Dark Side(Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

R&B / SOUL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Intro ~ Fat Joe

2. Valley of Death ~ Fat Joe

3. I Am Crack ~ Fat Joe

4. Kilo - (featuring Clipse/Cam'ron) ~ Fat Joe

5. Rappers Are in Danger ~ Fat Joe

6. (Ha Ha) Slow Down - (featuring Young Jeezy) ~ Fat Joe

7. If It Ain't About Money ~ Fat Joe

8. No Problems - (featuring Rico Love) ~ Fat Joe

9. How Did We Get Here - (featuring R. Kelly) ~ Fat Joe

10. Money Over B*****s - (featuring Too Short/T.A.) ~ Fat Joe

11. Heavenly Father ~ Fat Joe

12. I'm Gone ~ Fat Joe

13. At Last Supremacy ~ Fat Joe

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Recording information: Rebel Base, Stadium Red, New York, NY; Record Room Studios, Miami, FL; The Chocolate Factory, Chicago, IL.
	Photographer: Tom Medvedich.
	Longtime fans, and maybe even casual listeners, might have felt they were already well aware of Fat Joe's dark side, especially on his early work and the Jealous Ones Envy trilogy of albums. Surprise -- he's got even more hate in his heart, as The Darkside, Vol. 1 amps the anger, spraying machine-gun style across the world of hip-hop so recklessly you'd expect he'd never be offered another collaboration or guest shot. Still, if you're on his side, it's well worth it at this point, something known to Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Clipse, Cam'ron, and even R. Kelly, who all make worthy contributions to this satisfying effort. The beef king can still draw the top-notch producers too, with names like Cool & Dre, DJ Premier, and Scoop DeVille helping here, but it's the reliable Just Blaze who takes the prize with the '70s-flavored funk beat he lays on "I Am Crack," a number where Joe's bold enough to claim "If it wasn't for me, there would be no Carter," as if King Weezy himself wasn't showing up eight tracks later. He's still gunning at 50 Cent ("We can throw the biggest party when Curtis die") and is happy to point out which macho rappers "sit down to pee," but instead of sounding uninspired on topics he's visited, revisited, and then some, he sounds on fire, as if this were his grand debut. Whether it works or not depends on whether you're in the love him or the hate him camp, but no compromise is just what his fans signed up for in the first place. The Darkside, Vol. 1 is a mean beast of an album that will surely make Joe's army re-enlist for Vol. 2. ~ David Jeffries
Musical Guests
	The Clipse
	Cam'Ron
	Young Jeezy
	Trey Songz
	Rico Love
	R. Kelly
	Too Short
	T.A.
	Lil Wayne
	Busta Rhymes

Compilation Appearances

	Thug Mentality 1999 (Explicit Version)
	Chocolate Factory
	Big Picture 1974-1979 (Explicit Version)
	Play With Bootsy
	The Piece Maker 2 (Explicit Version)
	Old School Rap 7
	The Ownerz (Explicit Version)
	Get Wiggy-Soundtrack (Explicit Version)
	Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version)
	Los Extraterrestres Otra Dimension(w/ Bonus DVD)
	Tempo-Free Tempo
	Mis Favoritas
	Fantasia Urbana
	We The Best Forever(Explicit Version)
	We The Best Forever
	Icon(Explicit Version)
	Original Hits(Explicit Version)
	Original Hits
	Cruzin Music Box Set Volume 2
	Free Agent(Explicit Version)
	17
	Alive On Arrival
	Thuggin Without A Cause(Explicit Version)
	South Side Unity
	Music Of Run Dmc

Associated Artists and Works

Parrish "PMD" Smith

Technical Info

	Release Date : 07/27/2010
	Original Release Date : 2010
	Catalog ID : E1ECD 2101
	Label : E1 Entertainment
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00099923210122

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (p.77)
- "He makes a reasonably convincing case...firing off no-nonsense crime rhymes over soul samples..." -- Grade: B

XXL (Magazine)
(p.146)
- "Fat Joe proves the wiser, with a fine-tuned ear for dope beats, a knack for dropping relevant, radio-friendly tunes, and sharp lyricism..."