Rest Is History (cln) (2004)

Product Summary Label: Virgin Records UPC: 00724358408928 Release Date: 10/19/2004 Buy.com Sku: 63908653 Item#: MQRL6R Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Intro/The Singing ~ Jin 2. Here Now ~ Jin 3. Get Your Handz Off - (with Swizz Beatz) ~ Jin 4. Club Song ~ Jin 5. Come Thru, The - (featuring Twista) ~ Jin 6. So Afraid ~ Jin 7. I Got A Love - (featuring Kanye West) ~ Jin 8. Chinese Beats - (skit) ~ Jin 9. Learn Chinese - (with Wyclef) ~ Jin 10. Good, The Bad & The Ugly, The ~ Jin 11. Senorita ~ Jin 12. Love Story - (with Rja Smith) ~ Jin 13. Cold Outside - (with Lyfe) ~ Jin 14. C'Mon ~ Jin 15. Karaoke Night - (featuring Styles P) ~ Jin 16. Same Cry - (featuring L.T.) ~ Jin 17. Thank You ~ Jin   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel include: Jin (rap vocals); Lyfe (vocals); Kanye West, LT, Styles P, Swizz Beatz, Twista, Wyclef (rap vocals); Rja Smith (background vocals). Recording information: Powerhouse, Yonkers, New York; Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois; Platinum Sound, New York, NY. Jin certainly isn't your typical rapper on the Ruff Ryders label; indeed, he's not typical by any standard. Born in Miami, Florida of Chinese heritage, Jin was raised on East Coast hip-hop, and freestyled his way to a record contract. The intro to his 2004 debut, THE REST IS HISTORY, lampoons a meeting between Jin and his fellow Ruff Ryders, as they ask him about the "Ryde or Die" lifestyle to his confused and hilarious responses. Unlike his labelmates, Jin isn't a motorcyclist, and he doesn't have a shadowy past or an intimidating bone in his body. What Jin can do is rap extemporaneously with amazing skill. Jin's debut single, "Learn Chinese," which cleverly turns Asian stereotypes on their ears and features Wyclef Jean, earned decent R&B airplay at the end of 2003, and THE REST IS HISTORY followed in late 2004. For the first few tracks on the record, Jin plays a bit to the Ruff Ryders sound, most notably on the rousing "Get Your Handz Off," but he does it in his own manner, as evidenced by the coy "Club Song." It's when he becomes immersed within his own aesthetic that he really shines, as on the ballad "Love Story" and the boastful "Karaoke Night." Jin presents a unique and refreshing voice in rap, and here he sounds like he's just getting warmed up.   Compilation Appearances 2 Fast 2 Furious (Explicit Version) 2 Fast 2 Furious (Clean Version)   Technical Info Release Date : 10/19/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 84089 Label : Virgin Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00724358408928   Professional Reviews Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[H]e uses his ethnicity to sharp effect, eschewing sex-drugs-bling rants to rhyme of youthful isolation..."   Product Image