Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)

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Script error: No such module "Redirect hatnote". Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Template:Italic title Template:Music ratings Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. Originally scheduled for a summer 2000 release, the album was released on December 4, 2001, via Atlantic Records and Fat Joe's Terror Squad Productions. Recording sessions took place at TMF Studios, The Crackhouse, Chung King Studios and Sound On Sound in New York, The Hit Factory Criteria and Circle House Studios in Miami, TransContinental Studios in Orlando, The Studio in Philadelphia, and The Enterprise in California. Production was handled by Buckwild, Irv Gotti, Ron G, Alchemist, Bink!, Chink Santana, Cool & Dre, DJ Nasty & LVM, Psycho Les, Reef, Rockwilder, Sean C, Self and Younglord. It features guest appearances from Remy Ma, Armageddon, Prospect, R. Kelly, Ashanti, Busta Rhymes, Buju Banton, Ja Rule, Ludacris, M.O.P., Noreaga, Petey Pablo and Xzibit.

The album serves as a sequel to Fat Joe's second album, Jealous One's Envy, released in 1995, and prequels his ninth solo LP, Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2), which was released in 2009.

Singles

The album was supported with two singles: "We Thuggin'" and "What's Luv?".

Its lead single, "We Thuggin'", released on October 2, 2001 prior to the album, made it to number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 37 in Australia, number 48 on the UK singles chart and number 70 in Germany.

The second single off of the album, "What's Luv?", released on February 4, 2002,[1] peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in Switzerland, number four in Australia and the UK, number five in New Zealand, number seven in the Netherlands, number ten in Germany, and also made it to the Top 20 in Canada, Norway, Denmark, Scotland, Wallonia and Ireland. It achieved Gold certifications by the Australian Recording Industry Association and the Swedish Recording Industry Association and Platinum certification by the BPI. An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Bille Woodruff.

Commercial performance

In the United States, the album debuted at number 37 on the Billboard 200 and number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts on the week of December 22, 2001. It peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 on the week of April 20, 2002. It received a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on May 22, 2002 for shipping and selling over a million copies in the US alone.

The album marks Fat Joe's first entry into the UK Albums Chart and the Scottish Albums Chart, reaching number 19 and number 45, respectively. It also made it to the UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart, peaking at number 5. The album was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry on May 17, 2002 for sales of 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom. To date, it is Fat Joe's best selling album.

Track listing

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Sample credits

Personnel

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  • Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena — vocals, executive producer
  • Mark "Buju Banton" Myrie — vocals (track 3)
  • Reminisce "Remy Martin" Smith — vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 18)
  • Robert Kelly — vocals (tracks: 7, 18)
  • Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage — vocals (track 8)
  • Eric "Billy Danze" Murray — vocals (track 8)
  • Moses "Petey Pablo" Barrett III — vocals (track 8)
  • Ashanti Douglas — vocals (track 9)
  • Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins — vocals (track 9)
  • Richard "Prospect" Perez — vocals (tracks: 11, 16)
  • Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges — vocals (track 13)
  • John "Armageddon" Eaddy — vocals (tracks: 13, 15), co-executive producer
  • Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner — vocals (track 16)
  • Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith — vocals (track 18)
  • Victor "Noreaga" Santiago — vocals (track 18)
  • Kid Ra-Ye — additional vocals (track 2)
  • DJ Khaled — additional vocals (track 3)
  • Ed Goldson — guitar & bass (tracks: 1, 14)
  • Levar "DJ LV" Coppin — scratches (track 14), programming (track 1)
  • Lenny "LVM" Mollings — keyboards & producer (track 16)
  • Lester "Psycho Les" Fernandez — producer (track 2)
  • Marcello "Cool" Valenzano — producer (track 3)
  • Andre "Dre" Lyon — producer (track 3)
  • Edward "Self" Hinson — producer (track 4)
  • Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo — producer & mixing (tracks: 4, 9)
  • Daniel Alan "The Alchemist" Maman — producer (track 5)
  • Anthony "Buckwild" Best — producer (tracks: 6, 17)
  • Ronald "Ron G" Bowser — producer (tracks: 7, 18)
  • Rob "Reef" Tewlow — producer (track 8), co-executive producer, A&R
  • Andre "Chink Santana" Parker — producer (track 9)
  • Richard "Younglord" Frierson — producer & mixing (track 11)
  • Roosevelt "Bink!" Harrell III — producer (track 13)
  • Deleno "Sean Cane" Matthews — producer (track 14), programming (track 1)
  • Dana "Rockwilder" Stinson — producer (track 15)
  • Johnny David "DJ Nasty" Mollings — producer (track 16)
  • Christian "Soundboy" Delatour — recording (tracks: 1–8, 13–18), additional recording (track 11), recording assistant (track 9), mixing (track 1)
  • James "Milwaukee Buck" Olowokere — recording (track 9)
  • Christos Tsantilis — recording (track 11)
  • Fabian Marasciullo — additional recording (track 3)
  • Charles Hee — additional recording (track 4)
  • Collin York — additional recording (track 4)
  • Abel Garibaldi — additional recording (tracks: 7, 18)
  • Ian Mereness — additional recording (tracks: 7, 18)
  • Bart Migal — additional recording & mixing assistant (track 13)
  • Jeff Chestek — additional recording (track 16)
  • Asif Ali — additional recording (track 18)
  • Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton — additional recording (track 18)
  • Tom DeKorte — recording assistant (tracks: 1–9, 13–18), additional recording assistant (track 11), mixing assistant (track 1)
  • Toshikazu Yoshioka — recording assistant (tracks: 1–9, 13–18), additional recording assistant (track 11), mixing assistant (track 1)
  • Tavar Johnson — recording assistant (track 9), additional recording assistant (track 4)
  • Terry "Murda Mac" Herbert — recording assistant (track 9)
  • Vadim Chislov — additional recording assistant (track 3)
  • Brian Kraz — additional recording assistant (track 4)
  • Louis Diaz — additional recording assistant (track 4)
  • Andy Gallas — additional recording assistant (tracks: 7, 18)
  • Bojan Dugić — additional recording assistant (track 18)
  • Ken "Duro" Ifill — mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5–8, 11, 14–18)
  • Carlisle Young — mixing (track 4)
  • Brian Springer — mixing (track 9)
  • Doug Wilson — mixing (track 13)
  • Andrew Felluss — mixing assistant (tracks: 2, 5, 15)
  • Paul Gregory — mixing assistant (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16)
  • Kris Lewis — mixing assistant (track 4)
  • Rene Antelmann — mixing assistant (track 4)
  • Timmy Olmstead — mixing assistant (tracks: 6, 17, 18)
  • Aaron Lepley — mixing assistant (track 9)
  • Blair Wells — additional engineering (track 14), digital editing
  • Chris Gehringer — mastering
  • Leon Zervos — additional mastering
  • Thomas Bricker — art direction, design
  • Piotr Sikora — photography
  • Deborah Mannis-Gardner — sample clearances
  • Anne Declemente — A&R
  • Craig Rosen — A&R
  • Gregg Nadel — A&R
  • James Lopez — marketing
  • Lorena Rios — stylist

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Certifications

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References

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External links

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