Kinfolk(Explicit Version) (2006)

Product Summary Label: UMVD LABELS UPC: 00602517022836 Release Date: 8/14/2007 Buy.com Sku: 203390819 Item#: M3LNPG Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Intro - (with Big Rube) ~ Ali & Gipp 2. Hood - (with Nelly/Pimp C) ~ Ali & Gipp 3. N da Paint - (with Nelly) ~ Ali & Gipp 4. Go 'Head - (with Chocolate Tai) ~ Ali & Gipp 5. Almost Made Ya - (with LeToya) ~ Ali & Gipp 6. Get On Da Floor - (with David Banner) ~ Ali & Gipp 7. That's Me ~ Ali & Gipp 8. Lean'n - (with Nelly/Murphy Lee) ~ Ali & Gipp 9. I Told Ya - (with Bun B/Cee-Lo) ~ Ali & Gipp 10. If We F**K - (with Lloyd/Jasper) ~ Ali & Gipp 11. What's The Business - (with Three 6 Mafia) ~ Ali & Gipp 12. All Night (Excuse Me) - (with Juvenile/Nelly/Avery Storm) ~ Ali & Gipp 13. Work Dat, Twerk Dat - (with Murphy Lee) ~ Ali & Gipp 14. Forever And Ever ~ Ali & Gipp 15. Get By - (with Kyjuan/Tamala Jones) ~ Ali & Gipp 16. No God But You ~ Ali & Gipp (P) 2006 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2006 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Additional personnel: Pi Productions, Sham, Zo (various instruments); Marvin Darkman, DJ Speedy, Jasper Cameron (keyboards); Tony Reyes (bass guitar); Rick Shepperd (programming); Chocolate Tai, Tamala Jones, Kijuan, David Banner, Jasper, Juvenile, Murphy Lee, Nelly, Pimp C, Avery Storm, Three 6 Mafia, Big Rube, Lloyd, LeToya, Bun B, Cee-Lo. On their first full-length collaboration, 2006's KINFOLK, midwestern rapper Ali (St. Lunatics) teams up with Dirty South native Gipp (aka Big Gipp of Goodie Mob) for a fierce set of anthemic hip-hop. Delivering on the promise of their initial pairing (Nelly's "Grillz," featuring Paul Wall), Ali & Gipp offer up a thumping, diverse set of tunes like the frenetic "Hard in Da Paint" (with Nelly) and the woozy skull-rattler "Go Head" (with Chocolate Tai). Issued on Nelly's Derrty Ent. imprint, the album also includes guest shots by David Banner, Cee-Lo, Three 6 Mafia, and others, ensuring its status as one of more high-profile rap releases of late '06. Featuring Ali from Nelly's St. Lunatics crew along with Gipp from Goodie Mob, Kinfolk is a casual collaboration and should be approached as such. If you're looking for a great marriage of the St. Louis sound with dirty Atlanta beats, it happens here and there and while it's interesting to hear Gipp over a Nelly-styled dance beat, it's not much to build an album on. Instead, Ali & Gipp supplement their easygoing chemistry with high-profile friends for an old-fashioned rhyme exchange over mostly club tracks. A grinding Nitti beat finds Nelly acting as energetic hypeman on "N da Paint" as Ali and Gipp compare rim sizes, their harems, and the fatness of their pockets. Trife uses a flute and drum machine for the minimal booty highlight "Go 'Head," while Trak Starz's hypnotic work on "Lean'n" is just another reason to ignore the album's shortcomings. Even if Ali, Gipp, and all their guests don't bother to bring their best or say anything new, and even if the very good "Get on the Floor" with David Banner is way too close in sound to "Go 'Head," Kinfolk's familiar feel is welcoming, comfortable, and supported by nostalgia. Brandy's "Almost Doesn't Count" figures into "Almost Made Ya," elements of Genesis' "That's All" are found on "I Told Ya" (featuring the dream team of Cee-Lo and Bun B), and best of all, "Forever and Ever" goes new jack swing and twists Guy's "Let's Chill" into a "Pimpin' All Over the World"-styled swagger fest. Good-time music delivered well, Kinfolk is a worthy weekend album. ~ David Jeffries Producer: Jasper Cameron; Nitti; DJ Speedy; Jason Epperson; Stee; Dallas Austin; LROC; Jermaine Dupri; Trife; T-Wayne; Trak Starz; NO I.D.   Technical Info Release Date : 08/14/2007 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : B-000716002 Label : Motown Records Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 65m : 44s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602517022836