is not a great MC in the first place. Yes, I think Fat Joe is underated on alot of albums but not this one. Yeah, tracks like "Does Anybody Know", "Temptations Pt. 1&2", and "Beat Novocane" stand out,but he still continues to deliver mediocre and predictable rhymes. This album is more for the ladies, tryin to get the party started. If your in the mood to get a party bumpin, this is the way to go. If you read all the magazines and internet's hype about it don't trust it. I think Fat Joe has delivered alot better, and can.

With over ten years in the game, Fat Joe has yet to get his just due as one of the few rappers to continuously step up his master of ceremony game. He has developed the once sophomoric delivery first heard on Represent, into a more laid back cocky flow that helped him lock down last summer along Terror Squad. Now on his appropriately titled sixth album, the Boogie Down's last hope, attempts to legitimize himself within the battle of the boroughs. Unfortunately, All Or Nothing (Terror Squad/Atlantic) does not stack high enough to justify the Don's recent King Of NY claims.

On the opener "Does Anybody Know", the Bronx Bomber sets a stern tone with tales of his come up on the streets and the ambition that fueled it on a sped up vocal sample driven track. Joe goes hardest on "Safe 2 Say (The Incredible)" though. "On my waist you know I gotta keep that oven/for you gingerbread ass niggas, the heats coming/on high/ Joey Crack I/bake the cake serve you niggas humble pie". Just Blaze cooks up a heater by incorporating Chuck D's legendary "Once again it's the incredible" line from PE's "Bring The Noise" over some menacing guitar licks. In house Terror Squad production duo Cool & Dre are not to be outshined, as they hold down Joe on the albums first single "So Much More". Other highlights include the DJ Khaled produced "Beat Novacaine."

Still to this day, Joe has tasted minimal mainstream success with previous cross over smashes ("Lean Back" and "What's Love"), but has yet to lock down his spot alongside the Jay-Z's of the Rap world. On All Or Nothing, Crack tries to recreate this magic but can't effectively nail down a hit. Joe enlists the help of Nelly on the hook and super producer Scott Storch on "Get It Poppin". The potent lineup that reads so well on paper doesn't translate into the grand slam he hoped it would have been (Think about when you only appreciate a track when you hear it five years later on your local radio station's throwback hour). And addressing beef doesn't seem to be Crack's forte either as he drops the ball to "ether" down his newfound nemesis 50 Cent. "My Fo Fo" suffers from a weak hook and lack of substance.

Even most hardcore Fat Joe fans will find All Or Nothing a tad difficult to grasp. The album lacks direction, as the album sounds more like a bunch of songs put together. Fat Joe will need to bring more to the table in order to sit with the big boys.

This album has a few hard joints and to much commercial with suger coated superstar production. Just blaze, timbo & swizz are cool but he used there beats for poppy commercial tracks. "safe to say" is pretty hard but more like something to ride to. "listen baby" is a cheesy love song "everybody get up" is knockin but just a boring party track. "so much more" the production & flow makes it a sick headbanger.Obivously 50 cent didn't stand a chance on "my fofo" joe's not a battle rapper but he made a lot of things clear on how 50 ain't ish!. The more harder records are "temptation pt.1" & temptation pt.2" which is his storytelling track over dark misterious beats. Some of his best. the "intro" is a sample in the back type track where Joe goes off with a rage on this track, you gotta feel this. It's about his street cred & his position in the game for so long, next to his challengers this makes him a king. Fallowed by "does anybody know" ur basic song about street life. this a sick track I think should've been put towards the end because its to dark for a opener. Beat is insain.There's a lot of fillers too like "lean back remix" corny down [lil jon] south beat with weak verses by ma$e, eminem & remy, joe kicked a decent verse. "Hold you down -ft. J-lo" is obviously a bonus which doesn't fit the albums vibe, the remix would've been a better choice. The rest of the album is simply more of the same. fans of great beats that just wanna bop there head 75 % of a album its a cool edition to your colletion. This a cd you'll listen to once in a blue. 3 Hard tracks "my fofo" "so hot f/ r.kelly" "intro" "temptation 1-2" "does anybody know" "rock ya body" Fillers "lean back remix" "hold you down" "Beat novacain" which is a decent super hero type beat just gets boring. Rest are pretty commercial party joints for Joes flavor "get it poppin" "I can do u" "listen baby" "everybody get up"

fat joe...wat can i say ur name has been in the game for a while so gotta give props to that...but ur music is garbage in my opinion

Fat Joe's sixth solo album is "All Or Nothing" (2005). Looking slimmer, Fat Joe enlisted production help from the likes of Just Blaze, Cool and Dre, Swizz Beats, Scott Scorch, DJ Khaled, Streetrunner, Lil Jon, Nasty Beatmakers and Timbaland. And production is solid throughout, with some banging beats. Unfortunately Fat Joe's mostly the same MC, overly braggy, lyrically weak (recycled rhymes) and solid beats/half decent guest appearances can't save him. Fat Joe reps himself braggily on the intro claiming to be the King of New York. The next two tracks are more of the same, then one of the albums single follows "So Much More", Joe picks up his game some delivering a decent cut. "My Fofo" is a diss track directed at 50 Cent, which will provide entertainment for some people. Tracks like "Rock Your Body", "Listen Baby", "Get It Popping", are simply hurting, its painfully obvious that Joe puts weak half hearted commercial cuts like these on his album in an attempt to sell more units. After these cuts he attempts to get hardcore again on "Temptation PT 1 & 2". More played out commercial tracks follow, "Lean Back" was hot over a year ago, but the remix doesn't do anything for this reviewer now. Jennifer Lopez drops in for laidback collaboration on the albums closer "Hold You Down". Fat Joe supposedly reps his squad but doesn't put any of his people on- so called solo albums have never emerged from any of Terror Squads artists: Armageaddon, Prospect, Tony Sunshine or Remy Martin. I won't even go into the Cuban Link situation. All in all I don't think this is legacy Big Pun would of wanted. Dam I miss Pun and the days of Capital Punishment. I can see some loyal Fat Joe fans being enraged by this review, and they are about the only ones I would recommend "All Or Nothing" to.

Fat Joe said himself that he likes to include soft silly sh*t to appeal to a cross over audience. Back in the day when he was still known as a killer and crack dealer on the streets of the Boogie Down Bronx he was spitting that fire. Back then someone like 50 opening his mouth would have resulted in some serious violence, but these days Joey Crack is too soft to wipe 50 out. It's not like Joe can't do it though; his freestyle skills have actually improved a great deal, but he needs to stop messing around with those soft tracks.

Fat Joe stays steady,but He can be streaky.the problem is that He gets caught up in alot of trendy stuff that tends to wear where He is trying to go down.I was looking forward to the cut "So Hot" with R.Kelly.anybody working with the King of Music R.Kelly is always gotta get my ear&Attention,but the cut is alright at best."Lean back" had me hyped last summer&while the Re-Mix is cool the rest of this Album is decent enough to get by,but consider that Fat Joe is all the Hype on Him He didn't Bring that Knock Out album.had Fat Joe came with a stronger Album then Dude would have fully been on the first Tier of Rappers.

Unfortunately yet another commercial aimed release from Fat Joe. Was really hoping for a hardcore release from Joey Crack, reminiscent of his early material, when he actually rapped with fire and aggression. Really not feeling this album at all, not that I was expecting to. Hopefully he doesn't bring this garbage for the upcoming D.I.T.C. project.

If you like your commercial hip hop a bit harder then you might get some enjoyment out of this. If you are a hip hop head looking for something like J.O.E. then don't bother.

And to all you 50 Cent fans, you really need to keep your mouths shut, as most of you are probably under 13 and have never heard of D.I.T.C. or Fat Joe's earlier albums Represent and Jealous Ones Envy. Listen to either of these (especially J.O.E.) and tell me 50 Cent is the better MC...

50 Cent/G-Unit + Crunk = What is wrong with hip hop

fat joe's gone completely commercial man. he's lyrics are alright but his aim is way off. hope he sells some units to rest his soul, cuz i know it bothers him to be such a pop culture rapper.