Customer Reviews

Life In 1472

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3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Fans have been waiting for an album from Jermaine Dupri since 1994, when he rhymed alongside his "newfound friend" Da Brat on her debut Funkdafied. It's been evident for some time that this production genius behind recent hits from Usher, Mariah Carey and Xscape was capable of holding down his own album. His solo debut, Life In 1472, however, still features numerous collaborations with other notable artists--Lil' Kim, Mase, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Too Short, Da Brat and DMX, not to mention R&B superstars Mariah Carey and Keith Sweat. Either way, Mr. Dupri can begin making room on his wall for yet another multi-platinum plaque

Dupri's party-oriented, upbeat production will surely follow the lead of Life's first two singles, "The Party Continues" featuring Da Brat and "Money Ain't A Thing" featuring Jay-Z. And while a few songs include more sexual descriptions than we're used to receiving from Dupri, the album is just as enjoyable as what he has been delivering since the 1992 release of Kris Kross, Dupri's first multi-platinum act.

We all know Jermaine Dupri isnt exactly underground hip-hop, and I am a huge underground hip-hoper. I cant stand any videos I see on MTV or songs that dominate the radio. But I have to admit this album is without a doubt a classic. I will feel a commercial album every once in awhile, well this just happens to be one that I feel, and I feel this album probably more than any other commercialized album out there to date. And for good reason.

Here is why fans from artist such as Deltron to Will Smith should pick up this album.

1) The production.. Enough said.

2) JD's ability to come up with catchy hooks all fans of hip-hop could bob they heads to.

3) The guest apperances fit the album perfectly, except for Mase and Little Kim. This album features DMX when he was ill, Slick Rick (everyone feels Slick Rick), Warren G. Yea they are commercial artist, and the only one that I listed that I am a true true fan of is Slick Rick, but they lay nice above average vocals on each track they on.

4) The last and final reason you should pick this up is .... BECAUSE I TOLD YOU TO.

You won't regret buying this CD no matter what ur taste, itz got a nice mix of r&b and hiphop.

i really liked this when i first got it last summer, but since then i haven't been listening to it as much. i only really listen to about 10 cds though, so that's good. the cd is real good in a certain kind of way, ya know simple and good, but it isn't gonna keep you listening to it a lot forever like nas "it was written". "money aint a thing" rules, and the guests are huge, i mean, nas, jay-z, mase, mariah carey, dmx, snoop all on one cd, that's cool.

Every song on this cd is hot. You gotta get it

I am a hip-hop head who buys mostly Lyricists Lounge and the roots of hip-hop kind of thing. I was so surprised by this album cause I never dug commercial rap. JD is a great rapper. Here is a review of each song.

1.Turn It Out{featuring Nas} This is a dope track although Nas does two verses and JD only does one. Nas outshines JD on this track. Compared to Nas on this one, JD sounds like he could have been the guest. 10/10

2.Money Ain't A Thang{featuring Jay-Z} Now we all know by now Jay-Z is one of the best out there, and I give props to JD for holding strong on this track. Jay-Z is tight, but JD doesn't take any backseat to him. As for this track, it is awesome with dope rhymes from Jay-Z and JD. 10/10

3.Get Your Shit Right{featuring DMX and the Mad Rapper} I like this one. JD is dope on this track and the Mad Rapper and DMX compliment each other well. 9/10

4.Fresh{featuring Slick Rick} I'm a Lyricists Lounge fan and so this one is nice to me. Slick Rick is really good on this one but JD out-slicks him. JD changes his voice and it's awesome the way he talks in this one{like Slick Rick}. Slick's lyrics were real funny. 10/10

5.Sweetheart{featuring Mariah Carey} Damn, this is another good one. The video game sounds in the backsground are cool. Mariah really outshines JD on this one. Again, JD could be the guest on the song. 10/10

6.Jazzy Hoes{featuring Too $hort, Young Bloodz, Mr. Black, & Eightball} This is my favorite one. I like the pimping rap style. Again JD is outshined only doing the hook on the song. It's all good, though, because everyone came tight, especially the Young Bloodz. 10/10

7.Don't Hate On Me{featuring Da Brat & Krayzie Bone} I like this one because Da Brat and Krayzie compliment each other well. JD comes tight, too. 9/10

8.Going Home With Me{featuring Keith Sweat & R.O.C.} I didn't like the beat on this track. Keith Sweat is barely on the track. R.O.C. is alright. I'll give it a seven because JD blew up the spot. 7/10

9.You Get Dealt Wit{featuring Mase & Lil' Kim} I have never liked Bad Boy, and Mase's voice is so annoying on this. I do like Lil' Kim and I've been a fan of hers. JD is dope on this one. 9/10

10.The Party Continues{featuring Da Brat & Usher} I like Usher and Da Brat on this one. JD is also great on this track. Excellent song. 10/10

11.All That's Got To Go{featuring Da Brat & LaTocha Scott{Xscape}} This is another good one. Everyone is tight, but LaTocha Scott, who sings the third verse is tight but the lyrics{a Luther Vandross sample} have nothing to do with the rest of the song. It's all good, though. 10/10

12.Protector's Of 1472{featuring R.O.C., Snoop Doggy Dogg, & Warren G} This is a good one. Snoop is the dopest of them all with funny lyrics. JD doesn't do much for the song, but the guests help him out. 9/10

13."Lay You Down$Q This is my least favorite one. I can barely stand the way those two girls sing. JD is easily outshone. 5/10

14Unknown title {f/ R.O.C. & Mr. Black} Good one. 9/10

I remember this album when I was 11. I enjoyed his beats. This album is still classic IMO. This album is an act of artistic expression heralds back to 1984 when was 12. He developed his own sound--sleek and smooth, classy yet classical,lithe and slender, clean and crisp, yet always constructed with girders of jagged spontaneous soul. He creates pop ditties with soul, bone-hard joints packed with mainstream accessibility, and R&B tunes with one eye to the future and the other to the past. He scribes lyrics for the Jeeps and pens ballads for the fireplace. This album promised to be another monumental chapter in the book of his life. This album has been certified Platinum. Remember, this was 1998.

Anyone who says this is Jermaine Dupri at his best is right. This the first piece of solo work we'd ever received from J.D. Five years after he'd started So So Def Records and introduced acts like Kris Kross, Xscape, Da Brat, and Jagged Edge, he decided to introduce himself. Dupri's career as a rapper was short-lived, but his career as a producer has never ended. At the time this album was released, he was at his best when it came to both. Although all the guest appearances helped give the album all its flavor, the beautiful and flawless production from J.D. is what makes me honor this album. The hit single "Money Ain't A Thang" featuring Jay-Z will forever be a classic Hip-Hop hit. It captures a moment in time where Hip-Hop was so much better than it is today. It's Jay-Z at his best, before his quality of music weakened and his career as a business executive replaced his rapping career. The track "Fresh" with Slick Rick should be a Hip-Hop classic. Slick Rick's rhymes are absolutely sick and the song is flawless. The single "Sweetheart" with Mariah Carey also makes me miss the period of music that I miss. The flawless uptempo hypnotizing beat puts you in a trance, something that new music fails to do. Nothing in this current decade can compared to Keith Sweat's vocals complimenting the sunny beat of "Going Home With Me", a track reminds you that there was a time when it was possible to make upbeat Hip-Hop tracks that had an extremely pleasant sound. "The Party Continues" also displays a sound that has disappeared in Hip-Hop. The heavy jazzy R&B influence in the instrumental of this song over J.D. and Da Brat's speedy raps, complimented by Usher's smooth vocals, make for a flawless composition. The production in "All That's Got To Go" with Da Brat & LaTocha Scott makes it possible to have a fun song that you can sing a long to, party to, and respect all at that same time, unlike the horrible party songs today which we can't find anything good to say about. The dark sound of "Protector's Of 1472" is also another part of Hip-Hop that has died out. Today, Hip-Hop artists want to rap about violence and dark topics over a sugar coated poppy beat. If your going to rap about dark topics, make sure you have dark music to accompany it. If you want to take me to a dark place, you can't take my there with your words, the music needs to take me there. That's one of the reasons I like the song "Protectors Of 1472", unlike any new Hip-Hop I've heard, that song does that. Also, I love the song "Lay You Down" with Trina & Tamara because there's nothing like 90's Hip-Hop mixed with 90's R&B. Everything about the song is flawless. So... yeah, I know Jermaine Dupri isn't the greatest rapper out there, I do love this album, and I think he's brought us some great music through his production, especially throughout the '90s. Music back then was just BETTER!!!!

from the person I ordered it from, it would be even better.

Jermaine Dupre is very talented, though a little obnoxious. One of the best producers alive, and he's a decent rapper. Funny little f****r too.

The only reason half the "rappers" out there today even sell is because they have producers and beatmakers like Dupre, Dre, Storch, Timbaland, Pharrell and others making tracks so dope that Stuttering John from the Howard Stern Show could rap over them and get a hit.

Hell, I could rap over some of those tracks and get a hit. Most commercial rappers are crap, and need to be b***h slapped for being so baselessly arrogant.

Take their beats and producers away, and most commercial rappers would be standing on the sidewalk at the bus station, babbling like deluded homeless people, and begging for spare change.

Without Krayzie Bone blessing this album with his presence, it would be just another piece of thin plastic.