| Product Summary | | Label: Koch Records | | UPC: 00099923411628 | | Release Date: 6/6/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202576051 | | Item#: M2XEES | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Intro ~ DJ Khaled |  | | 2. Born In Raised - (with Trick Daddy/Pitbull/Rick Ross) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 3. Gangsta S*** - (with Young Jeezy/Bun B/Slick Pulla/Blood Raw) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 4. Grammy Family - (with Kanye West/Consequence/John Legend) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 5. Problem - (with Beanie Sigel/Jadakiss) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 6. Holla At Me - (with Lil Wayne/Paul Wall/Fat Joe/Rick Ross/Pitbull) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 7. Addicted - (with Juelz Santana) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 8. Watch Out - (with Akon/Styles P./Fat Joe/Rick Ross) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 9. Destroy You - (with Twista/Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 10. Never Be Nothing Like Me - (with Lil Scrappy/Homeboy) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 11. Candy Paint - (with Slim Thug/Chamillionaire/Trina) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 12. Mia - (with Lil Wayne) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 13. Where You At - (with Freeway/The Clipse) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 14. Still Fly - (with BirdMan/Chop) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 15. Dip Slide Ride Out - (with T.I./Big Kuntry/Young Dro) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 16. Movement - (with Dre) ~ DJ Khaled | | | 17. Future Of Dade, The - (with Brisco/Dirty Red/Dela/Lunch Money/Hennessy/P.M.) ~ DJ Khaled | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Kevin Mayer (guitar). | | Audio Mixers: Luis Diaz; Fabian Marasciullo; Brian Stanley . | | Photographer: Earl "The Maverick" Randolph. | | Miami radio fixture, mix-tape scene mainstay, and a member of Fat Joe's Terror Squad (Fat Joe executive produced the album and appears on two tracks), DJ Khaled released his debut album, LISTENNN..., in 2006. Loaded up with an all-star line-up of guest MCs--from Dirty South thugs like Bun B and Chamillionaire, to East Coast hardcore figures like Jadakiss and Juelz Santana, to Kanye West and reggaeton star Pitbull--Khaled packs his tracks with more than enough frenetic, synth-driven bounce to the ounce to keep them noticeable amidst the overcrowded field of early-2000s thugged-out party rap. | | Albums from a hip-hop crew's DJ have been iffy proposals since Terminator X started moonlighting from his usual gig in Public Enemy. Often rappers give their B-list tracks to the DJ album, and there's even more of a threat of no unifying factor to make the album flow. But Terror Squad's DJ Khaled is also a producer, and the host of numerous mixtapes -- where flow really matters -- including one of the best surrounding Lil Wayne's Tha Carter, Vol. 2, and it was up against a lot of stiff competition. While the cover artwork to Listennn: The Album looks very mixtape, Khaled is more a curator of the album, letting tracks fade out to conclusion even though he occasionally add his shout-outs. Whatever he did to land these tracks, it must have been amazing. First off, there's the massive "Problem" featuring Beanie Sigel reflecting on the state of hip-hop from behind prison walls with a hooky "Jay and Dame ain't speakin'/Game and 50 Cent beefin'" chorus over a great Khaled production. Sigel's lyrics will endear the track to every hip-hop fan, but whether you want to pick Kanye West's slick, snide, and so def "Grammy Family" as the runner-up, or the Southern balling "Holla at Me" with superstars Lil Wayne and Paul Wall bouncing off the next in line Rick Ross, depends on whether you vote North or South. The album leans toward the South and collects some tracks that have been making the mixtape rounds for a while toward the end. The selection isn't haphazard and the sequencing is just as good. Like Tony Touch did before him, Khaled has gone from behind the scenes to mixtapes to killer compilation host, all the while keeping his ear to the street. You can reap the benefits here. ~ David Jeffries |
Producer: Cool Dre; Kanye West; LVM; T-Mix |
Engineer: Ben Diehl; Adrian 'Drop' Santalla; Kevin Mayer; Alfred Lazaro; Tony Rey |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/06/2006 | | Original Release Date : 2006 | | Catalog ID : 4116 | | Label : Koch Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00099923411628 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (p.84)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n ebullient clutch of Southern party tracks, shifting stylistically from Atlanta to New Orleans to Houston....The real action is in the beats."Vibe (p.144)
- "[The album] pounds away on eardrums by cohesively blending heavy-synth bounce, pensive contemplation, and an ode to the South's saccharine car colorings..." XXL (Magazine)
(p.132)
- "[T]he production duo brings cohesiveness to the album....[With] inspired collaborations like the Miami anthem 'Born N Raised'..." |
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