Me Myself & I

Fat Joe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000IZJZLW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,250 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Suprised, May 11, 2007

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TJ318 "Tall SLIM" (Ft Leonard Wood, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Me Myself & I (Audio CD)

I had never listened to a Fat Joe album. My best friend kept saying it's hot. I always thought Fat Joe was commercial. Well, he ssuprised me with this one. It's gutta from start to finish. If you want something with heavy beat to ride to, this won't disappoint you. Not 5 mics, but it's still hot.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fat Joe's most focused since Don Cartagena?, November 16, 2006

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Pablo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Me Myself & I (Audio CD)

I'm not a large fan of Fat Joe. I'm hardly even a moderate fan of Joey Crack's style. Even when he was Fat Joe da Gangsta, and releasing DITC-laced tracks like "Flow Joe" back in the day, Fat Joe never really stood out much as an emcee. It took the incredible talent of his protege, Big Pun, to put Fat Joe on the map, and it's no surprise that Joe's best album, Don Cartagena, was released while Pun was running the game.

Pre-Pun, and post-Pun times haven't been very good to Joe. Some people blame the lack of Fat Joe's musical quality after Cartagena as a result of him being devestated by Pun's death. While that is a reasonable assumption, let us not forget that Joe wasn't releasing any groundbreaking albums before he ran with Pun either. I'm not accusing Fat Joe of having Pun ghostwrite for him on Don Cartagena, but it's obvious that Pun brought out the best in Joey Crack, resulting in a nearly classic album.

This is, in my honest opinion, the best Fat Joe album behind Don Cartagena. While it is far from classic, it is an above-average, and highly focused release from an emcee I'd nearly given up on long ago. Joe isn't making any musical, and lyrical movements, and he's hardly changed his subject matter in between albums; this is still a very commercial album from Fat Joe. However, his swords have gotten sharper, his beats are hotter, as well as more diverse, and when it comes to actual delivery, this maybe the pinnacle for Joe.

Only three tracks feature guest appearances, with two of them being Lil' Wayne, and the other being Game; the rest of this album is all Joe. Joe hasn't carried this much of the workload since his debut album, but the lack of posse cuts actually add to the overall quality of this release. Joe is in the forefront, as he should be on his own album. I'm also glad he chose two of the more gifted mainstream emcees for guest appearances, instead of enlisting whoever's hot at the moment.

You won't find any provocative lyricism here, and you won't find any production that shakes the foundation of hip-hop; what you will find is a highly satisfying album from Fat Joe, who, while clearly being far from one of the best cats in the game, still manages to release an album with no filler. Definitely enough to feed his hardcore fanbase, and quite a healthy meal for those of us who aren't exactly crazy about Crack. Recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Would have been a dope EP (2and 1/2 stars), February 18, 2008

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Nuisance "the rebel" (Miami) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Me Myself & I (Clean) (Audio CD)

Im sorry but Fat Joe ruined what could have been his best work to date with corny commercial filler. The good news: Damn, Think About It and Story To Tell are the type of songs Fat Joe should have been making all along because he actually spit some dope bars on those tracks. No Drama(Clap & Revolve) has a sick beat provided by The Runners but Joe's rhymes were mediocre on that track. The same thing can be said about Hard Not To Kill. Bendicion Mami is a touching tribute to his mother and is one of the better songs. Unfortunately it goes downhill from there. The bad news: Pandemic wasnt bad lyrically but the beat is insanely corny. Lil Wayne makes two appearances on here(Make It Rain and The Profit). Make It Rain is easily the worst song on the album and that is the wackest beat that Scott Storch has ever produced. The Profit is flat out boring while Lil Wayne spouts brilliant lines like "even the sun shines on dog s***". Jealousy, She's My Mama and Breathe And Stop feat The Game are incredibly boring. Breathe And Stop not only butchers a sample of Bob Marley's War, it also has Fat Joe taking a swipe at 50 but the song is bland that you could care less. Bottom Line: Me, Myself and I is better than Fat Joe's previous works but it's just as forgettable as his previous works. If Fat Joe would have shaved it down to lets say 6 songs this might have been a dope EP and his best work to date. But he put too much filler in here and this album suffers because of that. Oh well Joey, back to the drawing board. Standouts: DAMN, NO DRAMA, THINK ABOUT IT, BENDICION MAMI and STORY TO TELL.