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Instructions

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4 star:		(7)
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2 star:		(5)
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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.

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'!!!

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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Come on now its puffy daddy without a name change.

Jermaine Dupri's skills have even improved since his last solo album "Life In 1472". His beats are plain sensational. And I noticed, they sound more West coast this time. Check out "Ballin' Outta Control" or "Whatever". However, you still can taste his Southern flavor all over the album.

Despite being one of the four top producers in the business, Jermaine is not the best rapper around. But if you got quality guest appearances like J.D., that's no problem at all. Ludacris, Jagged Edge, Jadakiss (of Ruffryders), Nate Dogg or Trey Lorenz (former background-singer of Mariah Carey) all do great jobs.

The only downturn on "Instructions" are the skits - a general problem in rap music today. And those skits get annoying quickly. If it wasn't for them, you could listen to the album all the way from the beginning to the end without even thinking about pressing the skip button. So just regarding the songs, "Instructions" would easily earn five stars. But because of the skits it only gets four. But don't let this prevent you from buying the album. It definitively worth it.

Man, good CD, but I have trouble getting past his burnt smurf persona. This is one funny azz lookin dude.

Jermaine Dupri is basically one of the premier producers today. He can hook you up with a great beat. If you doubt his skills just look at his roster. Jagged Edge who had the summer anthem last year with Where The Party At- what a great beat and basically made Lil Bow Wow with his fiyah beats. He also has produced for the likes of TLC, Usher, Monica, UGK etc. Rapping wise...lets just say stick to producing. Does his rapping take away from the overall feel of the cd? I would say not really. Besides he recruits MC's to rap over his tracks with him. My problem is that the cd has too many frekking skits and ALL of them are pointless and NONE of them are very funny. What is the point of a skit during a producers album? Enough rambling on to the songs.

The songs are tight and proves that JD still knows how to handle the boards. Welcome To Atlanta with Ludacris was an instant classic. This song was played everywhere. Ballin Outta Control utilizes Nate Dogg's vocals to great effects. Money Hoes and Power with UGK is also a tight song. Hate Blood w/ Jadakiss and Freeway is a nice track. Rules Of The Game and Supafly are both some solid tracks. "Whatever" is a real nice laid back cruising song, has a tight beat and Nate Dogg's crooning is just butter for yo breakfast toast. Classic track. Let's Talk About It is a tight club jam. Jazzy Hoes part II is hot but not as hot as the original with Too $hort dropping a memorable classic verse. This version contains Mr. B!tch man himself Kurupt- it's his favorite word, Field Mob from Project Dreams fame, and others. However after this song the album starts to fade. They sound uninspired and by the 16th track which is Jazzy Hoes it's about that time to eject the cd.

Overall a good cd to bump for any summer ride or party. While this isn't on the level of his debut Life In 1472, it is a solid disc well worth the money investment and time. I recommend it.

Jermaine Dupri is Good at Running His Label&Discovering Acts.but as a Rapper???He is Puffy Lite&that's No Compliment.the Material here is really tacky&Lifeless.no flow or drive.of course I think His Stuff&Material are highly Overrated but I'll say this He has done His Business&it works for Him but He should Stop.the content never changes.

Not impressed by this album, sure "Welcome To Atlanta" with Ludacris is great, Clipse shine and some good tracks but nothing compared to "Life In 1472" which was a rather impressive album from JD.

I really love the song "Welcome to Atlanta" so I bought this CD. I must say I don't know jermaine dupri very much and saw that welcome to atlanta was on this CD so that's why I bought it. I didn't want to just download it as an MP3 because CD's have better quality, so I decided I'd buy the physical CD with the song on it. Besides Welcome to Atlanta, the other songs on this CD are OK. I'd recommend Ludacris's Word of Mouf as that CD has Welcome To Atlanta as a bonus song, and in my oponion has better other songs on it.

All in all, I don't care for the songs on this CD rather than Welcome to Atlanta. It's still worth buying though.