Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Fat Joe, Ginuwine, Scarface, Cam'Ron, Tony Sunshine, Armageddon, Prospect, Remy. | | Producers include: Irv Gotti, Cool & Dre, Precision, Alchemist, Buckwild. | | Personnel: Tony Sunshine (vocals); Tommy Dekorte (Wurlitzer organ). | | Audio Mixer: David Goldstein. | | Recording information: Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; The Hit Factory, Miami, FL; TMF Studios, New York, NY. | | Photographer: Vincent Soyez. | | Loyalty is the name of the game for Fat Joe this time out, as it relates to fans still true to the Bronx's hardest rapper despite chart success with Ashanti, his own loyalty to his hardcore past considering there's a spate of joints for the ladies this time out, and having his loyalty to deceased partner Big Pun questioned by Pun's widow in a highly publicized radio bout just before the album's release. Driven by the breakout of his Ashanti duet "What's Luv?," Loyalty comes with hardcore-but-hot joints like the sleek single "Crush Tonight" (with Ginuwine), "Bust at You," the Irv Gotti production "Turn Me On," and "TS Piece" (the latter with Terror Squad's Remy holding up the female end). Fat Joe proves he's still got a lot of hardcore in him, though, with "Gangsta" and "Born in the Ghetto," plus another volume in the "Sh*t Is Real" saga and a new Terror Squad anthem, "Prove Something." ~ John Bush | | The Bronx's favorite son, the portly Hispanic rapper known affectionately as Fat Joe, has been kicking street-real rhymes for years, whether on his own or bolstered by an impressive posse including the likes of Big Pun. No matter how gangsta he gets, though, its difficult not to like Fat Joe, whose warm, organic lyrical flow is more engaging than off-putting. Thematically, he's more focused on old-school braggadocio than on any overt threats of crime and violence. Like any good rapper, Fat Joe makes himself his main subject on LOYALTY. Production that mixes pop-friendly hooks and bubbling funk with R&B and cutting-edge hip-hop provides just the right framework for Joe's vibrant raps. Stellar guest appearances from Scarface and Ginuwine don't hurt the proceedings either. | | Loyalty is the name of the game for Fat Joe this time out, as it relates to fans still true to the Bronx's hardest rapper despite chart success with Ashanti, his own loyalty to his hardcore past considering there's a spate of joints for the ladies this time out, and having his loyalty to deceased partner Big Pun questioned by Pun's widow in a highly publicized radio bout just before the album's release. Driven by the breakout of his Ashanti duet "What's Luv?," Loyalty comes with hardcore-but-hot joints like the sleek single "Crush Tonight" (with Ginuwine), "Bust at You," the Irv Gotti production "Turn Me On," and "TS Piece" (the latter with Terror Squad's Remy holding up the female end). Fat Joe proves he's still got a lot of hardcore in him, though, with "Gangsta" and "Born in the Ghetto," plus another volume in the "Sh*t Is Real" saga and a new Terror Squad anthem, "Prove Something." [This is a clean version of the album.] ~ John Bush |
Engineer: Josh Butler |
Musical Guests | | Ginuwine | | Scarface | | Cam'Ron | | Remy | | Baby | | Tony Sunshine | | Ronda Blackwell | | Lamajic | | Armageddon | | Prospect |
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