I could somewhat tolerate Fat Joe after this album. I liked J.O.E and Don Cartegena but after Pun's death Fat Joe lost his mind and has been downward spiraling into wackness starting with this album. Before I get to what's bad let me tell you what kept this album from frisbee treatment. My Lifestyle is okay. M.O.P saved Fight Club(also feat Petey Pablo) and Armegeddon left Fat Joe in his dust on Murder Rap. The rest of this album stinks. What's Luv feat Ashanti and Ja Rule is light fluffy pop garbage that is unworthy of the praise it got. We Clubbin feat R Kelly was straight garbage and the remix feat Noreaga, Busta Rhymes and Remy Ma is worser than the original. Fat Joe wasted a great beat by Alchemist with wack rapping on Definition of A Don. Opposites Attract feat Remy Martin is horrible! Get The Hell On With That feat Ludacris and Armegeddon is wack even though Luda's verse was alright. The Wild Life feat Prospect and Xzibit is boring. King Of N.Y. wastes reggae legend Buju Banton's talent and our time. On the track Still Real, Fat Joe claims that we dont know what pain is. After hearing this album we have the concept of pain mastered. More garbage: He's Not Real(and the interlude before it was pointless), It's Ok and J.O.S.E. Bottom Line: Jealous Ones Still Envy is one of the worst albums of Fat Joe's career. The beats were weak, the lyrics were lazy and the guest appearances add very little to this album. Avoid, Avoid, Avoid. I dont blame anybody who lost respect for Fat Joe after this album and his subsequent albums. He went out like a snake to save his career from inevitable extinction.
December 15, 2006 |  | Solid Album From Fat Joe, 4 Stars |  |
This ain't anywhere near his best effort like mentioned before but it's still a strong effort from the Bronx MC, there's some hot beats and raps on this album like "My Lifestyle", "We Thuggin'(both versions), "Fight Music", and "Get The Hell On With That", much respect to Joe Crack the Don for making that real hip-hop
October 31, 2006 | | I think Joe finally started to realize | |
His vulnerability without Pun. He recruited so many to make this album hot and it was lukewarm at best. Dude even got a washed up reggae n*gga on this. Then he leaned on chester the molester(kelly) to get some mainstream appeal, it did work, cause lately he been blowin up. Fight club is the track that stands out for me bein a huge long-time fan of M.O.P. and plus I like to fight. Lyrically Joe is still lacking but next to a lot of these so-called rappers he is among the best. But I still respect him cause he keep his s*it street.
July 31, 2005| | | Come on, it's not that bad | |
I was never a big fan of Terror Squad before "J.O.S.E.", especially because I can't stand Noreaga and I only liked Big Pun. But Joe won me over on this one, because this is his first album where there is good production and guest appearances, minus Big Pun. It's not great by any means, but there are some good songs and Joe makes some good raps.
The first few songs are nothing special really, they sound like everything else Joe has ever done in his career. "We Thuggin'" is good, with R. Kelly, strong track, there's a remix here too. "What's Luv" with Ashanti and Ja Rule was a good track too, I like the production. "Get The Hell On With That" was good too, Ludacris does a good job as a guest. A lot of the other songs are pretty forgettable, but if you listen to them, a lot of them are okay and he makes some good raps on them. Joe is pretty tight here and his career only got better from this point.
Fat Joe is not a great rapper by any means, and Terror Squad isn't amazing either, but through the years they've made some good tracks and collaborated well, and "J.O.S.E" was no exception. 50 Cent should leave Joe the heck alone because Joe has been around longer and is true to his roots, not like 50. This album isn't really worth buying unless you're a TS fan, but there are some good songs on it.
July 27, 2005 | | (not a kid just dont have an account) | |
he is the fatest piece of crap ive ever seen! his music sux so much! turn the freakin mic off! the mic is off! he is the biggest wanksta fo eva and eva! check these peps out - mike jones, tupac, snoop dogg and nwa (none of those guys weigh 500 pounds)
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