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Only two singles came from Chingy's second album, 2004's Powerballin', neither of which matched the successes or strengths of Jackpot's "Right Thurr" and "One Call Away." Hoodstar only makes it all the more apparent that the St. Louis MC's overnight popularity was like lightning in a bottle. Like a number of rap albums from the distant and recent past (Cassidy's Split Personality, for instance), Hoodstar is broken into sections with themes, but the themes in this case -- the "hood" side and the "star" side -- aren't all that distinct. The hood side has songs titled "Hands Up" and "Nike Aurr's & Crispy Tee's," while the star side has songs titled "Ass N da Aurr" and "Brand New Kicks," so we're not exactly dealing with a modern-day Death Certificate. Once again, Chingy does his best to balance his softer side (which he still does best, as in the Tyrese feature "Pullin' Me Back") with unconvincing menace (as in "Club Gettin' Crowded," where the presence of Three 6 Mafia only makes him seem all the more out of his league). The club tracks fall flat and pale in comparison to "Right Thurr." Timbaland, Jermaine Dupri, Mr. Collipark, Mannie Fresh, Kwamé, and longtime collaborators Trak Starz make for an impressive lineup of producers, but it's obvious that few of them gave Chingy the first, second, or even third pick of their beats.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Matthew "Vudu" McAllister, Producer - Matthew McAllister, Composer
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Paul Poli, Composer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Sumner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Poli Paul, Producer - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist
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Three 6 Mafia, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Paul Beauregard, Composer - Jordan Houston, Composer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Foster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist
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Paul Poli, Composer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Poli Paul, Producer - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
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Shamar Daugherty, Composer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alonzo Lee, Composer - Howard Bailey, Composer - The Trak Starz, Producer - Chingy, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
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Jeff Jones, Composer - Paul Poli, Composer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Sumner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Poli Paul, Producer - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist - Midwest City, FeaturedArtist - William Birckhead, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
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James Phillips, Composer - JERMAINE DUPRI, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist
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J. Pastorius, ComposerLyricist - H. Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Danny Lee, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JERMAINE DUPRI, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Horesco IV, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Phillips, ComposerLyricist - LRoc, Producer, Co-Producer - Tyrese, FeaturedArtist - Chingy, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - J. Dupri, ComposerLyricist - B. Morgan, ComposerLyricist
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Michael Crooms, ComposerLyricist - Mr. Collipark, FeaturedArtist - TERRY LEWIS, ComposerLyricist - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist
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Byron Thomas, Composer, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Kori Anders, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leslie Brathwaite, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist
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Marquinarius Holmes, Composer - Kori Anders, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Leslie Brathwaite, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sanchez, Producer - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Spiffy, FeaturedArtist - Jeffery Bailey Jr., Composer
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Timbaland, Producer - Jimmy Douglas, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keri Hilson, Composer, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timothy Mosley, Composer - Demo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist
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Kwamé Holland, Composer - Fatman Scoop, FeaturedArtist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Sumner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kwame, Producer - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist - Darius Jones, Composer
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Three 6 Mafia, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Paul Beauregard, Composer - Jordan Houston, Composer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Foster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist - OG Ron C, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Paul Poli, Composer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Poli Paul, Producer - Colin Miller, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - OG Ron C, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Christopher Bridges, Composer - Shamar Daugherty, Composer - Ludacris, FeaturedArtist - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, FeaturedArtist - Alonzo Lee, Composer - Howard Bailey, Composer - The Trak Starz, Producer, Mixer, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chingy, MainArtist - OG Ron C, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Kai Simms, Composer - Carl Bowers, Composer - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist - Derryl Howard, Composer - Maurice Wilson, Composer - DJ Beatz, Producer - Reace Beatz, Producer - Git it Boyz, FeaturedArtist - OG Ron C, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Shamar Daugherty, Composer - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S. Martin, Composer - Zo, Guitar, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Ramirez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alonzo Lee, Composer - Howard Bailey, Composer - The Trak Starz, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chingy, MainArtist - SHAM, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - J/Weav, FeaturedArtist - OG Ron C, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Burton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
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Keith McMasters, Composer - Carl Bowers, Composer - Leslie Brathwaite, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lil Flip, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Howard Bailey, Composer - Chingy, MainArtist - Git it Boyz, FeaturedArtist - Lil' Mack, Producer - OG Ron C, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Shamar Daugherty, ComposerLyricist - Howard Bailey, ComposerLyricist - Chingy, MainArtist - Alonzo E. Lee Jr., ComposerLyricist
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Album review
Only two singles came from Chingy's second album, 2004's Powerballin', neither of which matched the successes or strengths of Jackpot's "Right Thurr" and "One Call Away." Hoodstar only makes it all the more apparent that the St. Louis MC's overnight popularity was like lightning in a bottle. Like a number of rap albums from the distant and recent past (Cassidy's Split Personality, for instance), Hoodstar is broken into sections with themes, but the themes in this case -- the "hood" side and the "star" side -- aren't all that distinct. The hood side has songs titled "Hands Up" and "Nike Aurr's & Crispy Tee's," while the star side has songs titled "Ass N da Aurr" and "Brand New Kicks," so we're not exactly dealing with a modern-day Death Certificate. Once again, Chingy does his best to balance his softer side (which he still does best, as in the Tyrese feature "Pullin' Me Back") with unconvincing menace (as in "Club Gettin' Crowded," where the presence of Three 6 Mafia only makes him seem all the more out of his league). The club tracks fall flat and pale in comparison to "Right Thurr." Timbaland, Jermaine Dupri, Mr. Collipark, Mannie Fresh, Kwamé, and longtime collaborators Trak Starz make for an impressive lineup of producers, but it's obvious that few of them gave Chingy the first, second, or even third pick of their beats.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:32:10
- Main artists: Chingy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2006 Capitol Records Inc. ℗ 2006 Capitol Records Inc.
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