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 One of the great albums of 90's... Who said a Producer can't make a hot album for himself Aug 29, 2008
Anyone who says this is Jermaine Dupri at his best is right. This the first piece of solo work we'd ever received from J.D. Five years after he'd started So So Def Records and introduced acts like Kris Kross, Xscape, Da Brat, and Jagged Edge, he decided to introduce himself. Dupri's career as a rapper was short-lived, but his career as a producer has never ended. At the time this album was released, he was at his best when it came to both. Although all the guest appearances helped give the album all its flavor, the beautiful and flawless production from J.D. is what makes me honor this album. The hit single "Money Ain't A Thang" featuring Jay-Z will forever be a classic Hip-Hop hit. It captures a moment in time where Hip-Hop was so much better than it is today. It's Jay-Z at his best, before his quality of music weakened and his career as a business executive replaced his rapping career. The track "Fresh" with Slick Rick should be a Hip-Hop classic. Slick Rick's rhymes are absolutely sick and the song is flawless. The single "Sweetheart" with Mariah Carey also makes me miss the period of music that I miss. The flawless uptempo hypnotizing beat puts you in a trance, something that new music fails to do. Nothing in this current decade can compared to Keith Sweat's vocals complimenting the sunny beat of "Going Home With Me", a track reminds you that there was a time when it was possible to make upbeat Hip-Hop tracks that had an extremely pleasant sound. "The Party Continues" also displays a sound that has disappeared in Hip-Hop. The heavy jazzy R&B influence in the instrumental of this song over J.D. and Da Brat's speedy raps, complimented by Usher's smooth vocals, make for a flawless composition. The production in "All That's Got To Go" with Da Brat & LaTocha Scott makes it possible to have a fun song that you can sing a long to, party to, and respect all at that same time, unlike the horrible party songs today which we can't find anything good to say about. The dark sound of "Protector's Of 1472" is also another part of Hip-Hop that has died out. Today, Hip-Hop artists want to rap about violence and dark topics over a sugar coated poppy beat. If your going to rap about dark topics, make sure you have dark music to accompany it. If you want to take me to a dark place, you can't take my there with your words, the music needs to take me there. That's one of the reasons I like the song "Protectors Of 1472", unlike any new Hip-Hop I've heard, that song does that. Also, I love the song "Lay You Down" with Trina & Tamara because there's nothing like 90's Hip-Hop mixed with 90's R&B. Everything about the song is flawless. So... yeah, I know Jermaine Dupri isn't the greatest rapper out there, I do love this album, and I think he's brought us some great music through his production, especially throughout the '90s. Music back then was just BETTER!!!!
 If I ever get this cd... Oct 15, 2007
from the person I ordered it from, it would be even better.
Jermaine Dupre is very talented, though a little obnoxious. One of the best producers alive, and he's a decent rapper. Funny little f****r too.
The only reason half the "rappers" out there today even sell is because they have producers and beatmakers like Dupre, Dre, Storch, Timbaland, Pharrell and others making tracks so dope that Stuttering John from the Howard Stern Show could rap over them and get a hit.
Hell, I could rap over some of those tracks and get a hit. Most commercial rappers are crap, and need to be b***h slapped for being so baselessly arrogant.
Take their beats and producers away, and most commercial rappers would be standing on the sidewalk at the bus station, babbling like deluded homeless people, and begging for spare change.
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 Life must have sucked back in 1472 Jan 19, 2007
WHOA!!! This album actually has a 4.5 star average on Amazon? Im shocked at all the five stars he got for this exercise in futility. Let me start by saying that Jermaine Dupri is an okay producer(he has his own sound unlike PissDookie)but his delivery is about as exciting as a presidential address given by the guy from the clear eyes commercial. Jermaine might have his own production style but lyrically he is a southern version of Puffy. If I had to chose between suffering from a Jermaine Dupri or Puff Daddy album, I would choose Jermaine Dupri. He is the lesser of two evils.
Standout Tracks: TURN IT OUT(Nas was the deciding factor), GET YOUR S*** RIGHT, FRESH(classic collabo with Slick Rick), JAZZY HOES, PROTECTORS OF 1472(R.O.C. and Snoop floored Jermaine on this one) and DONT HATE ON ME(Krayzie Bone and DA Brat makes you love this track). Filler: Money Aint A Thang(Jay-z's verse was fire but Jerkmaine Dookie's verse was hot kaka), Sweetheart(schmaltzy love jam), You Get Dealt Wit(Lil Kim and Mase's verses were so wack you hold your ribs in painful laughter), All Thats Got To Go(cheesy war of the sexes type of record), Going Home With Me(ZZZZZZZZzzzzzz....okay Im Up Now)and Three The Hardway(wasted a nice beat provided by DJ Quik with boring rapping. For Shame!). Bottom Line: Jermaine Dupri is the worst thing to happen to rap next to Puffy. He might be a better producer and a better rapper than Snuffy but he still sucks. The production was tame, Jermaine's lyrics were corny and sleep-inducing and the some of the guest appearances were just as bad as Jermaine. BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK!
3 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Hooooody Hooooooo Apr 20, 2003
Yeah Whut Playa I'm that West Bank Repro-Zenta. Choooo Choooo Blaze up Sam Indo(nesia) That Other S.hit'll Tease Ya and Send U In To Seizers.Good Album.
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Life In 1472 Sep 20, 2002
Fans have been waiting for an album from Jermaine Dupri since 1994, when he rhymed alongside his "newfound friend" Da Brat on her debut Funkdafied. It's been evident for some time that this production genius behind recent hits from Usher, Mariah Carey and Xscape was capable of holding down his own album. His solo debut, Life In 1472, however, still features numerous collaborations with other notable artists--Lil' Kim, Mase, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Too Short, Da Brat and DMX, not to mention R&B superstars Mariah Carey and Keith Sweat. Either way, Mr. Dupri can begin making room on his wall for yet another multi-platinum plaque Dupri's party-oriented, upbeat production will surely follow the lead of Life's first two singles, "The Party Continues" featuring Da Brat and "Money Ain't A Thing" featuring Jay-Z. And while a few songs include more sexual descriptions than we're used to receiving from Dupri, the album is just as enjoyable as what he has been delivering since the 1992 release of Kris Kross, Dupri's first multi-platinum act.
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