Instructions

by Jermaine Dupri

Overview

For his second solo album, Atlanta producer/entrepreneur Jermaine Dupri goes out of his way to again show you how much of a self-described "baller" he is. This mentality partly informs this album's title, Instructions, with JD telling you what it's like at the top and how you'll never get there. As you can probably imagine, there's little modesty here and JD could care less -- he seems to revel in his own vanity. Even if you wanted to, you'd have a hard time arguing with him: His So So Def label delivered popular albums and artists throughout the '90s -- Kris Kross, Jagged Edge, Usher, Da Brat, Lil' Bow Wow -- and he hires a star-studded roster of big-money guests for this album, including the Neptunes, who produced the standout "Let's Talk About It" (featuring the Clipse). There are several highlights, including "Ballin' Out of Control" with Nate Dogg, "Welcome to Atlanta" with Ludacris, and "Money, Hoes & Power" with UGK. ~ Jason Birchmeier

Product Details

Release Date:	10/30/2001
Label:	So So Def
UPC:	0696998583023

Tracks

1. LP Intro
2. Welcome to Atlanta
3. Money, Hoes & Power
4. The Dream (Interlude)
5. Get Some
6. Hate (Interlude)
7. Hate Blood
8. Ballin' Out of Control
9. Supafly
10. Instructions Interlude
11. Rules of the Game
12. Prada Bag (Interlude)
13. Whatever
14. Let's Talk About It
15. Yours & Mine
16. Jazzy Hoe's, Pt. 2
17. Hot Mama (Interlude)
18. You Bring the Freak Out of Me
19. The Morning After
20. Rock With Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jermaine Dupri   Primary Artist
Boo & Gotti   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Trey Lorenz   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Manuel Seal, Jr.   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Backbone   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Manish Man & Da Syndicate   Primary Artist
Katrina   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Pimpin' Ken   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
R.O.C.   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Too $hort   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Kandi   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Xscape   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Jagged Edge   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Kurupt   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
UGK   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Bilal   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Nate Dogg   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Tigah   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Eddie Cain   Featured Artist
Wanda Sykes   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Trey Lorenz & Katrina   Featured Artist
Skeeter Rock   Featured Artist
Jadakiss   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Field Mob   Featured Artist
Ludacris   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Da Brat   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Freeway   Featured Artist
Usher   Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Manish Man   Featured Artist
Clipse   Featured Artist
LaMarquis Jefferson   Bass

Technical Credits

Skeeter Rock   Performer
Swizz Beatz   Producer
Bilal   Performer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Kurupt   Composer,Performer
Manuel Seal, Jr.   Performer
Xscape   Performer
Bryan-Michael Cox   Composer,Producer
Trey Lorenz   Performer
Jagged Edge   Performer
Clipse   Performer
Chad Hugo   Composer
Wanda Sykes   Composer
Freeway   Performer
UGK   Performer
Pharrell Williams   Composer
Usher   Performer
Ludacris   Composer,Performer
Jermaine Dupri   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
R.O.C.   Performer
Kandi   Performer
Katrina   Performer
Nate Dogg   Performer
The Neptunes   Producer
Kasseem Dean   Composer
Bun B   Composer
Da Brat   Performer
Jadakiss   Performer
Eddie Cain   Composer
Field Mob   Performer
Phil Tan   Mixing,Engineer,Programming
Pimpin' Ken   Performer
Pimp C   Composer
LaMarquis Jefferson   Composer
Too $hort   Composer,Performer
C. Lowe   Composer
Julian Alexander   Design,Art Direction
R.L. Griffin   Composer
Nathaniel Hale   Composer
Manish Man & Da Syndicate   Composer,Performer
John Horesco IV   Mixing Assistant
Emmanuel Dean   Producer
N. Henry Ingram   Composer
Christian Lantry   Photography
Brian Frye   Engineer
E. L. Dean   Composer
Backbone   Performer
Andrew Coleman   Engineer