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DJ Clue Presents: Backstage Mixtape

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This new one from DJ Clue just takes him to another level. It shows how versatile he can be with songs for the club, to slow songs to r+b to hard core rap. This time around he pulls in new artists like T-boz and rell to join on the mix who both have good songs. The new song "Road dogs" is one of the best songs on the a;lbum with a tight beat. "In the club" with benie segal is another good one. I give this 5 stars just for the songs I liked on it. Out of 19 songs I liked 12 so I think it was still worth it. If your looking for a new mix album to bump in the car or anywhere then this is the cd to get.

It's on again ladies and gentlemen. DJ Clue is known worldwide for his mixtapes and CDs. Lately he has blessed us with The Great Ones Part 2& 3 and The Perfect Desert Storm. Each CD has had blazin' hip hop tracks that are going to be on current CDs and upcoming CDs that haven't been released yet. His latest installment to be released in stores is the soundtrack to the Hard Knock Life Tour, entitled, "Backstage- Mixtape". To anyone who knows DJ Clue or who actually heard his 1st CD that was released in stores, "The Professional", this soundtrack is an extension of his prior work. The soundtrack starts off with the HOT! "Best Of Me (Remix)" with Mya & Jay Z. This is one of the best songs of the Summer of 2000 and has Jay Z at his finest talking junk to the ladies. After that, with the exception of 3 songs, the rest of this CD is a hip hop extravaganza that any hip hop fan should enjoy. Beanie Sigel is up next with "The Club" which is another hit from Timbaland, who has no problem delivering the tight tracks to the Rocafella camp. If you don't believe me, ask Jay Z. This is a tight song from the rapper from Philly. All the DJ Clue regulars are featured on this soundtrack like The LOX w/ the Swizz Beatz' produced "Who Did You Expect", "Gotta Be A Thug" by Fabulous and "Come And Get It" w/Redman & Lady Luck. Other worthy contributions are made by The Cash Money Millionaires with "Millionaire", a Eve, Amil, Da Brat & Jay Z collabo with "Road Dawgs" and the tight collabo between Ja Rule, Lil Cease, & Memphis Bleek with "Crime Life". There is something for everyone on this soundtrack. You even get a Jay Z track that was never featured on any of his albums called, "Peoples Court", which has Jigga at his finest, once again. DJ Clue has really impressed me with this effort. Also, check out his "Professional Part 2" CD, which should be out by the end of the year. Clueminati!

DJ Clue - Backstage: Hard Knock Life Soundtrack (Roc-a-Fella, 2000)

On this album, listen to Cam'Ron and Julez Santana's "Hate Music". That song is wack and its title is the best description of that song and the whole album.

There ARE some good songs on here they're all ruined by DJ Clue's tired catch phrases like "New Ish!", "Exclusive!", and so on. As a result, it's hard to get into otherwise dope cuts like Prodigy's Alchemist-produced "Keep It Thoro" and OutKast, Killer Mike and Slimm Calhoun's "Funkenella". The same story goes for Memphis Bleek's "My Mind Right" where Bleek disses Nas: "'Your life's written'/Who are you supposed to be?/Play your position" (by the way, who is Bleek to diss anyone?).

Another great song is ruined by Clue's rants, called "Best of Me (remix)" by Mya featuring Jay-Z. While the beat supplied by Trackmasters is outdated, Jay-Z spits fire: "Saying you got a man/Okay, ma, AND??/That's high school, making me chasing you 'round for months/Have an affair, act like an adult for once." Also, if you're listening to a track where you don't know what the name is or who's performing, don't worry because Clue will tell you (for example, "New Beanie Sigel!" "'In the Club'!!").

I guess it doesn't matter that much because most of the tracks on here are average (especially the Lox track). But it would have been less disappointing if they included the second verse to Jay-Z's unreleased "People's Court". There's really no point to this album anyway because it's a soundtrack to a movie about a concert tour, so my advice is to skip it. -EJR

YO THIS CD HAS BEEN WAITING TO COME OUT FOR A LONG TIME, SINCE oCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. I HAD A CD SAMPLE WITH FULL LENGTH SONGS SUCH AS "ROAD DAWGS" , "PEOPLE'S COURT" , "CRIME LIFE" , THAT T-BOZ SONG AND "WHAT A THUG'S ABOUT". IT WAS TIGHT. NOW IT'S THE NEW MILLENIUM AND THE WHOLE THING FINALLY IS OUT. IT PLEASES EXPECTATIONS. CRIME LIFE IS A TIGHT SONG WITH JA RULE, MEMP AND CEASE PROVIDING THUGGISH, MURDEROUS VERSES. rOAD DAWG LET'S EVE SHINE BRIGHTER THAN AMIL BUT SHE IS GOOD ON THE CUT WITH JAY-Z CHANTIN THE CHORUS. pEOPLE'S COURT HAS THE PEOPLE COURT T.V. BEAT WITH 808 BASS. cHRISTION HAS A SOULFUL TONE ALONG WITH MYA 'S REMIX OF BEST OF ME WITH jAY-Z THAT HAS BEEN ON MIXTAPES EVERYWHERE. BEENIE GIVES A GOOD SHOWIN. SO WITH BEENIE SEAGAL, FOXY , TIGHT CNN CUT "DON'T WANT BEEF" , SEAN PAUL . HELL THIS MAKES ME GIVE IT A 4.6 IN THE RANKIN. SO GO COP THE SNDTRK AND GO SEE THE MOVIE.

THIS ALBUM IS A MUST HAVE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TIGHT BEATS AND THE ROCKAFELLA GANG. FYI, THE TRACK LISTINGS ON THE ALBUM ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES SEEN IN STORES. I BOUGHT THE ONE IN THE STORES, WHICH HAD MORE TRACKS. IF YOU DON'T GET THIS CD YOU'RE PLAYIN' YOURSELF. GO COP IT YOU WON'T REGRET IT!!!

yo this cd is too hot. yo it starts off great with mya and JAY-Z WITH A BANGING BEAT. bEANIE SEIGAL RHYMES OVER A TIMBLAND BEAT IN "IN THE CLUB". PRODIGY HAS A DOPE RAP IN "KEEP IT THORO". MEMPHIS SONG HAS A COLD BEAT,DOPE RHYME FLOW. KILLA CAM SONG "HATE MUSIC " IS TIGHT. THAT RAPPER FABULOUS FROM THE PROFESSIONAL MIXTAPE AND FROM DJ CLUE SQUAD SPITS A DOPE RHYME ON HIS TRACK. THE RANJAH AND JA RULE HAVE A GREAT SONG. ROAD DAWG HAS TWO OF THE BEST FEMALES (EVE, BRAT) SPITTING OVER A BLAZE TRACK. CHRISTION SONG IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG. OUTKAST SONG HAS A GREAT BEAT AND THEY SPIT SOUTHERN VENOM ALONG WITH SLIMM CALHOUN. REDMAN AND LADY LUCK FLOW ON A ROUGH AND RUGGED TRACK FROM NEW JERS. YO THAT MIXTAPE HAS 19 TRACKS ON THE CD, NOT 12. THIS EMCEES AT THEIR BEST..... CAMRON, PRODIGY, MEMPHIS BLEEK, THE BRAT, FABULOUS ,EVE, MYA . THIS IS THE BEST CD OUT IN A LONG TIME. THIS CD RATES A 10. REMEMBER THIS CD HAS 19 BLAZIN TRACKS. GO COP IT .......

This was put together during the time of the tour Jay-Z & The Roc went on w/ DMX, Ja Rule, Method Man & redman. It starts off strong and ends strong but is rather crappy in the middle. Features a wide range of well known rappers from the east and south and a few female rappers as well as 4 R&B songs (which I'm not a fan of). it definitely has it's highpoints & low points but there are some real good songs on here and if you likereal hip-hop but some R&B as well, you might wanna check it out.

#2 - 7 (Mya & Jay-Z)
#3 - 7.5 (Beanie Sigel)
#4 - 9.5 (Prodigy of Mobb Deep)
#5 - 10 (classic by memphis Bleek - gets on Nas)
#6 - 8.5 (LOX {Styles, Sheek, & Jadakiss})
#7 - 3 (T-Boz)
#8 - 2 (christion)
#9 - 4.5 (Rell)
#10 - 7 (cash Money Records)
#11 - 5 (amil, Da Brat, Eve, Jay-Z)
#12 - 5.5 (outkast, Killer Mike, Slimm Calhoun)
#13 - 7 (Redman & Lady Luck)
#14 - 8 (Cam'ron & Juelz Santana)
#15 - 9.5 (Fabolous)
#16 - 9.5 (Capone & Noreaga)
#17 - 9 (ja Rule, Memphis Bleek, Lil Cease)
#18 - 9 (Ja Rule, Da Ranjahz {Wais & Haph})
#19 - 6 (Jay-Z)

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people who know who DJ Clue is should have this in their possession,'cause this ain't something to miss out on.The c.d just as good as the movie.Tracks like "Keep It Thoro" (Prodigy),is tight especially since he went the whole song without a chorus.Capone&Noreaga put it down on "Don't Want Beef".The Lox's "Who Did You Expect" was one of the (if not the best)tightest songs on the c.d.Beanie Sigel's "In The Club" should've been a big-time radio hit.Just because it's called "In The Club" don't mean it had to stay in the club. "Millionaire" (Hot Boys and Big Tymers) was tight even with the fact that Turk was missing from the song.Fabolous' "Gotta Be Thug" is a tight and reconizable song (track 16 on GHETTO FABOLOUS).Memphis Bleek threw in his own skill a few times on here."My Mind Right" is a anywhere track.It's a track for cars,clubs,parties,house...anywhere you name."Crime Life" with Lil Cease and Ja Rule is somethin' made just for the streets.But don't be surprised if all anybody remembers is the Jiggaman himself.Yeah,I mean Jay-Z.Sure it was a lot of great songs on here,but when it all comes down to it,to some people,all it is,all it was,and all it will be about is Young Hova."People's Court","Best of Me (remix)" and "Road Dawgs" all have Jay on them so if someone you know has this don't be surprised if they push repeat for any of the songs.

I DON'T LIKE DJ CLUE,I DON'T LIKE JAY-Z,I DON'T LIKE MEMPHIS BLEEK BUT I DO LIKE METHODMAN NOT REDMAN.THIS CD IS NOT WORTH BUYING,I DIDN'T EVEN BUY IT I HEARD IT FROM A FRIEND.THIS ALBUM IS NOTHING BUT JUNK.

This album is definitely a reward to todays' music with mya and beanie segal and others this is hot mann Dj Clue keep making them hot albums cause this joint is the hottest around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!