After Jim Jones status in rap music sort of jumped up a few points, he drops this Christmas album "A Dip Set Christmas". I agree the idea and concept are good, but the fact that Jim Jones headlines this basically throws it out the window. As two reviewers stated, only the first half of the songs on here have to do with Christmas. And when Jim Jones do Christmas songs, they mostly sound like duds. There are a few decent ones on here like "If Everyday Was XMas", and "A Dip Set X Mas Theme". Thats all I can really say good about this album.

The bad, let me put it to you this way: this is almost "Hustler's P.O.M.E." turned into a halfassed Christmas concept. When you get to the second half, you are back to generic Jim Jones. Some people may claim that the highlight of the album is "We Fly High (Remix)" featuring T.I., Baby, Young Dro, and Diddy. But fact is that I found not one verse stood out, not even Dro's (who I believe is real funny). Then there is Jim Jones' good friend Max B. on the pointless solo song "Letter To The Game" which is not rememerable.

If you are looking to a sequel to "Hustler's P.O.M.E.", well you have one. Dip Set fans and 15 year old kids from up north will love this here. I basically can't find myself being a die hard fan of anything Dip Set related material. I personally believe that this album was the fact to see how many people would by anything that the group puts out, and how much money that Jim can collect, which really isn't a bad idea. Unless you're a die hard fan of Jim Jones, this you should avoid. Just to let you know, I basically received this album for free from a local record shop in downtown Atlanta a little bit after Christmas, incase some one is wondering why I don't like Dip Set so much but continuing to have their albums.

Lyrics: D-

Production: C

Guest Appearances: D

Musical Vibes: D

Overall: D

Favorite Tracks: A Dip Set X Mas Theme, If Everyday Was X Mas

Christmas albums have historically been a staple of the music industry for generations, and this has been true for every genre except hip hop (the only notable exceptions coming to mind being "Christmas in Hollis" and "Christmas on Death Row"). Fresh off commercial success on his recent album "Hustler's P.O.M.E." and his east coast anthem "We Fly High," along with countless popular albums released over the past year by his DipSet associates, Jim Jones releases a very intriguing idea in his creative "A DipSet X-Mas" album in 2006. A Christmas rap album is a great idea, especially by a group of artists so popular right now, and this is a great album on paper. Unfortunately, despite its good ideas, this album is lacking in a few areas, mostly due to the fact that only half of the album is actually a Christmas album. I got a total kick out of the first five tracks, and these were songs that I happily played on repeat all through the holiday season. The best is the opener, "Dipset X-Mas Time," which is loosely based on Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime." The production uses sleigh bells and has a great hook and spreads holiday cheer like the best contemporary Christmas songs do. "Have a Happy Christmas" sounds as you'd expect a well-executed Dipset Christmas song would, holiday cheerful gangstas spitting over a tough beat. "Wish List" is interesting, Jim talks about how poor people find a need to commit crimes in order to provide for their family during the holiday and is another fun song. "Ballin on X-Mas" is an entertaining cover of Run-DMC's Christmas standard "Christmas in Hollis," with Jim's signature flavor. "If Every Day Was X-Mas" is another well executed Christmas rap song. As you can imagine, if the entire album were to proceed in this manner it would be fantastic, but the last five tracks are completely unrelated to the holiday theme, the only notable one being a remix to "We Fly High." These sound like they were probably cuts from "Hustler's P.O.M.E." and no one but a Dipset die-hard would find a need to purchase these mediocre cuts. "A Dipset X-Mas" is a great idea and is very entertaining for five songs, unfortunately it seems like this was thrown together a little too quickly. I wish Jimmy would've put a little more into this project, it could've been a very memorable experiment. As it is, I don't expect this to be an album that will last many more Christmases, but it did provide memorable moments for me.

Nice Dipset release. I was surprised by how hot it was I like Dipset but when I heard about this I thought it was gonna be kinda corny. Its a dope album tho go cop it and bump it every x-mas!

best tracks:

Dipset X-Mas

Ballin On X-Mas

Wish List

We Fly High (Remix)

Too High

We Get Money

I'm a pretty big fan of the Dips, but I wasn't overly impressed with this. Maybe they were just bored around the holidays. It isn't bad at all though, and there are some oppurtunities to hear the newer members of Dipset, Like Stack Bundles, Mel Matrix, and Max B. They seem to always be hangin' around where Jim Jones is.

Mel Matrix and Stack Bundles are actually talented, but I think it would be better with less Jim Jones. Max B requires a particular taste, I think. If you like Dipset, you will want to buy this. If you are a fan of NY Rap in general, it can also be a worthy addition, because Stack and Matrix do the damn thing.