All Or Nothing

Fat Joe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B00064LOQO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,526 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Does Anybody Know

3. Safe 2 Say (Incredible)

4. So Much More

5. My Fo Fo

6. Rock Ya Body

7. Listen Baby Featuring Mashonda

8. Get It Poppin Featuring Nelly

9. Temptation 1

10. Temptation 2

11. Everybody Get Up

12. I Can Do U

13. So Hot Featuring R. Kelly

14. Lean Back (Remix) Featuring Lil Jon, Eminem, Mase, and Remy Martin

15. Beat Novacane

16. Hold U Down Featuring Jennifer Lopez

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I thought this was a comeback album..., June 14, 2005

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Cevon A. Smith (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Or Nothing (Audio CD)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fat Joe Doesn't Know How Good He's Got It, July 18, 2005

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Troublechild "arizonarepresent" (THA PHX. (that means Phoenix)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Or Nothing (Audio CD)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fat Joe ----- All or Nothing, January 8, 2006

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David Foskin "SneakyGoblin on XBL" (Waterford, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Or Nothing (Audio CD)

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.