Jermaine Dupri

A multi-platinum producer thanks to his work with Kris Kross, Da Brat, TLC, and Xscape, JD steps out of the studio with his first "solo" record, which is actually more of a compilation on which he provides all the beats. Features superstars like Snoop, Mariah, DMX, and Slick Rick, as well as the hit Jay-Z collaboration "Money Ain't A Thing."

Even in this era, hip-hop's billion-dollar era, when most MCs talk about all the paper
(money), whips (cars) and ice (diamonds) they got, the stuff is so new, there's no tan lines
under the iced-out Rolex, and they still ain't figured out what all them little buttons in the
Range (Rover) do. Then there's Jermaine Dupri: hip-hop old money. Remember Kris Kross?
Remember TLC? J.D. laced them with hot beats, just as he's lacing Usher and Mari... More >