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So So Def: Definition of a Remix

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This is one of the shortest cd's i own, come on JD, u can do better than this!

Some of the seven tracks, however, are acceptable. Such as the WELCOME TO ATLANTA remix w/ P. Diddy, Murphy Lee, and Snoop Dogg.

Another possible good one is the WHERE THE PARTY AT? remix off the HARDBALL soundtrack, it's pretty tight, but there's to much Jagged Edge on this record.

Here's my good advice for JD:
GO BACK IN THE STUDIO 4 ANOTHER CUPLE A YEARS TIL U HAVE MORE THAN 7 ... REMIXES, MAN!

1. Welcome to Atlanta [Coast 2 Coast Remix] - Jermaine Dupri
2. Let's Get Married [Remarqable Remix]
3. In My Bed [So So Def Mix] - Da Brat
4. Promise [Cool JD Remix]
5. Let's Talk About It 2
6. Puppy Love [Remarqable Remix - Main Mix] - Bow Wow
7. Where the Party At [11-01-01 Dupri Mix] - Da Brat
8. Big Poppa Remix-Notourious B.I.G
9. Money Ain't A Thang[Remix]-Jay-Z
10.My All Remix -Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
11.Jumpin Jumpin remix -Destiny Child
10.Call My Lover[Remix]-Jermaine Durpi
11.First Night[Remix]-Monica
12.Honey Remix-Mariah Carey
13.Bounce Wit Me[Remix]-Bow Wow
14.Fallin In[Unreleased]-Jermain Durpi
15.Outro
16.Hidden Track-Lil Bow Wow

Jermaine Dupri is no stranger to the hip hop scence. At a young age (18 years old to be exact), he produced his first platinum album (Kriss Kross). With the success of his first group, JD opened up So So Def Records, a record lable where JD could exclusively record music, produce and sign brand new artists. Da Brat was his second project, and her debut album was the first album by a solo female rapper to be certified platinum. Since then JD went on to release a successful solo album, and sign and release two of hip hop's most elite performers: RnB group Jagged Edge & pint sized rapper Lil Bow Wow. Now JD releases -=So So Def: Definiton of a Remix=- (in response to Diddy's -=Bad Boy Family: We Invented the Remix=-). Dupri's last two projects, his own solo album (which spawned one top 20 single and flopped miserably) and Lil' Bow Wow's -=Doggy Bag=- (a major commercial disappointment, selling only 1/3 of the amount his debut racked up) where both considered to be flaws in his lable's indistructable history. Will this album save him?

The answer to that question is no. Dupri and his lable continue to slide further down into a ditch its gonna be hard to work their way out of. This album consists of OLD remixes, and only has 2 new songs. On top of that its only 7 tracks long!! Jagged Edge's "Lets Get Married" (remix), "Where the Party At" (remix) & "Promise" (remix) are all old news, because they appeared on urban radio shortly after their originals in 2001. Dru Hill's "In My Bed" (remix) appeared in 1997 after their success following their take off debut album in 1996. Lil Bow Wow also turns up on an old remix of "Puppy Love" with new-comer Tigah, a song that appeared on his FIRST ALBUM, not even his second which was released more then a year ago.

One of the two new songs on the album is, "Lets Talk About it" which features Dupri, rap group The Clipse & new-comer R.O.C. The track, which isn't even a remix by the way, isn't all that good and not slick enough to be noticed by other songs which are currently dominating urban radio stations. The only other "new" track, is "Welcome to Atlanta" (Coast 2 Coast Remix) which has been playing on radio for the past 4 months. It was just another remix on mixtapes until Dupri decided to use it as the first single to his remix album. The song had already been on the radio for nearly 2 1/2 months but he shot a video for the song and decided to call it a new track.

This album was thrown together to keep up with Diddy's album which was released a little over a month ago. However Diddy made a collection of double the tracks that Dupri did, dropped new singles with catchy radio-friendly songs and did lots of promotion. Though the album wasn't all that good, it still sold over 1.2 million copies in less then a month and debuted at #1 on Billboard's charts. Dupri took old radio favorites, threw them all together, did little to no promotion and released the album on AN OLD SINGLE. You do the math.

I don't know what possessed me to purchase this album. I am a So So Def fan and even though I knew what it had to offer from the number of tracks it had I bought it anyway because it was so cheap. Also because I like the "Welcome to Atlanta" remix. After hearing the album, it was quite apparent that even that song couldn't make the album listenable. This album wasn't even worth the eight bucks that I paid for it. Why in the world are there only seven tracks? And another reason, why are most of the tracks about two years older or more? Some of these remixes started on the radio when I was in high school? I am 20 years old right now. The "Promise" remix was made before anyone knew who Loon was. Why not some more recent remixes. People mentioned the Mariah Carey remixes among others, but what about the Basketball remix with Fabolous and Bow Wow? That would have at least added content. Or how about the "I Got It" remix by Jagged Edge which featured Nas? Why not make some new remixes from Bow Wow's "Doggy Bagg" album? There are so many questions left unanswered when you think about the album's quality.
This album could have been so much better and I have no idea what So So Def was trying to accomplish with this rushed work. If it was an experiment to see if they could ever make a bad album, this album definitely completed its task.

Copied Bad Boys idea...
But soem blazing tracks on
Welcome to Atlanta and I Promise...
Features Loon what more could u want?
well... MORE TRACKS...
lol
what about:
If You (remix) 3rd Storee feat Loon and Baby Stase...

THis is an EP of remixed songs by Jermaine Dupri; however it is missing some serious head nodders. It does include the Welcome To Atlanta Coast To Coast remix where Snoop absolutely rips his verse, a classic song. Dru Hill's classic Sleeping In My Bed remix with Da Brat was included and so was Where The Party At remix which are both classic songs. The cd features both Jagged Edge remixed songs Let's Get Married and Promise which are both tight songs. The Let's Talk About It remix with Clipse is also a classic.

The Puppy Love remix was just garbage though. The EP does have some major flaws though such as missing songs. Where is the classic but EXTREMELY RARE My All Remix with Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz? That would have been special to include that on here but it's nowhere to be found. What About the JD remix of Big Poppa by the Notorious B.I.G? What about The Jumpin Jumpin remix with Destiny's Child, or the Someone To Call My Lover song by Janet Jackson? The Monica remix of The First Night? Mariah Carey's Honey Remix? JD could have sold MILLIONS with this album but he messed it up.

This is just another version of P. Diddy's Remix album and could have EASILY surpassed it by adding more songs to the track list. This album could have EASILY been 15 songs or more and been an EXCEPTIONAL album but instead its just average. It's worth the eight dollars that you spend on it though...just don't put it at the top of your list. 2.5 stars.

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THis is an EP of remixed songs by Jermaine Dupri; however it is missing some serious head nodders. It does include the Welcome To Atlanta Coast To Coast remix where Snoop absolutely rips his verse, a classic song. Dru Hill's classic Sleeping In My Bed remix with Da Brat was included and so was Where The Party At remix which are both classic songs. The cd features both Jagged Edge remixed songs Let's Get Married and Promise which are both tight songs. The Let's Talk About It remix with Clipse is also a classic.

The Puppy Love remix was just garbage though. The EP does have some major flaws though such as missing songs. Where is the classic but EXTREMELY RARE My All Remix with Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz? That would have been special to include that on here but it's nowhere to be found. What About the JD remix of Big Poppa by the Notorious B.I.G? What about The Jumpin Jumpin remix with Destiny's Child, or the Someone To Call My Lover song by Janet Jackson? The Monica remix of The First Night? Mariah Carey's Honey Remix? JD could have sold MILLIONS with this album but he messed it up.

This is just another version of P. Diddy's Remix album and could have EASILY surpassed it by adding more songs to the track list. This album could have EASILY been 15 songs or more and been an EXCEPTIONAL album but instead its just average. It's worth the eight dollars that you spend on it though...just don't put it at the top of your list. 2.5 stars.

Ever wonder where the "Welcome To Atlanta", "Let's Get Married" and "Where The Party At" remixes where? Well, there all on this one album. It's got guest appearances by Clipse,Snoop Dogg, P. Diddy, Murphy Lee, Run (of Run DMC), and the whole So-So Def family. It's a must-have if you're a So-So Def fan.