Music_&_Me_(Nate_Dogg_album)

<i>Music & Me</i> (Nate Dogg album)

Music & Me (Nate Dogg album)

2001 studio album by Nate Dogg

Music & Me is the second studio album by American singer Nate Dogg, released by Elektra Records in 2001. It received a fair amount of critical and commercial success upon release. Its popularity was led by the hit single "I Got Love" which appeared on the soundtrack to the Jason Statham film The Transporter, and reached number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It features guest appearances from Dr. Dre, Xzibit, Kurupt, Fabolous, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, Snoop Dogg, Tha Eastsidaz, Jermaine Dupri, B.R.E.T.T., and Lil' Mo, and includes production by Bink!, Dr. Dre, Mel-Man, Battlecat, Damizza, Fredwreck Nassar, Mike City, Bryan Michael-Cox, and Megahertz. According to SoundScan, Music & Me has sold 400,000 copies to date.[1]

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Critical reception

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Wise Q of HipHopDX gave praise to the production contributions by Dr. Dre and Mike City, and the guest lyrics from Xzibit and Ludacris, concluding that "There aren't many tracks that show Nate's enthusiasm dropping but the numerous features question whether the Dogg can hold it solo. Doesn't matter. Right now, the number one crooner from the West (not TQ) is back and this album displays Nate in all his pimp daddy vocalising glory."[4] AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier also commended the production and featured artists for making the record have banging sound quality but felt the songwriting throughout lacked substance to avoid being "lyrically artless", concluding that "Nonetheless, Nate Dogg is vocally in fine form on Music & Me, an album that sounds good when it's playing, and fans will surely enjoy much of the album, which admittedly has been a long time coming, so long as they're not expecting anything deep or meaningful."[2] Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews gave note that the album shines when the solo tracks and featured songs follow the "Regulate" formula but said there was few of them to be found, concluding that "[F]or Nate Dogg fans his vocals are still quality and the beats are choicer than most, but hip-hop heads who expect rapper + Nate may actually find the reverse is less than they expect, rather than being equivalent."[5]

Track listing

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  • Bonus tracks only available in Special Edition

Charts

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Singles chart positions

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40
2001 "I Got Love" #48 #45 - #33

References

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    Juon, Steve 'Flash' (January 5, 2002). "Nate Dogg :: Music & Me :: Elektra Entertainment". RapReviews. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
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