On the follow-up to his hugely successful 2006 debut, NEW JOC CITY, ATL native Yung Joc shows further versatility as he toes the line between hardcore dopeman image and radio-friendly mass appeal. The overt coke-serving imagery throughout the lead single, "Coffee Shop," is tempered with an infectiously happy background track and pubescent chorus singers. Joc gets gangsta with the Game, Block, and Jim Jones on the gritty, DJ Quik-produced "Cutthroat" and then plays around with alphabet nursery rhymes alongside Bun B and Young Dro on "I'm a G."
The production (courtesy of Cool and Dre, Don Vito, Don P, The Neptunes, Jazzy Pha, Chris Flames, DJ Dana, Strong Hill, and Khao) wavers between traditionally gritty trap music and pop fare while Yung Joc does his best to mask the adult content of HUSTLENOMICS with euphemisms like "servin' pies" and "smell that fruity fruit." Gorilla Zoe, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Mike Carlito, Southern Girl, and Diddy round out the thick guest list.
Audio Mixer: Leslie Brathwaite.
Recording information: Daddy's House, New York, NY; McKoy St. Studio, Atlanta, GA; South Beach Studios, Miami Beach, FL; Swag Up Studios, Lithonia, GA; The Boom Boom Room, Burbank, CA; The Irvine Spot, Irvine, CA.
Photographer: Dan Mandell.
Personnel: Alju Jackson, Snoop Dogg (vocals); Cool & Dre (various instruments); Brandon Thomas (guitar); Ced Keys International (keyboards); Joe Powell (bass guitar); Chase N-Cashe (drum programming); Dana "Dee Jay Dana" Ramey, Daquan Dabney, Zonnique Pullins, Bahja Rodriguez, Jasmine Robinson (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Gorilla Zoe, Mike Carlito, Southerngirl, Jazze Pha, Diddy, Rick Ross , Snoop Dogg, Game, Trick Daddy, Jim Jones , Block, Young Dro, Bun B.
Entertainment Weekly (p.66) - "[T]he rhymester confidently wraps his unhurried drawl around the hugest, most sparkling synths that exec producer P. Diddy's riches can buy." -- Grade: A-
Donnell 'Don P' Prince; Jazze Pha; DJ BLAK; AMG; The Neptunes; Cool & Dre; Dana 'Dee Jay Dana' Ramey; Thomas 'Tom Cat' Bennett, Jr.; Donnell 'Don P' Prince; Chris Flame; Kevin "Khao" Cates; Christopher 'Drumma Boy' Gholson; Jon-Josef P. Miller; Stronghill Productions; CHEESE; Quik; Ced Keys International; Jazze Pha; Don Vito
Engineer
Donnell 'Don P' Prince; Steve "Rock Star" Dickey; Brian Sumner; Nico Solis; Shon Don
Best Hatas Cant compare to a beast like Joc. His best songs are Coffee Shop, It's Goin' Down and A Couple Grand This album is tighT!!!!!!!!! Submitted by tbinning87 (Philadelphia,PA,USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Hataz damn hataz yall aint $hit. Yung Joc Is a fuccin beast but not betta than lil wanye Submitted by Dewan (Burg,Nc) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
WACKCCKCKCKCKKCK joc a nursery rhyme rapper u need to sit down and think of some fresh lines instead of biggies lines in Cut Throat even tho that song go hard..u need to do ya homework joc Submitted by DaMuze (LA, California) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
straight I thought most the songs were straight until the momma song. The pak man song was different but I liked it. Personally I liked gettin to the money and chevy smile the best. I'd give it a four out of five. Submitted by ryan02007 (Kalamazoo, MI, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
So So close yet so far Joc could have came harder if he wanted to, I think on this album he got caught up in all the commercial hype. Put it this way, I wouldnt spend money to buy this CD. Submitted by will-30 (Washington, DC) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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