Customer Reviews

Professional 3

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Dj Clue has always been able to get the best of the best for his hip-hop 'mixtapes' despite the fact that he offers nothing more than his signature 'yells' for each of the songs. The Professional, Pt. 3 is no different than any of the previous installments that he's put out. Collabos are abundant, like the pairing of Lil Wayne's with Rick Ross and Ransom for "Clear The Scene," the Philadelphia trio of Beanie Sigel, Freeway, and Cassidy on "Liberty Bell," The Game and Mario Winans for both parts of "A Week Ago," and the obvious left-over track "You Don't Really Wanna" from Fat Joe and former Terror Squad member Remy Ma. But the one collaboration that will have you doing a double take is the Fabulous and Jagged Edge song "I Really Wanna Know," a song that basically covers Jodeci's classic ballad "Come And Talk To Me." Some good solo shots include Mobb Deep's "The Gold," "Da Boss" by Fabolous, and a resurfacing M.O.P. on "Giantz of NY." Some low moments are Snoop Dogg's "Almost F*cked," Young Jeezy and Juelz Santana's "F*ck Off," "Grill And Woman" from Mike Jones and Paul Wall, and a lackluster showing from The Lox with Jadakiss' "Ugly (Thug It Out)" and Styles P's "The Animal." Dj Clue has lost a lot of steam as far as sales goes, probably a direct result of the over-saturation of 'mixtapes' by fly-by-night deejays. But since Dj Clue started off that way, he knows he has to come correct with his own projects. And even though The Professional, Pt. 3 is not the best, it most certainly isn't the worst mixtape out here either.

People hate on Clue for all kinds of reasons, and I don't necessarily blame them all the time. But this new album is the work of a master producer, period. At least 2/3 of the tracks blew me away the first time I heard them.

Be warned, this is not a mixed album. You won't hear a single blend, cut, mix, or scratch (Clue's mixing/scratching/DJing is awesome on his radio show on Power 105.1, but for some reason he doesn't choose to do any of that on his albums). But that's not why you're getting this album, you're getting it because it's packed full of INCREDIBLE EXCLUSIVE TRACKS.

GET IT!!

I mean when you are DJ Clue and this is your third installment I should not be the first reviewer and this has been out since ... Clue needs to work on bringing more mature lyrical material to his set. I mean the by now he should have learned how to tastefully express his most intimate desires. Although, he is not an MC if it is his project his is actually reaffirming the messages spoken on the record. And these selected MC's are straight talkin about much of nothing and I am disappointed.

I have a good amount of Clue mixtapes (about 10) and this is like mos tof them, borderline 4 or 3.5 stars, some good songs, some ok and bad ones. With 18 songs, you get a lot of different rappers on here (around 25) and a god mix of music as well. Of the 18, 2 are almost classics, 1 I Skip, 7 or 8 are ok, and 7 or 8 are good. Other then 1 song, most are 2 or 3 verse songs, only 1 freestyle, but you still get Clue yelling over almost every track. Lioke most of his mixtapes you get a few R&B tracks as well. Production is good and bad. Clue handles half of the 18 (with help from Duro on 2), Swizz beatz, Kanye West, LT Hutton, Baby paul, Heatmakertz, Shatek, Develop, Chops, and Doughboyz all do 1 track. If you like mixtapes I'd recommensd this one but it's not the best.

#1 - 9 (16 bars from NAS)
#2 - 7 (Lil Wayne, Ransom of the A-Team and Rick Ross)
#3 - 6.5 (Juelz Santana f/ Young Jeezy)
#4 - 9 (Mobb Deep -- a song about robbing over a tight beat)
#5 - 9 (Jagged Edge f/ Fabolous (Remake of Jodeci's "Can I Talk To You" - same tight beat -- not much of an R& B fan but I liek Jodeci & Jagged Edge)
#6 - 8 (Mario Winas f/ Game -- ncie beat)
#7 - 5 (fabolous & Kanye West)
#8 - 6 (dirty song from Snoop Dogg f/ LT Hutton)
#9 - 7 (Paul Wall, Mike Jones & Bun B of UGK {only tight verse on here is his)
#10 - 8 (Beanie Sigel, Cassidy & Freeway)
#11 - 8.5 (fabolous)
#12 - 9.5 (Styles -- tight beat)
#13 - 7.5 (Camron f/ Juelz Santana -- nice beat)
#14 - 8 (M.O.P)
#15 - 7 (Remy Martin f/ Fat Joe)
#16 - 7 (Jadakiss f/ Sqizz Beatz)
#17 - 9.5 (Game f/ Mario Winans -- part 2 of #6 - same tight beat)
#18 - 7.5 (Consequence -- tight rapping bad beat)

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Wow, what a CD? GAME, Kanye, Cam'ron, Juelz Santana really did it big on this CD. A must have to say the least. Great production as well. Its been a long 6 years but worth the wait. Thanks DJ Clue, thanks.

This album was alright..im gonna give you a track by track breakdown then i'll sum it up..

1.War- A Nas solo, one of the hottest songs on the album, but only 1 verse 4/5

2.Clear Da Scene- Lil wayne,Rick Ross & Randsom on this, Weezy does his thing but the other two dont do much 3/5

3.F*ck off- Juelz and Young Jeezy hold this track down..not a big fan of either but they do alright 3/5

4.Gold- Mobb Deep, probly my favorite duo in rap let me down in this one i was expecting more 3/5

5.I really wanna know- A soft track not a huge jagged edge fan if you know what i mean im on that street ish not jagged edge Fab does ok 2/5

6.Week ago part 1- a mario wyans song with a game verse...pretty wack 1.5/5

7.Like This- Fabolous and Kanye.. Nice upbeat Kayne production each lay down some nice versus 3.5/5

8.Almost F*ucked- A Snoop Dogg Solo..A pretty wierd song not for most people 2.5/5

9.Grill & Women- Mike Jones..Who? Paul Wall and Bun B spit on this track...a skipper in my opion dont like any of 'em 2/5

10.Liberty Bell- Cassidy, Beans and Freeway on this banger.. definatly a strait track Cass gets nice 4/5

11.Boss- Fabolous Solo, one of the best songs, fab rips it 4.5/5

12.Animal- pretty good song by Styles P, beats nothin to get excited about 3.5/5

13.Middle Finger- Cam'Ron and Santana on this one..why couldnt they have some other dipset members like JR, Rell and 40, o well its an alright song though Killa does his thing 3/5

14.Giants of NY- MOP They do their thing here, not a bad song at all 3.5/5

15.You dont really wanna-Fat Joe and Remy martin strait wack both of these peoples suck anyways 1/5

16.Ugly (Thug it out)- Jadakiss, Swizz Beats.. a Jadakiss song Swizz beats provides the beat for song

17.Week Ago PT. 2- Game does alright on this track a couple of versus..Mario wayns on it again...2.5/5

18.Uptown- Consquence Solo..Never heard of the guy but delivers a tight track nonetheless 4/5


This cd is okay but if you;re gonna buy a DJ Clue Cd make it 1 or 2 theyre just better than this one