Juelz Santana Album: «From Me to U»

- Customers rating: (3.9 of 5)
- Title:From Me to U
- Release date:2003-08-19
- Type:Audio CD
- Label:Def Jam
- UPC:044007705629
- 1 The Champ Is Hereimg 3:07
- 2 One Day I Smileimg 2:43
- 3 Okay Okayimg 3:22
- 4Down(Skit)
- 5 Downimg 3:46
- 6 Monster Musicimg 4:19
- 7 Back Againimg 4:43
- 8 My Problem (Jealousy)img 3:45
- 9How I Feel
- 10 Whyimg 4:27
- 11Wherever I Go Jones, Jimmy, Jimmy Jones and Juelz Santana
- 12Dipset (Santana's Town)(Skit)
- 13 Dipset (Santana's Town) Cam'ron and Juelz Santanaimg 3:39
- 14Squalie (Skit)
- 15 Squalie Juelz Santana and JR Writerimg 4:13
- 16 Rain Dropsimg 3:41
- 17 My Love (Remix) Jimmy Jones, Juelz Santana and Jim Jonesimg 3:10
- 18Let's Go Cam'ron and Juelz Santana
- 19Now What Juelz Santana and T.I.
- 20 This Is for My Homies Jones, Jimmy, Jimmy Jones and Juelz Santanaimg 6:19
1.The Champ Is Here - 0/5
2.One Day I Smile - 5/5
3.Okay Okay - 2/5
4.Down (Skit) - n/a
5.Down - 5/5
6.Monster Music - 2/5
7.Back Again - 4/5
8.My Problem (Jealousy) - 4/5
9.How I Feel - 4/5
10.Why - 5/5
11.Wherever I Go - 4/5
12.Dipset (Santana's Town) (Skit) - n/a
13.Dipset (Santana's Town) - 5/5
14.Squalie (Skit) - n/a
15.Squalie - 3/5
16.Rain Drops - 5/5
17.My Love [Remix] - 4/5
18.Let's Go - 5/5
19.Now What - 0/5
20.This Is for My Homies - 5/5
After listening (and keeping in heavy rotation) to the "Diplomatic Immunity" LP, I'm convinced that Cam'ron's Diplomats are the most slept-on crew in the game right now. Every member from Cam'ron to Juelz to Jim Jones spits fire, and they each bring something new and different to the game. With his debut LP, "From Me To U," Juelz Santana shines bright as you can feel the emotion he brings to every track (particularly on "Jealousy," as he talks about troubles he's had in his relationship with his girl, particularly abuse charges she's brought against him and tells her to keep the charges because of deep regrets he has over the incident). You can also sense his hunger on basically every track, as it seems as though he pours his soul into each song, not afraid to let the listener into his personal life, which is quite rare of most emcees in the game today. The production is right on point, as about 90 percent of which was done by the Heatmakers, the Diplomat's in-house production crew. Sped-up soul samples are present on a lot of the tracks, and the production (a majority of which is done by the Dip Set's in-house producers, the Heatmakers) complements Juelz's style quite well, making for an excellent CD. If you have any interest in the Diplomats or are in search of an LP that's a little more personal, do yourself a favor and go cop this LP today, you won't be disappointed.
Still a very good album by Juelz. Front of the album and near the end gets kinda weak and there are a few fillers but most of the samples are tight. I wish they would leave the "skits" out of here. I don't think anyone likes them. Neither "My Love" or "Let's Go" did much for me a second time.
1. The Champ is here - 6/10
Even if you are a big dipset fan I would say your best bet is to cop this album used from here. Lately I've been feeling Santana so I had to cop this and got it pretty cheap. I think that if i copped this full price it may have been a bit of a letdown but Juelz still comes pretty nice on this album. If you are looking for the hard beats though I would say surf on over to Jimmy's "On My Way To Church". I was surprised to hear a lot of slower softer beats. So in the end Juelz brings his usual high tempo fire on some cruising beats and its all gravy. Highlights: Dipset (Santana's Town), Let's Go (killer use of Marvin Gaye sample), My Love (remix), Now What, and Wherever I Go.
Yo I like Juelz and the Dips. Diplomatic Immuntiy was a hot album, and if you liked that, you'll be diggin' this too. The production on this album is crazy which I've come to expect from the Dipset crew. Heatmakerz really blaze this album with their soulful, base dropping, sometimes choppy style. I really like those cats. Santanas flow takes some getting used to. Sometimes he just pulls words out of his ass to rhyme, and that isn't what makes a dope emcee. For the most part though, the way he flips words, and rocks to the beat will satisfy most. Overall this is a pretty good debut album from Juelz, and I can't wait for his next album. Peace

