Fat Joe Album: “All or Nothing [PA]”

Fat Joe has been rappin longer than he has been selling, which isn't that unusual, except he's been on the scene for over ten years. He could've had classic albums. The underated "Jealous One's Envy" had all the makings of a classic album. Great production, great vibe, but great lyrics? That has been a problem for Fat Joe for about ten years, and again with his latest release, "All Or Nothing", he's treated with great production, a great party vibe that people are attracted to, yet Fat Joe fails to deliver solid lyrics and is not a great MC in the first place. Yes, I think Fat Joe is underated on alot of albums but not this one. Yeah, tracks like "Does Anybody Know", "Temptations Pt. 1&2", and "Beat Novocane" stand out,but he still continues to deliver mediocre and predictable rhymes. This album is more for the ladies, tryin to get the party started. If your in the mood to get a party bumpin, this is the way to go. If you read all the magazines and internet's hype about it don't trust it. I think Fat Joe has delivered alot better, and can.

This album has a few hard joints and to much commercial with suger coated superstar production. Just blaze, timbo & swizz are cool but he used there beats for poppy commercial tracks. "safe to say" is pretty hard but more like something to ride to. "listen baby" is a cheesy love song "everybody get up" is knockin but just a boring party track. "so much more" the production & flow makes it a sick headbanger.Obivously 50 cent didn't stand a chance on "my fofo" joe's not a battle rapper but he made a lot of things clear on how 50 ain't ish!. The more harder records are "temptation pt.1" & temptation pt.2" which is his storytelling track over dark misterious beats. Some of his best. the "intro" is a sample in the back type track where Joe goes off with a rage on this track, you gotta feel this. It's about his street cred & his position in the game for so long, next to his challengers this makes him a king. Fallowed by "does anybody know" ur basic song about street life. this a sick track I think should've been put towards the end because its to dark for a opener. Beat is insain.There's a lot of fillers too like "lean back remix" corny down [lil jon] south beat with weak verses by ma$e, eminem & remy, joe kicked a decent verse. "Hold you down -ft. J-lo" is obviously a bonus which doesn't fit the albums vibe, the remix would've been a better choice. The rest of the album is simply more of the same. fans of great beats that just wanna bop there head 75 % of a album its a cool edition to your colletion. This a cd you'll listen to once in a blue. 3 Hard tracks "my fofo" "so hot f/ r.kelly" "intro" "temptation 1-2" "does anybody know" "rock ya body" Fillers "lean back remix" "hold you down" "Beat novacain" which is a decent super hero type beat just gets boring. Rest are pretty commercial party joints for Joes flavor "get it poppin" "I can do u" "listen baby" "everybody get up"

Fat Joe said himself that he likes to include soft silly sh*t to appeal to a cross over audience. Back in the day when he was still known as a killer and crack dealer on the streets of the Boogie Down Bronx he was spitting that fire. Back then someone like 50 opening his mouth would have resulted in some serious violence, but these days Joey Crack is too soft to wipe 50 out. It's not like Joe can't do it though; his freestyle skills have actually improved a great deal, but he needs to stop messing around with those soft tracks.

Unfortunately yet another commercial aimed release from Fat Joe. Was really hoping for a hardcore release from Joey Crack, reminiscent of his early material, when he actually rapped with fire and aggression. Really not feeling this album at all, not that I was expecting to. Hopefully he doesn't bring this garbage for the upcoming D.I.T.C. project.

If you like your commercial hip hop a bit harder then you might get some enjoyment out of this. If you are a hip hop head looking for something like J.O.E. then don't bother.

And to all you 50 Cent fans, you really need to keep your mouths shut, as most of you are probably under 13 and have never heard of D.I.T.C. or Fat Joe's earlier albums Represent and Jealous Ones Envy. Listen to either of these (especially J.O.E.) and tell me 50 Cent is the better MC...

50 Cent/G-Unit + Crunk = What is wrong with hip hop

I am a long time Fat Joe fan since D.I.T.C and The Represent Album (1992) and I probably will always be a fan that is the only reason I gave this 2 stars. But All Or Nothing let me down, BIG time!!! He has the pop songs on the radio but the rest of the album was boring with lame lyrics. I swore Fat Joe was going to kill me with this joint after wackass, played 50 tried to diss. The Cool and Dre track Rock Ya Body was the only song I could appreciate! It would have been nice if Cook Coke Crack would have went back to his roots and used some Beatnut's production. Bring the underground back and leave all the glock carrying BS for the real G's. There's a reason he dropped Gangsta from his name!

Oh and remember, 2-3 months from now you will not be bumping this CD. It's like a fade, here today gone manana!