Animal House

by Angie Martinez

Overview

Martinez's day job is as a DJ at a N.Y.C. hip-hop station, and her second album is reason enough for her not to quit. Devoid of style and anything to say, Martinez merely recites her rhymes over flaccid beats, hoping to hook on to something. She falls into nearly all of hip-hop's traps (thankfully, she keeps Animal House at a reasonable 45 minutes): overwrought R&B choruses, lame-ass skits, and "featured" turns by guest-rapping B-listers. She spins records better than she spins tales, most of which are concerned with giving mad props to herself. Only "If I Could Go" has a discernible hook, and it's a vaguely familiar one at that (same goes for the cut that sounds like it was cribbed from Jay-Z's Blueprint reel). Clearly, Martinez fancies herself a baby sis to Missy Elliott (who cameos) and Eve. But it's tough trekking when the beats are this sparse and the rhymes this ho-hum. Maybe she can get her pals at the radio station to play it. ~ Michael Gallucci

Product Details

Release Date:	08/20/2002
Label:	Elektra
UPC:	0075596278027
Rank:	94181

Tracks

1. Animal House
2. A New Day
3. TRL (Skit)
4. If I Could Go
5. Never
6. Take You Home
7. Been Around the World (Skit)
8. We Can Get It On
9. What's That Sound
10. F***ed Up Situation
11. Waitin' On
12. Lifestyle of the Big and Famous (Skit)
13. Live Big
14. So Good

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Angie Martinez   Primary Artist
Sacario   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Kelis   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Fat Joe   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
N.O.R.E.   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Petey Pablo   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Missy Elliott   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Tony Sunshine   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Keon Bryce   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Lil' Mo   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Joe & Sacario   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Dirty Swift   Producer
Ken "Duro" Ifill   Mixing
Sacario   Executive Producer
Rick Rock   Producer
Joe Yannece   Mastering
Carlisle Young   Mixing,Engineer
Kevin Krouse   Mixing,Engineer
Cortez Farris   Engineer
Lili Picou   Design,Art Direction
Marc Stephen Lee   Engineer
Rahiem Prince Thomas   Composer
Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartegena   Composer
Scott Storch   Producer
Salaam Remi   Composer
Angie Martinez   Executive Producer,Composer