Instructions [Explicit Lyrics]

Jermaine Dupri | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005OWEK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,648 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Instructions: 1.) Don't buy this album, June 4, 2002

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E.J. Rupert (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instructions (Audio CD)

2.) Don't borrow this either. I'll tell you why: this best illustrates all that is wrong with most hip-hop today. Nothing but rhymes about money, girls, getting drunk, and power are present in Jermaine's rhymes. I respect him as a producer, and this album can cold rock a party, but he can't even rap a Christmas present. And I'm not degrading him or his character. I'm just saying that he needs more practice in order to compete with today's rap scholars.

3.) Download the only good songs off the album, mainly "Welcome to Atlanta" with Ludacris. The other good songs are "Yours and Mine" and "Rock with Me", the only songs where he stays away from materialistic rhymes and instead raps about his life with his woman and his successful history, respectively.

4.) If you're lucky enough to get Freeway on a track ("Hate Blood"), why not have him kick a few bars instead of just the chorus, while Jermaine spends the whole third verse talking, not rapping? This would have been the best song on the album because the beat is gangsta, Jadakiss is on point and Jermaine raps aiight.

5.) Listen to some REAL hip-hop, like the OTHER J.D. (Jay Dee's Welcome 2 Detroit or any Slum Village album), Nas's Stillmatic, Blackalicious' Broken Arrow, The Eminem Show, or Nappy Roots' new album.

6.) Check yo' self if you think this is real hip-hop.

7.) Get Jermaine's first album, Life in 1472, for his best work.

8.) Repeat steps 1-7.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars JD, a top producer, but still got stuff to learn., November 10, 2001

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Mr Liam Tuite (Kent, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instructions (Audio CD)

Don't get me wrong, the album isn't the worst ever, but I feel Dupri lacked a bit of imagination. Wit' Ludacis (2:Welcome to Atlana,) Nate Dogg (8:Ballin' Out of Control) and Kurupt (13: Whatever) on the joint, the album can never be poor, but I feel wit' the album 'Life in 1472' to live up to, he was never gonna reproduce the masterclass on this album.

Overall, not bad but wit' a bit more effort could have lived up to his previous album. Dirty South 4 Sho'!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid "2nd" solo release for JD, July 21, 2005

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G$ "Z-Wad" (B-More, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instructions (Audio CD)

For his "2nd" solo album (even though this as well as "Life in 1472" have guests on most to all of the songs), JD did a good job. I'm not a huge fan of his but this album is solid. Guests are mostly to thank for that, as well as some great production (that he always seems to pull off). Of the 13 songs on here (it does have a lot of skits/interludes) 1 is a classic, 1 or 2 are near classics, 4 are ok, 1 I skip, and the rest are good. For those who have heard JD before, you know what to expect, songs about women and flashing and flautin his money, nothing new. Production is also good, JD takes part in 11 of the songs (he produces 1 and co-produces 10) and Swizz Beats & Neptunes each do a song. I'd recommend this album for his fans or fans of that kind of rap.

#2 - 10 (CLASSIC -- great beat -- f/ Ludacris -- also onone of his albums)
#3 - 8 (f/ UGK & Manuel Seal)
#5 - 7 (f/ Boo, Gotti, Usher, R.O.C.)
#7 - 9.5 (f/ Jadakiss & a good hook from Freeway -- nice beat)
#8 - 8.5 (f/ Nate Dogg)
#9 - 7 (f/ Bilal)
#11 - 9.5 (great beat -- f/ Manish Man)
#13 - 8.5 (f/ Nate Dogg, R.O.C., Trey Lorenz, Katrina -- nice beat)
#14 - 8 (f/ Clipse -- also on their "Lord Willin" Album)
#15 - 9 (f/ Jagged Edge -- great beat and story)
#16 - 7.5 (f/ Kurupt, Field Mob, Eddie Cain, Backbone)
#18 - 5.5 (f/ Da Brat & Kandi)
#20 - 7 (F/ Xscape)

Jermaine Dupri -- b. 9/23/73 -- Atlanta, GA
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