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Crunk Juice (Bonus CD) (Bonus Dvd) (Dlx) (Dig)

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Lil Jon is no rapper, but some of the beats will get you hype.

I did not know who Lil Jon was until I moved to the ATL. In New York, you were not always exposed to the Southern Artist (Outcast was the only Southern Group I knew about). That may have changed since I relocated to the ATL 5 years ago.

Lil Jon and the Eastside boys are NOT RAPPERS nor do they claim to be. They are glorified hype men.

Lil Jon is the King of Crunk, and for those that don't know what the term Crunk means here it is: To get Crunk means to get crazy, maybe get drunk, hype, to be overly energetic. So if you keep being Crunk in the proper perspective you can pretty much say that Lil Jon has accomplished being Crunk with his rowdy, out of control partying and having fun lyrics. That's what Lil Jon and the East Side Boys are about. Many of the songs you can't help but bob your head because the beats are so addictive. Who truly cares what they are talking about (which is nothing really), but the music is bumping!!!! So what he is yelling, see him live and you will yell OOOOOOOOKAYYYYYY right along with him. They don't really talk about anything but getting drunk, partying, and women dancing in the strip clubs. So if you are expecting anything deep, then you are going to be disappointed. But if you are looking for some decent party music, then Lil Jon is your man.

Honestly I think Lil Jon should stay away from slow jams or downbeat songs and stick with the rowdy party music. That's when I like the music the best. Comes in handy when I'm at the gym.

Crunk Juice has enough rowdy songs to keep Lil Jon fans happy. I found the interludes funny especially the ones with Chris Rock on them. Fans of Go Go Music will probably enjoy track #14- Awww Skeet Skeet.

Just take this album for what it's meant to be an album for partying, with the exception of the few slow jams or downbeat songs he has on his CD which I stated before, he needs to stay away from.

My Favorite Cuts from Crunk Juice:
2. Get Crunk
3. What you Gonna Do
4. Real N Roll Call
10. Don't f with me
16. In Da clu
19. Stick that thang out

If you bought the CD that includes the bonus CD:
2. What you Gonna Do Jamaica Remix Feat. Elephant Man and Lady Saw (Love this remix!!!!)
4. Lean Back (remix)
7. Gasolina DJ Buddah Remix (really nice cut)

This CD has an EXTREME amount of profanity in it, but I can't see Lil Jon any other way. The CD has some great bangers and some big misses.

Miss #1 would be "Lover's and Friends" featuring Usher & Ludacris. Lil Jon reunited the two individuals that blasted him into superstardom on "Yeah", a song that appeared on Usher's Confessions album. This trio could have worked again, if Lil Jon would have stepped up his lackluster production on this song. And down south rapper Ludacris does not flow so smoothly on slow tracks. 5.5/10

Miss # 2 would be "One Night Stand". GREAT productiosn on Lil Jons part the majority of the song is sung by a sketchy singer named Oobie, and her lyrics are plain boring. This track also seems very out of place amidst other songs who contain choruses like "F$$% you N%$##! We Jackin Your s%##!!!!: 6/10

All other songs are decent but some stand out.

"In da Club" is a typical Lil Jon song with bouncy synthesizers and booming bass. It features R. Kelly & Ludacris, R. Kelly handling the chorus and a Ludacris drops a good verse. Good song 8.5/ 10

"Stick that Thang Out" is probably the album's best song and it isn't even produced by Lil Jon. The Neptunes handle the stellar production and Pharrell drops a nice verse. It also features the Ying Yang Twins, who I think are the best performers to every grace a Lil Jon production. 9.5/10

"Grand Finale" is grand indeed. As Lil Jon warns you early in the song, he has 5 of the hottest MCs on one song. Lil Jon assembles Nas, Jadakiss, Bun B, T.I., and Ice Cube on one 5:30 masterpiece. The song has no chorus and the guests get right to work. 9.0/10


Overall, a decent release by the mutha%^^$#^ King of Crunk. The beats are very different from 2002's Kings of Crunk, but they come close and the guests are amazing. Buy this CD with the bonus discs and get remixes to "Lean Back" featuring Fat Joe, Eminem, & Mase, "Let's Go" featuring Trick Daddy & Twista, 2 remixes to the smash hit "Whatcha Gon' Do", a hilarious skit by Bo Hagon, 2 remixes to "Roll Call" & more. Pick up your copy today.

Before you think about picking up this album, ask yourself this: can you really stand an entire album of Lil Jon? If you're from the South or you love anything FROM the South, then your answer will probably be yes. Everyone else will probably agree that Lil Jon's WHATs, YEEEAHs and OKAAAYs are only good in small doses.

Whatever the case, Crunk Juice isn't a terrible album. But the reason I titled my review the way I did is because there are guest stars on damn near every track, and in most cases Lil Jon has the shortest verse. The only guest-free track is the Rick Rubin-produced "Don't F With Me" (and to the reviewers that were mad that it uses the music from Slayer's "Raining Blood", it's a sample; get over it). But I'm really not feeling the repeat-after-me vibe of that song. By the way, the track listing says the song is called "Don't F With Me", but the liner notes (not to mention the song) say "Stop F'n Wit Me". Which is it?

There ARE some good songs on here though, like "Get Crunk", "What U Gon' Do" and especially the last two tracks, "Stick That Thang Out (Skeezer)" and "Grand Finale". Ice Cube appears on the latter, and although he gave a nice performance earlier on the album in "Real N Phone Call", here it's not the same. I mean, his verse starts out fine, but as I listened on I started to wonder what the hell he was talking about. But that's not too bad because Jon, Nas, T.I. and Bun-B handle the rest of the song pretty well.

Since Jon and Ludacris helped Usher storm the charts with "Yeah" last year, it looks like Usher and Luda return the favor with the smooth "Lovers and Friends". The song itself isn't bad (well, actually, Luda's verse is kinda generic); the problem is that it just doesn't fit on an album full of loud crunk songs. To be honest, it sounds like it belongs on Usher's album. The same can be said about the song that follows, "One Night Stand".

As much as I love Chris Rock, I'm inclined to agree with the other reviewers that said that his skits were pointless. And the "Bo Hagon's Phone Call" skit is pointless too, although the ending was a little funny. Speaking of pointless, that can also be said about the obligatory screwed song, "Da Blow" (why would you purposely have Gangsta Boo on your album?). And "Aww Skeet Skeet" was a little too weird for me. But worse than that is when R. Kelly shows up for "In Da Club", which sounds like a watered-down version of "Get Low". And Kells is rapping again, too (*sigh*).

There is also a bonus remix CD, but at that point I felt I'd had enough because the regular album is already 75+ minutes long. There are two new versions of each "What U Gon' Do" and "Real N Roll Call" (now shortened to just "Roll Call"). The first two mixes are decent, but as far as the Bad Brains remix of "Roll Call"; note to Lil Jon: rock remixes don't work for everyone. And both Chris Rock and Bo Hagon's respective skits are unnecessary.

Anyone that liked Lil Jon's previous offerings should have no problem with this album, but the rest of the world might want to think a bit before having a taste of this crunk juice.

Anthony Rupert

P.S. What exactly do the East Side Boyz (Lil' Bo and Big Sam) do? They don't rap OR produce.

I love Lil Jon & E.S.B. This is a great album...until you get to track 12. The first half of the CD is beyond crunk, but after track 10 it just kind of fades into "Blah". Take my advice and do what I did after hearing the whole album. If you buy this CD, be sure to get the special edition with the remix CD & DVD included. Yeah, it's a few dollars more, but believe me, it's well worth it as the remixes are amazing. Here's what you do: Burn a copy of it for yourself, but replace tracks 11-20 with the 10 remix tracks on the bonus CD. The only downside is that "Grand Finale" from the album won't fit, that's a great track, (I guess you could leave out a remix and put it on it if you want or whatever) but other than that, if you do this, you won't have to skip a track! Just let that beeotch ride! NON-STOP CRUNKNESS!!!

Crunk Juice is the new album from Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz and absolutely oozes with brilliance. This album features a lot of amazing other artists making appearances on the album such as The Bigg Snoop Dogg, Luda, Ying Yang Twins, Lil Scrappy, Usher and the one and only R.Kelly!! It also contains a few skits from Chris Rock the man. The Bonus Remix CD gets heads bumpin and asses shakin in the club like nufin normal. Real strong beats and superb vocals and timing. Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz also pleasure us even more by giving us a free Bonus DVD with some amazin MTV Movie Awards footage, the video for What U Gon Do and the making of that video as well as a full showing of BET'S How I'm Living. Totally Crunk Lil Jon never fails to make the music that pumps in the club and make the fans happy. YEEAAHHH!!!

It really is hard to believe the success that our Johnathan has had. After doing well on "Put your hood up", his first big album, I have to say I didn't think much else would happen from him. But, remarkably, he managed even bigger success with "kings of crunk", going platinum! An incredible feat when you consider the nature of his music. So it was even more mind boggling that he managed to become more popular, producing the hit "yeah" for usher. He now is a well known celebrity face, an amazing accomplishment. After "put your hood up", I thought that would he be him. After "kings of crunk", I was certain his fifteen minutes of fame were up. But no, he doesn't appear to be going anywhere!!!!! So, with this in mind he drops his third big album, now internationally, "Crunk Juice". To be honest its more fun discussing his rise to fame than his music, as there is little to say about it; harsh, thudding beats, raging synths, and his now trademark bark raps. This album doesn't differ much from the others, rock chattering intro, five or six banging crunk tracks, a few rubbishy RnB songs, a plethora of watery guest features, and his now traditional three 6 mafia rip off (Da Blow). This time he goes so far as to enlist former Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo, and rap properly himself, totally ripping off DJ Paul's style in the process. If it wasn't for that it would be a good song though. So that's it really, not much else to be said about the music, simple but at times very very effective. YEEAAAHHHH!!!!!! Oh, a word on the product itself; The way it's been sold is great!!! You get the album, a bonus remix cd, and a DVD, all packaged in a snazzy cover!!! Brilliant!!! Its great the effort that was made. Record companies take note that this is the way to be internet piracy; make the product so great that people will be desperate to buy it! Don't bother with the enhanced CD or copy protected rubbish, just give us loads of extras and we'll be happy! Oh, and no one steal this album off the net! Buy it, it's good value for money and if you're a fan deserves to be bought!!! In summary, an improvement on his last album, but still a bit lop-sided.3 and a half out of 5.

Fat Tracks:
"Real N**** Roll Call", "What You Gon' Do", "White Meat"

Definitely the hottest album out right now. Get's you hyped up for sure, the whole cd is just awesome. Put it in and let it play straight through, it flows that good. And if you got some 15's in your trunk, it'll keep your car and your head vibrating like crazy. The bass is off the hook. If you like crunk music, PICK THIS UP!

I don't know what everyone else is talking about, but this cd is just like every other he has ever made. It is made to get you hype, not impress you with its stellar rythmes. He is the "king of Crunk" ,not the "king of rap". I think he's the crunkest out anywhere and he's creating his own style, not imitating others or folloming a generic group. If you want good rappers, listen to twista or eminem, but their beats will never compare to the crunk beats of lil jon on any track.

If you like Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, You will love this CD!

ok ok ok dis is how it goes

(disc one)

1.crunk juice (intro) 9/10
a crunk intro but not as good as kings of crunk

2.get crunk 9/10
dis is a crunk azz song but lack of beat

3.what u gon` do 10/10
i love dis song its one of da best

4.real n***a roll call 10/10
dis is da best song on da f*ckin album!its one of my favorite songs!

5.bo hagons phone call (skit) 9/10
funny as f*ck!

6.da blow 7/10 kinda wierd but crunk azz bass!!

7.contract 5/10
sooo goddamn stupid!

8.E40 choppin (skit) 10/10
i love dis its funny as hell!!!

9.white meat 9/10
crunk as f*ck but a little too violent

10.dont f*ck wit me 10/10
dis is another one of my favorites

11.chris rock lets be friends 10/10
soooo damn funny

12.lovers and friends 10/10
dis is pimpin i never thought lil jon could pull off a love song but he did.and he still managed to get one cuss word in his verse

13.one night stand 7/10
dis one aint dat good but i love his song wit oobie lie ooh nah nah na na,nothin on and nothins free!

14.aw skeet skeet 5/10
stupid

15.chris rock in da club 7/10
funny

16.in da club 6/10
boorin!

17.b*ches aint sh*t 9/10
PIMPIN!!!

18.chris rock get lower 10/10
hilarious!!!!!!

19.stick that thang out (skeezer) 7/10
crunk bass but booring

20.grand finale 10/10
really good way to end crunk juice


(disc two)

1.vica a. fox 4/10
gaaaaayyyyyy!

2.what u gon` do (remix) 10/10
i love dis sh*t it is soooooo crunk

3.what u gon` do (latino mix) 10/10
another crunk remix

4.lean back (remix) 0/10
dis suuuuuucccckkkkkkkssss!! it would be so cool if it didnt have eminem in it i hate eminem he sucks d*ck i he ever does is talk about killin his wife dats not crunk hes da worst rapper eva

5.lets go (remix) 8/10
cool!

6.menage a trois 9/10 funny as hell!!!

7.gassolina (remix) 6/10
sucky

8.chris rock crunk 5/10
goddamn how much chris rock do they have to put on here?!

9.roll call (crunk rock remix) 1/10
dis sucks

10.roll call (bad brains remix) 0/10
dis sucks more its clean


over all its a crunk azz album itz worth da cash!!!!