DJ Clue? - The Professional

An album that only a devout New York rap-radio fan could enjoy, DJ Clue's The Professional is filled with tracks by chart-topping hip-hop acts who've already been overexposed. It's not even a true DJ album: Clue doesn't mix the songs (which is probably a blessing), and there's a minimum of turntable tricks--just beats, rhymes, and redundancy. Artists like DMX, Big Pun, Noreaga, Nas, and Jay-Z practically have side careers as cameo artists, and while they--along with the rest of the usual suspects--appear here as "featured" guests, fans of their work are better off seeking out albums under their own names. While some tracks are better ("Gangsta Shit") than others ("It's On"), there are simply too many songs that fall into a New York rap aesthetic already taken to the brink of exhaustion. If that's your cup of tea, sip away. Otherwise, reach for something else. --Oliver Wang Amazon.com

CLUEMINATI

10 yrs later this cd is still sweet. classic clue

DJ Clue puts together some great tracks for this album. It starts out good with hard tracks like "Ruff Ryders Anthem (Remix)' and "Its on" with DMX. the song "Fantastic 4" basically sums up why this album is so good. It's some of the best artists in the game, coming together to make hot tracks. Big Pun, Cam'Ron, Canibus and Nore are a great combination. Also, Nas, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Mobb Deep and Flipmode Squad put down fire on the album too. Not every song is great, but it's hard to come out with a 20 plus track CD and make it all good.

Overall this is some of the best rap that was out in 98. its still hot nowadays too. if youre a fan of the whole DJ thing and like big posse cuts then this album is for you, as well as all clue's other stuff August 23, 2008

Get the Clue

dj clue amazed me with this album. i didnt know what to think about djs and their mixtapes. this was my first mistape and i relly enjoyed it. the line up was somewhat of an allstar cast from the late 90's. Highly recommended.
rating A October 1, 2006

DJ CLUE THE PROFESSIONAL! YALL REMBER DESERT STORM??

CLUE IS KOOL WITH ME NO PROBLEM...ALSO GROW UP,ME AND MY HOMMIES BUYING HIS MIX TAPES,BACK IN THE 90'S November 29, 2005

New York Rap At Its Very Finest!

This album is blazin! Clue holds it down on almost every track. i cant even give you a top 5, so many songs are straight def. Heres a rundown.

2. Ruff Ryder Anthem(Remix) - Same Beat as the original, but a lot of new faces. They all hold there own. - 5/5

3. Its On - Another DMX blazer. loses a point for average production - 4/5

4. Fantastic Four - The best lyrical showing on the whole album, canibus tears this track to shreads. Everyone else does good too, but again the beat is to average. - 4/5

5. QueensFinest - One of my favorites for sure. Reppin his city and doing it in style. - 5/5

6. Exclusive New Sh*t - Another one of my favorites. I wish Nature got some exposer, he can rip the mic, and shows it here and even on the GTA 3 soundtrack. - 5/5

7. Gangsta Sh*t - Jay-Z and Ja Rule? Who thought of this? Clue is a genius! best calabo ever! Average beat again though. - 4/5

8. Thugged Out Sh*t - I love memphis. And he holds his own as usual. - 5/5

9. Its My Thing '99 - Old school joint with and old school crew. not my flavor - 2/5

11. Whatever You Want - Flipmode Squad rips this track! man, they got a hot crew. they all spit well, and i love this beat. - 5/5

12. Thats The Way - I dont really like mase. And this beat is too happy go lucky. - 2/5

13. I Like Control - I dont like missy too much either. And this beat straight up is bad. - 1/5

14. B*tch Be a H* - This is a pretty good song. JD rips it for all a man from the south can. R.O.C knows what hes doing, he needs some more exposer, hes a good MC. the beat is probebly the lowest point of this song. - 3/5

15. If They Want It - Also Appears on Fabolous's first album, Ghetto Fabolous. Fab does a pretty good job on this track, and the beat is pretty nice too, but definatly cant touch the good tracks on this CD. - 4/5

17. The Professional - Mobb Deep holds it down like always! they kilt it. the beat is probebly the most original production on this whole album. - 5/5

18. Brown Paper Bag Thoughts - Reakwon spits pretty hard, like all Wu members know how to do, but the beat is wack. the score is stricly for the lyrics - 3/5

19. Cops And Robbers - Lord Tariq and Muggs are very lyriclly talented. There are some nice punchlines in this song, and the beat is done very well as well. - 4/5

20. Made Men - Made Men spit pretty well, the beat is on the better side too. - 4/5

21. No Love - M.O.P puts on lyrical show as usual, but the beat is pretty bad. I can skip this track without a second thought.

22. Come On - Honestly, never even heard of Boot Camp Clik, but they seem like they work good together, the beat is the high part of this song. - 4/5

This is a very good album for the East Coast lovers. Down south look elsewhere, but west might find this album pretty good too. Many stars that know what they are doing. And the production is top notch too. Dont take my word, get the freakin album! August 16, 2005

It's not horrible, but not the best.

DJ Clue is definitely not one of the best DJ's. You have Funk Flex, Pete Rock, DJ Revolution, The Beat Junkies, and the X-ecutioners just to name a few who are ten times better than him. DJ Clue does not scratch much, which means, that he has the skill of anybody who plays a mix of music. It sounds like someone downloaded some songs, and put them all together and burned a cd. And he always has to put his name in the middle of the song, which is very annoying to me. At least yell it out before the verses start to kick in, like DJ Evil D does and it would not be annoying. I just hate those kind of interruptions in a song. Now, that alone could have given it just one star, but there are some good points. Ruff Ryders remix, with DMX, Drag On, Jadakiss, and Eve, it was great, minus Eve. They could have done without her. I don't care if Clue give's her props, the Roots gives her props, she is one of the most overrated MC's ever. I like everyone else on it, including Jadakiss, which he usually sucks too. The Fantastic 4 is the best song on here. Even Noreaga and Camron come correct, which they usually don't. Especially lines like, The President, he's like me too, don't like to F--k, but get head too, just had me rollin. Big Pun and Mr. Canibus stole the show on that one too. They got lyrics that make your head spin, and this is just another example. The beat was just tight too. Now it was nice to see Raekwon, M.O.P, Boot Camp Click, Nas, and Mobb Deep and Big Noyd on the same mix cd together. Everyone of there songs were just tight. The rest, well, they were skippable. So, this one is one that is not highly recommended, but hey, there are some good spots too it. June 4, 2005

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