| Product Summary | | Label: Tommy Boy | | UPC: 00016998311028 | | Release Date: 11/21/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60446744 | | Item#: MFTJ66 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Intro: Change Is Gonna Come - (featuring Carl Thomas) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga |  | | 2. Phonetime Skit ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 3. Phonetime ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 4. Queens - (featuring Complexions) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 5. Invincible ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 6. Bang Bang - (featuring Foxy Brown) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 7. Gangsta Skit ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 8. Y'all Don't Wanna ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 9. Shows! (Interlude) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 10. Straight Like That - (featuring Algado & Shoballotti) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 11. All We Got Is Us ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 12. Brothers - (featuring Goldfingaz/Troy Outlaw) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 13. B EZ - (featuring Nas) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 14. Gunz In Da Air ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 15. Wet Willie Skit ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 16. Full Steezy ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 17. Queens Finest - (featuring Havoc/Prodigy/Algado & Shaballotti) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 18. You Can't Kill Me ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | | | 19. Don't Know Nobody - (featuring Musaliny -N- M.A.Z.E.) ~ Capone 'n' Noreaga | |
| The sophomore album from the Queens-bred duo of Capone-N-Noreaga, REUNION comes on the heels of the critically acclaimed The War Report. Guests on REUNION include Carl Thomas, Complexions, Foxy Brown, Algado, Nas, Havoc, Prodigy and more! Explicit version only.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Capone, Noreaga, Nas, Foxy Brown, Algado & Shoballotti, Troy Outlaw, Goldfingaz, Havoc, Prodigy, Musaliny-N-M.A.Z.E. | | Producers include: Rush, L.E.S., The Alchemist, DJ Premier, EZ Elpee. | | Personnel: 58 (vocals). | | Audio Mixers: DJ Premier; Adam Gazzola; Kevin Krouse; Joe Quinde; Serban Ghenea; Brian Stanley . | | Recording information: Chung King, New York, NY; Criteria Studios; D&D Studios, New York, NY; Electric Lady Studios; Sound on Sound; The Hit Factory, NY, NY. | | Photographer: Michael Lavine. | | For an example of how dramatically hip-hop's tectonic plates shift, look no further than Capone-N-Noreaga. Just a mere three years prior to the release of Reunion, the group's debut, The War Report, had Capone and Noreaga poised to become one of New York's most promising thug outfits. However, their wings were clipped by the lengthy prison stay Capone began serving shortly before the release of their debut, an artistic death sentence that prohibited the crew from being able to release a follow-up until Reunion. Aided by two commercially successful solo endeavors, Noreaga has attempted to keep the embers warm for Capone-N-Noreaga's aptly titled Reunion. Yet, for a crew that should be chomping at the bit to regain its previous stature, that hunger does not correlate here. However, The Reunion does have an upside, exemplified by the frenetic "Bang Bang" featuring Foxy Brown and the essential DJ Premier-laced "Invincible." But these tracks merely quell the monotony for brief stretches. Contributions from close-knit associates -- Nas ("B EZ") and production from Mobb Deep's Havoc ("Gunz in da Air") -- do little to lighten the load, and their contributions are more detrimental than beneficial. Eager to quickly capitalize on Capone's release, The Reunion sounds like a hurried project, one where the material has been compromised just to get product on the streets. With The Reunion, Capone-N-Noreaga take a step backward. ~ Matt Conaway | | Capone-N-Noreaga generated a strong buzz within hip-hop's underground circuit with their first album THE WAR REPORT, until, with an inevitability that seems to accompany the genre, Capone was incarcerated and promotion of the album ceased. However, Noreaga continued with his career, and had sizeable hits with his next two solo albums. | | Now, with Capone out of jail, and Noreaga ready to pick up where the two left off, their second album THE REUNION further establishes them as one of hip-hop's most street credible duos. Songs such as the roughneck anthem "Bang Bang" and the Nas-accompanied "Be EZ" best illustrate CNN's trademark style, while on "Phone Time," Capone and Noreaga creatively portray one of their jail phone conversations. Produced by DJ Premier, Alchemist, EZ Elpee, L.E.S., and Havoc among others, this album represents hip-hop at its most exceptional. |
Engineer: Mark Mitchell; Jason Standard; Kevin Krouse; Victor Mancusi; Young Guru; Scott Kieklak; Tom Soares |
Musical Guests | | Nas | | Goldfingaz | | Havoc | | Prodigy | | Carl Thomas | | Foxy Brown | | Complexions | | Algado & Shoballotti | | Troy Outlaw | | Algado & Shaballotti | | Musaliny |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/21/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 3110 | | Label : Tommy Boy | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00016998311028 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/7/00, pp.116-7)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...[Their] greatest gift may be the ability to bring star perfromances out of their collaborators....what they lack in structure and rhyme they make up for in flow and personality....in insight, there is veracity and verve..."Vibe (10/00, p.167)
- 3 records of 5 - "...Rekindles the magic that first made people love them....[They] are more polished but no less thugged out....the duo give us the volatility we all expect." |
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