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Brad Jordan, head of A&R for Def Jam South, was a big success after just a few months on the job; his signing of Ludacris in 2000 paid off in triple-platinum after less than a year. It's not every A&R man who's rewarded for great work with an album of his own, but then again, not every A&R man is also one of the most influential voices in the history of hip-hop. After defining the down South gangsta during the late '80s with Geto Boys, Scarface began a solo career that earned him a couple of gold albums and saw some of the biggest names in rap (2Pac, Ice Cube, Kurupt, Too Short) angling to work with him -- this back when posse tracks were rarities. Scarface fans will recognize quite a few of the usual themes throughout The Fix, like the good-times-and-bad territory anthem "My Block" (complete with an old-school production, '70s style) and "In Cold Blood," a first-person journal entry from a gang-banger. The highlights, though, find Scarface morphing back into Jordan the bottom-line businessman, banking on the familiar names: "Guess Who's Back" is more a Jay-Z track with a little room for Scarface than the other way around, and the same goes for the Nas feature, "In Between Us." And Pharrell from Neptunes takes over "Someday," with Faith Evans adding a little sugar to the chorus to make up for the patented Scarface growl on the verses. Though The Fix has him reaching for the charts as well as focusing on the personal, the inimitable Scarface balances the competing concerns well.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Mike Dean, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Scarface, MainArtist
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Reid, ComposerLyricist - Scarface, MainArtist - China Black, Producer - Timothy Horn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Craig Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scarface, MainArtist - Tommy Uzzo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frederick Long, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Garcia, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dean, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brenda Sutton, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jay-Z, FeaturedArtist - Scarface, MainArtist - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Beanie Sigel, FeaturedArtist - Tom DePierro, ComposerLyricist - Michael B. Sutton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nashiem Myrick, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Stone, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Donny Hathaway, ComposerLyricist - Roberta Flack, ComposerLyricist - ED RASO, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scarface, MainArtist - GREG SMITH, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Mann, ComposerLyricist - Hyungseok Oh, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Scarface, MainArtist - Nottz, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominick "Nottz" Lamb, ComposerLyricist - Ant Dawg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Josh Butler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scarface, MainArtist - Kelly Price, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - T-Mix, Producer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Michael Sandlofer, ComposerLyricist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dean, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Kresco, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scarface, Producer, MainArtist - Nas, FeaturedArtist - Lofey, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chad Hugo, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dean, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, ComposerLyricist - FAITH EVANS, FeaturedArtist - Scarface, MainArtist - Andrew Coleman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Wilson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Scarface, MainArtist - T-Mix, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - John Butler, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Testa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scarface, MainArtist - Kelly Price, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Uzzo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - T-Mix, Producer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Roy Jr. Moore, ComposerLyricist - Bruno Sutter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Michael Sandlofer, ComposerLyricist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dean, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - WC, FeaturedArtist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Scarface, MainArtist - Tony Pizarro, Producer - FLIP, Producer - Richard Furch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cortez Farris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, ComposerLyricist - Brad Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Scarface, MainArtist
℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Brad Jordan, head of A&R for Def Jam South, was a big success after just a few months on the job; his signing of Ludacris in 2000 paid off in triple-platinum after less than a year. It's not every A&R man who's rewarded for great work with an album of his own, but then again, not every A&R man is also one of the most influential voices in the history of hip-hop. After defining the down South gangsta during the late '80s with Geto Boys, Scarface began a solo career that earned him a couple of gold albums and saw some of the biggest names in rap (2Pac, Ice Cube, Kurupt, Too Short) angling to work with him -- this back when posse tracks were rarities. Scarface fans will recognize quite a few of the usual themes throughout The Fix, like the good-times-and-bad territory anthem "My Block" (complete with an old-school production, '70s style) and "In Cold Blood," a first-person journal entry from a gang-banger. The highlights, though, find Scarface morphing back into Jordan the bottom-line businessman, banking on the familiar names: "Guess Who's Back" is more a Jay-Z track with a little room for Scarface than the other way around, and the same goes for the Nas feature, "In Between Us." And Pharrell from Neptunes takes over "Someday," with Faith Evans adding a little sugar to the chorus to make up for the patented Scarface growl on the verses. Though The Fix has him reaching for the charts as well as focusing on the personal, the inimitable Scarface balances the competing concerns well.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:15
- Main artists: Scarface
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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