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Now rolling with Roc-A-Fella y'all, Clue?'s days of slinging tapes on your neighborhood corner are all but over. Recognized worldwide for reinventing the art of the mixtape, Clue? enlisted some of hip-hop's biggest guns for his major-label debut. Aiding Clue? in his quest for the Clueminati, Nas revisits his Illmatic roots with "Queensfinest." The pairing of Cam'Ron, Big Pun, Noreaga, and Canibus on "Fantastic Four" is worth mentioning solely for the hypnotic verse Canibus delivers. Jayhovah touches down, lending his labelmate a hand, combining forces with Ja-Rule for some "Gangsta Shit." Mobb Deep and Big Noyd are at it once again on "The Professional," as they are ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Matt Conaway
Now rolling with Roc-A-Fella y'all, Clue?'s days of slinging tapes on your neighborhood corner are all but over. Recognized worldwide for reinventing the art of the mixtape, Clue? enlisted some of hip-hop's biggest guns for his major-label debut. Aiding Clue? in his quest for the Clueminati, Nas revisits his Illmatic roots with "Queensfinest." The pairing of Cam'Ron, Big Pun, Noreaga, and Canibus on "Fantastic Four" is worth mentioning solely for the hypnotic verse Canibus delivers. Jayhovah touches down, lending his labelmate a hand, combining forces with Ja-Rule for some "Gangsta Shit." Mobb Deep and Big Noyd are at it once again on "The Professional," as they are merciless on a fiery, violin-laced number from Vic. Meanwhile, EPMD and the Def Squad play hot potato on "It's My Thang '99" and Raekwon lends his lyrical swordmanship to "Brown Paper Bag Thoughts." Like any mixtape or soundtrack, you have to accept the good and bad with a grain of salt. Clue? makes feeble attempts to refresh cuts like "That's the Way" featuring Mase, Foxy, and Fabolous Sport and "I Like Control" featuring Missy, Mocha, and Nicole Wray, leaving them virtually untouched. Clue? definitely knows how to move the crowd and does serve up another installment of exclusive material, but he implements little of the turntable manipulation that makes DJs so vital to the art of hip-hop. As Pete Rock stated ever so eloquently, "This I dedicate to those mixtapes I hate/Exclusive sh*t/It holds no weight/Put your skills on the plate/Backspin to '88."
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 12/15/1998
  • Label: Fontana Def Jam
  • UPC: 731455889123
  • Catalog Number: 558891
  • Sales rank: 59,536

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Intro (1:03)
  2. 2 Ruff Ryders Anthem - Styles (3:52)
  3. 3 It's On (3:25)
  4. 4 Fantastic 4 - Big Pun (5:09)
  5. 5 Queensfinest (3:26)
  6. 6 Exclusive-New Shift (3:08)
  7. 7 Gangsta Shit - Ja Rule (4:38)
  8. 8 Thugged Out Shit - Memphis Bleek (3:54)
  9. 9 It's My Thang '99 (3:00)
  10. 10 Mariah Carey (Skit) (0:21)
  11. 11 Whatever You Want (4:07)
  12. 12 That's the Way - Fabulous Sport (4:31)
  13. 13 I Like Control - Nicole Wray (3:48)
  14. 14 Bitch Be A Ho (3:23)
  15. 15 If They Want It - Fabulous Sport (4:02)
  16. 16 Pain in da Ass (Skit) (0:28)
  17. 17 The Professional - Noyd (3:39)
  18. 18 Brown Paper Bag Thoughts (3:15)
  19. 19 Cops & Robbers - Lord Tariq (3:26)
  20. 20 Made Men - Made Men (2:41)
  21. 21 No Love (4:12)
  22. 22 Come On (4:32)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
DJ Clue? Primary Artist
EPMD Track Performer
Redman Track Performer
Mobb Deep Track Performer
Nas Track Performer
DMX Track Performer
Jermaine Dupri Track Performer
Method Man Rap
Keith Murray Track Performer
Raekwon Track Performer
David Anthony Matos Guitar
Jay-Z Track Performer
Boot Camp Clik Track Performer
Missy Elliott Track Performer
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz Track Performer
Mase Rap, Track Performer
Big Punisher Rap
Canibus Rap, Track Performer
Cam'ron Rap, Track Performer
Flipmode Squad Track Performer
Nature Track Performer
Mocha Track Performer
Ja Rule Vocals, Rap, Track Performer
Memphis Bleek Track Performer
Nicole Wray Track Performer
Made Men Track Performer
Technical Credits
Mobb Deep Contributor
Nas Contributor
Paul Arnold Engineer
Busta Rhymes Contributor
DMX Contributor
Jermaine Dupri Contributor
Brian Frye Engineer
Wu-Tang Clan Contributor
Jay-Z Contributor
Tom Coyne Mastering
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz Contributor
The LOX Contributor
Noreaga Contributor
Patrick Viala Engineer
Dan Miller Composer
Todd Schlafer Composer
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