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Newly realigned with Ludacris' Disturbing the Peace, Chingy looks hard to repeat the success he had with "Right Thurr" on Hate It or Love It, trying to mix his singsongy vocals with synth-and-bass-heavy beats in an unfortunate mix of cheese and posturing that can be hard to stomach. He's all swagger and tough talk, but the production's so fluffy, moving from club-ready to third-rate Casio beats that do nothing to aid Chingy's already suspect rhymes, that it's hard to believe he's anything more than, well, the man who brought the world "Right Thurr." The rapper's certainly not known for his lyrics, relying instead on catchy riffs and drums to propel his songs across radios nationwide, but there's not much here musically that comes close to capturing the sound of his earlier hits. "2 Kool 2 Dance" (is that like "2 Legit 2 Quit"?) uses a decent L.T. Moe half-hyphy beat, but the hook (the title repeated ad infinitum) can't quite redeem itself as dance- or rock-worthy, and the other songs follow suit, whether they're boasts about his cars, his women, his clothes, or the sheer amount of cash he has. To his credit, Chingy doesn't always follow bad rap clichés. He speaks repeatedly of one woman he's fallen for, who he wants to be with and spend money on ("What's mines is yours," he says in "Spend Some $"), and two tracks toward the end of the album even border on the reflective ("Lovely Ladies," about his love for his mother, grandmother, and sisters, and "How We Feel," about the way blacks are treated in America, and containing the perhaps subversive Obama endorsement "I don't think we ready for a lady president/It's evident that it's a man's world, so it's irrelevant"). These however, despite the fact they're reasonably well-executed, seem out of place amid the rest of Hate It or Love It, which is messy and predictable and not even that fun, with nothing to grab onto or remember, not interesting or catchy or angry enough to provoke any kind of strong emotion, more unremarkable than anything else.
© Marisa Brown /TiVo
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Ray Seay, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Eddie Hernandez, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - L.T. Moe, Producer
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Neely Dinkins Jr., ComposerLyricist - Paul Sheehy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Co-stars, Producer - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - G6, Producer, Unknown, Other - Vito Calapietro, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Dozier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Ryan Sheldon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Christopher Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Tucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amerie, FeaturedArtist - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Todd Moore, ComposerLyricist - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Tanya White, ComposerLyricist - Billy Calloway, ComposerLyricist - Joshua Monroy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - L.T. Moe, Producer - Gyrlfriend, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Phillip White, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jared Gosselin, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Dror Mohar, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephan Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Christopher Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Full Scale, Producer - Jordan Suecof, ComposerLyricist - Josh Houghkirk, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ludacris, FeaturedArtist - PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Garrett, ComposerLyricist - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Bobby V., FeaturedArtist - Joshua Monroy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Princeton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Calvin Kenon, ComposerLyricist - Javier Valverde, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Steph Jones, FeaturedArtist - Calvo Da Gr8, Producer - Stephan Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Diamond, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chingy, MainArtist - L.T. Moe, Producer
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Troy Taylor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lawrence Parker, ComposerLyricist - Tremaine Neverson, ComposerLyricist - Paul Sheehy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Green, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Trey Songz, FeaturedArtist - Bei Maejor, Producer - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vernon Mungo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Todd Moore, ComposerLyricist - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Eddie Hernandez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - L.T. Moe, Producer
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michelle Collins, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Cates, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Khao, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Rob Skipworth, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Choir Boi, Programmer - Marc Coleman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Amber Mason, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Bob Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Tim Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Buck, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Hamilton, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Wilson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Irvine, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Todd Moore, ComposerLyricist - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Bobby V., Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - C Zulu, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Hernandez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - L.T. Moe, Producer
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
William Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Andre Lyon, ComposerLyricist - Marcello Valenzano, ComposerLyricist - Fabian Marasciullo, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Jolley, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cool & Dre, Producer - Gina Victoria, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Ross, FeaturedArtist - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
H. Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Trawick, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Alex Francis, ComposerLyricist - Ghost Writers, Producer - Dinavon Bythwood, ComposerLyricist - a. Francis, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Hernandez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Sheldon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
Album review
Newly realigned with Ludacris' Disturbing the Peace, Chingy looks hard to repeat the success he had with "Right Thurr" on Hate It or Love It, trying to mix his singsongy vocals with synth-and-bass-heavy beats in an unfortunate mix of cheese and posturing that can be hard to stomach. He's all swagger and tough talk, but the production's so fluffy, moving from club-ready to third-rate Casio beats that do nothing to aid Chingy's already suspect rhymes, that it's hard to believe he's anything more than, well, the man who brought the world "Right Thurr." The rapper's certainly not known for his lyrics, relying instead on catchy riffs and drums to propel his songs across radios nationwide, but there's not much here musically that comes close to capturing the sound of his earlier hits. "2 Kool 2 Dance" (is that like "2 Legit 2 Quit"?) uses a decent L.T. Moe half-hyphy beat, but the hook (the title repeated ad infinitum) can't quite redeem itself as dance- or rock-worthy, and the other songs follow suit, whether they're boasts about his cars, his women, his clothes, or the sheer amount of cash he has. To his credit, Chingy doesn't always follow bad rap clichés. He speaks repeatedly of one woman he's fallen for, who he wants to be with and spend money on ("What's mines is yours," he says in "Spend Some $"), and two tracks toward the end of the album even border on the reflective ("Lovely Ladies," about his love for his mother, grandmother, and sisters, and "How We Feel," about the way blacks are treated in America, and containing the perhaps subversive Obama endorsement "I don't think we ready for a lady president/It's evident that it's a man's world, so it's irrelevant"). These however, despite the fact they're reasonably well-executed, seem out of place amid the rest of Hate It or Love It, which is messy and predictable and not even that fun, with nothing to grab onto or remember, not interesting or catchy or angry enough to provoke any kind of strong emotion, more unremarkable than anything else.
© Marisa Brown /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:05
- Main artists: Chingy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Disturbing Tha Peace Recordings, Inc.
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2007 DTP Records, LLC ℗ 2007 DTP Records, LLC
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