Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. Originally scheduled for a summer 2000 release, the album was released on December 4, 2001, via Atlantic Records and Fat Joe's Terror Squad Productions. Recording sessions took place at TMF Studios, The Crackhouse, Chung King Studios and Sound On Sound in New York, The Hit Factory Criteria and Circle House Studios in Miami, TransContinental Studios in Orlando, The Studio in Philadelphia, and The Enterprise in California. Production was handled by Buckwild, Irv Gotti, Ron G, Alchemist, Bink!, Chink Santana, Cool & Dre, DJ Nasty & LVM, Psycho Les, Reef, Rockwilder, Sean C, Self and Younglord. It features guest appearances from Remy Ma, Armageddon, Prospect, R. Kelly, Ashanti, Busta Rhymes, Buju Banton, Ja Rule, Ludacris, M.O.P., Noreaga, Petey Pablo and Xzibit.
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| Released | December 4, 2001 | |||
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| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 1:00:02 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| HipHopDX | 2/5[2] |
| RapReviews | 8/10[3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
The album serves as a sequel to Fat Joe's second album, Jealous One's Envy, released in 1995, and prequels his ninth solo LP, Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2), which was released in 2009.
Singles
editThe album was supported with two singles: "We Thuggin'" and "What's Luv?".
Its lead single, "We Thuggin'", released on October 2, 2001 prior to the album, made it to number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 37 in Australia, number 48 on the UK singles chart and number 70 in Germany.
The second single off of the album, "What's Luv?", released on February 4, 2002,[6] peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in Switzerland, number four in Australia and the UK, number five in New Zealand, number seven in the Netherlands, number ten in Germany, and also made it to the Top 20 in Canada, Norway, Denmark, Scotland, Wallonia and Ireland. It achieved Gold certifications by the Australian Recording Industry Association and the Swedish Recording Industry Association and Platinum certification by the BPI. An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Bille Woodruff.
Commercial performance
editIn the United States, the album debuted at number 37 on the Billboard 200 and number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts on the week of December 22, 2001. It peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 on the week of April 20, 2002. It received a platinum certification status by the Recording Industry Association of America on May 22, 2002 for selling over a million copies in the US alone.
The album marks Fat Joe's first entry into to the UK Albums Chart and the Scottish Albums Chart, reaching number 19 and number 45, respectively. It also made it to the UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart, peaking at number 5. The album was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry on May 17, 2002 for sales of 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom. To date, it is Fat Joe's best selling album.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | 0:27 | ||
| 2. | "J.O.S.E." | Psycho Les | 2:26 | |
| 3. | "King of N.Y." (featuring Buju Banton) |
| Cool & Dre | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Opposites Attract (What They Like)" (featuring Remy Ma) |
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| 4:03 |
| 5. | "Definition of a Don" (featuring Remy Ma) |
| Alchemist | 3:54 |
| 6. | "My Lifestyle" |
| Buckwild | 3:25 |
| 7. | "We Thuggin'" (featuring R. Kelly) |
| Ron G | 3:33 |
| 8. | "Fight Club" (featuring M.O.P. and Petey Pablo) | Rob "Reef" Tewlow | 5:17 | |
| 9. | "What's Luv?" (featuring Ashanti and Ja Rule) |
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| 4:27 |
| 10. | "He's Not Real" (Intro) | 0:22 | ||
| 11. | "He's Not Real" (featuring Prospect and Remy Ma) |
| Younglord | 3:43 |
| 12. | "The Fuck Up" (Interlude) | 0:57 | ||
| 13. | "Get the Hell On with That" (featuring Ludacris and Armageddon) |
| Bink! | 4:03 |
| 14. | "It's O.K." | Sean Cane | 3:20 | |
| 15. | "Murder Rap" (featuring Armageddon) |
| Rockwilder | 4:17 |
| 16. | "The Wild Life" (featuring Prospect and Xzibit) |
| DJ Nasty & LVM | 3:36 |
| 17. | "Still Real" |
| Buckwild | 4:10 |
| 18. | "We Thuggin' (Remix)" (featuring R. Kelly, Busta Rhymes, Noreaga and Remy Ma) |
| Ron G | 3:55 |
| Total length: | 1:00:02 | |||
Sample credits
- Track 3 contains excerpts from the composition "Just Memories", written by Leonard Caston Jr. and Anita Poree, performed by Eddie Kendricks.
- Track 4 contains excerpts from "Fresh Air", written by Jesse Farrow, performed by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
- Track 8 contains samples from the composition "Stop! In the Name of Love", written by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland, as performed by Margie Joseph.
- Track 14 contains excerpts from "How I Could Just Kill a Man", written by Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin, performed by Cypress Hill.
- Track 16 contains interpolations from the composition "Ike's Rap I" written by Isaac Hayes.
- Track 17 contains excerpts from "You're the Joy of My Life", written by Raeford Gerald and Reginald Spruill, performed by Millie Jackson.
Personnel
edit- Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena — vocals, executive producer
- Mark "Buju Banton" Myrie — vocals (track 3)
- Reminisce "Remy Martin" Smith — vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 18)
- Robert Kelly — vocals (tracks: 7, 18)
- Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage — vocals (track 8)
- Eric "Billy Danze" Murray — vocals (track 8)
- Moses "Petey Pablo" Barrett III — vocals (track 8)
- Ashanti Douglas — vocals (track 9)
- Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins — vocals (track 9)
- Richard "Prospect" Perez — vocals (tracks: 11, 16)
- Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges — vocals (track 13)
- John "Armageddon" Eaddy — vocals (tracks: 13, 15), co-executive producer
- Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner — vocals (track 16)
- Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith — vocals (track 18)
- Victor "Noreaga" Santiago — vocals (track 18)
- Kid Ra-Ye — additional vocals (track 2)
- DJ Khaled — additional vocals (track 3)
- Ed Goldson — guitar & bass (tracks: 1, 14)
- Levar "DJ LV" Coppin — scratches (track 14), programming (track 1)
- Lenny "LVM" Mollings — keyboards & producer (track 16)
- Lester "Psycho Les" Fernandez — producer (track 2)
- Marcello "Cool" Valenzano — producer (track 3)
- Andre "Dre" Lyon — producer (track 3)
- Edward "Self" Hinson — producer (track 4)
- Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo — producer & mixing (tracks: 4, 9)
- Daniel Alan "The Alchemist" Maman — producer (track 5)
- Anthony "Buckwild" Best — producer (tracks: 6, 17)
- Ronald "Ron G" Bowser — producer (tracks: 7, 18)
- Rob "Reef" Tewlow — producer (track 8), co-executive producer, A&R
- Andre "Chink Santana" Parker — producer (track 9)
- Richard "Younglord" Frierson — producer & mixing (track 11)
- Roosevelt "Bink!" Harrell III — producer (track 13)
- Deleno "Sean Cane" Matthews — producer (track 14), programming (track 1)
- Dana "Rockwilder" Stinson — producer (track 15)
- Johnny David "DJ Nasty" Mollings — producer (track 16)
- Christian "Soundboy" Delatour — recording (tracks: 1–8, 13–18), additional recording (track 11), recording assistant (track 9), mixing (track 1)
- James "Milwaukee Buck" Olowokere — recording (track 9)
- Christos Tsantilis — recording (track 11)
- Fabian Marasciullo — additional recording (track 3)
- Charles Hee — additional recording (track 4)
- Collin York — additional recording (track 4)
- Abel Garibaldi — additional recording (tracks: 7, 18)
- Ian Mereness — additional recording (tracks: 7, 18)
- Bart Migal — additional recording & mixing assistant (track 13)
- Jeff Chestek — additional recording (track 16)
- Asif Ali — additional recording (track 18)
- Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton — additional recording (track 18)
- Tom DeKorte — recording assistant (tracks: 1–9, 13–18), additional recording assistant (track 11), mixing assistant (track 1)
- Toshikazu Yoshioka — recording assistant (tracks: 1–9, 13–18), additional recording assistant (track 11), mixing assistant (track 1)
- Tavar Johnson — recording assistant (track 9), additional recording assistant (track 4)
- Terry "Murda Mac" Herbert — recording assistant (track 9)
- Vadim Chislov — additional recording assistant (track 3)
- Brian Kraz — additional recording assistant (track 4)
- Louis Diaz — additional recording assistant (track 4)
- Andy Gallas — additional recording assistant (tracks: 7, 18)
- Bojan Dugić — additional recording assistant (track 18)
- Ken "Duro" Ifill — mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5–8, 11, 14–18)
- Carlisle Young — mixing (track 4)
- Brian Springer — mixing (track 9)
- Doug Wilson — mixing (track 13)
- Andrew Felluss — mixing assistant (tracks: 2, 5, 15)
- Paul Gregory — mixing assistant (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16)
- Kris Lewis — mixing assistant (track 4)
- Rene Antelmann — mixing assistant (track 4)
- Timmy Olmstead — mixing assistant (tracks: 6, 17, 18)
- Aaron Lepley — mixing assistant (track 9)
- Blair Wells — additional engineering (track 14), digital editing
- Chris Gehringer — mastering
- Leon Zervos — additional mastering
- Thomas Bricker — art direction, design
- Piotr Sikora — photography
- Deborah Mannis-Gardner — sample clearances
- Anne Declemente — A&R
- Craig Rosen — A&R
- Gregg Nadel — A&R
- James Lopez — marketing
- Lorena Rios — stylist
Charts
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[24] | Silver | 60,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[25] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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References
edit- ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) - Fat Joe". AllMusic. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "Fat Joe - J.O.S.E. (Jealous One's Still Envy)". HipHopDX. December 18, 2001. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "Fat Joe :: J.O.S.E. (Jealous Ones Still Envy) :: Terror Squad/Atlantic". www.rapreviews.com. December 7, 2001. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Aizlewood, John (November 30, 2001). "Wallowing in style". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1438. February 1, 2002. p. 32.
- ^ "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. May 16, 2002. Archived from the original on November 12, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Fat Joe – Jealous Ones Still Envy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 26. June 22, 2002. p. 13. Retrieved April 11, 2023 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Fat Joe – Jealous Ones Still Envy". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Fat Joe – Jealous Ones Still Envy" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Fat Joe – Jealous Ones Still Envy". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Fat Joe – Jealous Ones Still Envy". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "The Billboard 200". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 16. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 20, 2002. p. 70. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 51. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 22, 2001. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ^ "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "2002 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 52. December 26, 2002. p. YE-32. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "2002 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 52. December 26, 2002. p. YE-50. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ "British album certifications – Fat Joe – J.O.S.E." British Phonographic Industry.
- ^ "American album certifications – Fat Joe – Jealous Ones Still Envy". Recording Industry Association of America.
External links
edit- Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) at Discogs (list of releases)