Jermaine Dupri

"I write the songs that the whole world sings," rapper Jay-Z claims in the middle of "Money Ain't a Thang," from producer-rapper Jermaine Dupri's first solo album, Life in 1472. Solo? Only in name; as Dupri grabs his Puffy moment to make a gangsta party album sure to dominate MTV and radio for months, it seems he's indeed pulled the better part of the hip-hop planet into the booth. Besides Jay-Z, there are guest shots by Snoop Dogg, Nas, DMX, Mase, Lil' Kim--even Mariah Carey and Keith Sweat. But not even those mainstream singers can turn the record's tone away from the boasting that dominates the other cuts. And Dupri's performance? Tracks: catchy. Rapping: slightly better than Puffy's. --Rickey Wright

With inspiration from the streets and the booming beat laboratories of Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans and all points in between, the So So Def/Virgin collection Jermaine Dupri Presents Young, Fly & Flashy Vol. 1 promises to inject a heavy dose of Southern flavor into the national hip-hop scene. EMI. 2005.

After 20 years of producing hit records and superstar artists from Bow Wow to Mariah Carey, one thing is certain, Jermaine Dupri clearly knows how to take an artist to #1. On October 23rd, So So Def/Island Urban Music will release a collection of Dupri's #1 chart-topping singles on a new album entitled Y'all Know What This Is... The Hits!. Simultaneously, Jermaine will release his autobiographical book, Young, Rich & Dangerous: My Life In Music on October 16th through Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc. The album will act as the soundtrack to the book and readers will have a clearer insight on Dupri's life while he created some of their favorite songs.

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"I write the songs that the whole world sings," rapper Jay-Z claims in the middle of "Money Ain't a Thang," from producer-rapper Jermaine Dupri's first solo album, Life in 1472. Solo? Only in name; as Dupri grabs his Puffy moment to make a gangsta party album sure to dominate MTV and radio for months, it seems he's indeed pulled the better part of the hip-hop planet into the booth. Besides Jay-Z, there are guest shots by Snoop Dogg, Nas, DMX, Mase, Lil' Kim--even Mariah Carey and Keith Sweat. But not even those mainstream singers can turn the record's tone away from the boasting that dominates the other cuts. And Dupri's performance? Tracks: catchy. Rapping: slightly better than Puffy's. --Rickey Wright

"I write the songs that the whole world sings," rapper Jay-Z claims in the middle of "Money Ain't a Thang," from producer-rapper Jermaine Dupri's first solo album, Life in 1472. Solo? Only in name; as Dupri grabs his Puffy moment to make a gangsta party album sure to dominate MTV and radio for months, it seems he's indeed pulled the better part of the hip-hop planet into the booth. Besides Jay-Z, there are guest shots by Snoop Dogg, Nas, DMX, Mase, Lil' Kim--even Mariah Carey and Keith Sweat. But not even those mainstream singers can turn the record's tone away from the boasting that dominates the other cuts. And Dupri's performance? Tracks: catchy. Rapping: slightly better than Puffy's. --Rickey Wright