Music & Me
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Studio album by
Nate Dogg
ReleasedDecember 4, 2001
Recorded2000–01
Genre
Length55:13
LabelElektra
Producer
Nate Dogg chronology
G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2
(1998)		 Music & Me
(2001)		 Nate Dogg
(2003)
Singles from Music & Me
  1. "I Got Love"
    Released: October 13, 2001

Music & Me is the second studio album by American singer and rapper 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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
NME(7/10)[4]
HipHopDX[5]
RapReviews6/10[6]
USA Today link

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."[5] 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."[6]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."I Got Love"Bink3:58
2."Backdoor"Bink5:13
3."Keep It G.A.N.G.S.T.A." (featuring Lil' Mo and Xzibit)Megahertz4:05
4."I Pledge Allegiance (Intro)"Mel-Man0:13
5."I Pledge Allegiance" (featuring Pharoahe Monch)Mel-Man4:27
6."Your Woman Has Just Been Sighted (Ring the Alarm)" (featuring Jermaine Dupri)Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox4:01
7."Your Wife" (featuring Dr. Dre)Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo3:39
8."Can't Nobody" (featuring Kurupt)Megahertz5:22
9."Another Short Story"Mike City4:15
10."Concrete Streets"Battlecat3:58
11."Real Pimp" (featuring Ludacris)Bink3:34
12."Ditty Dum Ditty Doo" (featuring Snoop Dogg & Tha Eastsidaz)Fredwreck4:27
13."Music & Me"Damizza4:00
14."I Got Love (Remix)" (featuring Fabolous, B.R.E.T.T. and Kurupt)Bink4:00
15."One Night Stand (Bonus Track)" (featuring Angie Martinez, Illo 77 and Simon Vegas)Simon Vegas4:22
16."I Got Love (Simon Vegas Remix) (Bonus Track)" (featuring Fabolous, B.R.E.T.T. and Kurupt)Simon Vegas4:01
  • Bonus tracks only available in Special Edition

Charts

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

  1. ↑ Archived September 24, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Birchmeier, Jason. "Music & Me - Nate Dogg". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Buy.com - Music & Me (Explicit Version) - Nate Dogg - CD". Archived from the original on 2006-11-11.
  4. ↑ "Buy.com - Music & Me (Explicit Version) - Nate Dogg - CD". Archived from the original on 2006-11-11.
  5. 1 2 Wise Q (December 13, 2001). "Music and Me - Nate Dogg". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Juon, Steve 'Flash' (January 5, 2002). "Nate Dogg :: Music & Me :: Elektra Entertainment". RapReviews. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Nate Dogg – Music & Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Nate Dogg Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Nate Dogg Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Nate Dogg – Music & Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2020.



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