Emcee's Properganda

Jin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Draft
• ASIN: B000AV2GKQ
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,564 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Emcee (skit)

2. Perspectives

3. Top 5 (Dead or Alive)

4. Mr. Popular

5. My First Time

6. Propaganda Defined (skit)

7. Properganda

8. No More Fans

9. G.O.L.D.E.N.

10. Foolish Little Girls

11. The Craftiest (skit)

12. 100 Thousand Sold Pt. 2

13. No Concept feat. Yung MAC & LS

14. Carpe Diem

15. It's All Over

Editorial Reviews

Draft Records is proud to release the new album from the MC Jin, The Emcee’s Properganda. This is Jin’s follow up album to his Virgin Records 2004 debut album, The Rest Is History. The album features appearances from Yung Mac and LS. As well, the album features production from the 15 year old beat protégée Golden Child.

Jin is a Chinese-American MC with a cocky smirk and nasty rhyme skills. Jin was noticed and got his Ruff Ryders/Virgin recording contract from his relentless battle rhyme abilities on BET’s 106 & Park Freestyle Fridays competition. Once signed, Jin went on to work with everybody from Wyclef to Kanye West on his debut album. Jin made noise at the Mix Show Power Summit in 2004 by winning the Fight Klub Battle. Jin is also a credit actor having a supporting role in 2 Fast 2 Furious.

With The Emcee’s Properganda, Jin returns back to his battle and freestyle roots. This album shows Jin’s incredible lyrical talent and once again proves why he truly belongs amongst the greats in Hip-Hop.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Top 10 Rap Albums Of The Year, November 26, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Emcee's Properganda (Audio CD)

Around this time last year, Jin was releasing his long-delayed debut album, "The Rest is History." When it came out, it debuted at number 54 and ended up selling only 200,000 copies so far. There were a number of reasons why it didn't do well. First the delay, then the bickering between Ruff Ryders and Virgin Records, and Virgin not being able to choose a single for Jin(and there were better singles than "Learn Chinese" and "Senorita."). Tired of music industry politics, Jin made a song called "I Quit" and it was assumed that Jin would retire from the rap industry and focus on acting.

Wrong. Turns out, the song was a metaphor and Jin was starting over in the rap game. With a fresher look on his career, Jin left Ruff Ryders and decided to go independent. He hooked up with 16(now 17) year old Golden Child and Demo Beats to produce his album. He released his sophmore album through his new label CraftyPlugz and Draft Records. How does it stack up compared to his debut album? Pretty well actually.

1. "The Emcee(skit)" - The album starts off with a skit, which I skipped because I don't usually listen to skits in rap albums.

2. "Perspectives" - The song is about how Jin longs for the days when rap was about the lyrics and not the hooks found in many rap songs today. He mentions how good MC's are rare to find. I liked the song and Jin spits some good lyrics to go with the sick beat produced by Golden Child. 9 out of 10

3."Top 5(Dead or Alive)" - The first single from the album, which is about how you can't make a list for the best MC's as it's all up to opinion. Jin gives shout outs to different rappers, such as Nas, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Rakim, and others. Another nice beat from Golden Child. 9 out of 10

4. "Mr. Popular" - Another song I liked which has Jin bragging about his skills. Once again, Golden Child produces another good beat to go with Jin's skills.

5. "My First Time" - A take-off from Common's classic song, "I Used to Love H.E.R.", here we have Jin reminsicing about writing his first rhyme(although if you don't pay attention, you might think it's something else). A down-to-earth beat is provided by Golden Child. Not my favorite song, but it's still good. 7.5 out of 10

6. "Properganda" - Could be third single from this album, and it's also the only track not produced by Golden Child. It's produced by Demo Beats from Boston and it blends in nicely with the rest of the album. Another favorite of mine, which has Jin bashing the music industry. 9 out of 10

7. "No More Fans" - Song about how everyone seems they can rhyme, even though they don't have the skills for it. Jin provides good lyrics for this and the beat sounds like it would fit in nicely with Common's "Electric Circus" album. 8.5 out of 10

8. "G.O.L.D.E.N." - Song about different rap producers and how Golden Child is the future. Jin provides good lyrics but, I wasn't feeling the beat for this one. It kinda reminds me of the "Laffy Taffy" beat, although better. This song is also the only mainstream-ready one from the album. 7 out of 10

9. "Foolish Little Girls" - Jin has said that this is his favorite song from the album and I can see why. A nice beat provided by Golden Child, Jin raps about how preteen girls are acting way too mature for their age. Another good song. 9 out of 10

10. "The Craftiest(skit)" - Didn't listen to this, due to being a skit.

11. "100 Thousand Sold(Part 2)" - My second favorite song from this album, this song is a follow-up to part one, which can be heard on his official site, The [...]. I like it because it has probably the best lyrics on the album which go into how Jin almost quit rapping. Jin's manager, Big Kamel also says a few words on here. The beat is another good one produced by Golden Child. For a minute, I had to tell myself that 9th Wonder or Kanye West didn't produce it. 9.5 out of 10

12. "No Concept" featuring Yung MAC and LS - A fun song on here featuring Jin's other CraftyPlugz rosters. The concept is based off A Tribe Called Quest's classic, "Check the Rhime." Yung MAC and LS do well, although they are not as good as Jin. 8 out of 10

13. "Carpe Diem" - Jin's could-be second single. Like "G.O.L.D.E.N.", it's not my favorite song from the album. Basically, this is Jin's version of Kanye's "Touch the Sky." He does well, but it could have been better. 7.5 out of 10

14. "It's All Over" - This is my favorite song from the album. Jin shows his lyrical chops over a sick Golden Child beat. One might think Kanye produced it, meaning it's just that good. 10 out of 10

Overall, a great album from Jin. To the one reviewer who said that this new outlook for Jin is a gimmick, why can't an artist change his ways? This helps an artist grow into something much better. It won't sell even as much as his debut album(as of this writing, the album hasn't even cracked the Billboard 200). Techically, Jin's still under contract with Ruff Ryders/Virgin Records and they could demand another album from him. Hopefully, good word-of-mouth will happen with this album and Jin will find success down the road.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Proper?Ganda = Real Hip-Hop, October 28, 2005

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Miami Review "Ryan" (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emcee's Properganda (Audio CD)

I've been a Jin (The Emcee) fan for a while ever since I've seen him freestyling on BET. I began to notice him after I realized that he can actually make meaningful songs. Okay let me get to the review. As soon as I started listening to the ALBUM I got hooked to it. It's amazing that Golden Child, a 16 YEAR OLD KID, from NY made all of the beats on the CD except the song "Perspectives." He brings you back to the time when Hip Hop was just about rapping not about the money and the fame. He can be a freestyle rapper, a song writer, and a conceptual writer at the same time. One of my favoriter songs on the cd is definitely "My First Time." Throughout the whole song reminisces about the "First time he wrote his 1st rhyme," but he makes it seems like he's rapping about the First time he had sex and if you don't listen to the whole song you won't get the concept. Another song that appeals to me is the song "G.O.L.D.E.N." He raps about the music these days and how the "Lyrics are wasted" since people only care about the beat of the song. Even though he rapping about rapping about songs being judged by the beats, his Producer Golden Child laced the track with a HOT BEAT that most listeners will like.

1. The Emcee (skit)
2. Perspectives 4/5
3. Top 5 (Dead or Alive) 5/5
4. Mr. Popular 5/5
5. My First Time 5/5
6. Propaganda Defined (skit)
7. Properganda 5/5
8. No More Fans 5/5
9. G.O.L.D.E.N. 5/5
10. Foolish Little Girls 5/5
11. The Craftiest (skit)
12. 100 Thousand Sold Pt. 2 4/5 (This song was too short)
13. No Concept 3/5
14. Carpe Diem 2/5
15. It's All Over 3/5

All I have to say is that you have to go out and buy this CD. This CD will make you realize that most of the listeners are being BrainWashed by all of the POPular music that is out there.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Jin the MC Stood Up, November 7, 2005

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T. Wu - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emcee's Properganda (Audio CD)

When I saw this album, I was curious to see what it was all about. I admit, I had very very low expectations after listening to that piece of garbage, "The Rest is History." I was proven wrong. This was Jin the MC, we all grew and loved from his 106 and Park Freestyle Friday battles. His rhymes were witty, cunning, and stimulating. And most importantly, NOT COMMERICAL POP RAP.

In my opinion, this album sounds more natural whereas his first album sounded very forced. Perspective and Top 5 are two very well done tracks. Great flow, intelligent rhymes...things that were lacking in The Rest is History. My First Time was witty...it had me thinking it was his first time, but it the first time he wrote a rhyme.

It's just too bad that he didn't do something like this in the first place...He definitely would had better sales figures. Hopefully, it's not too little, too late, since most people have written him off already. This album might not generate sales either but peple won't know what they're missing. This is what The Rest is History should've been.