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Jackpot
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Album Reviews: 3
Album: Jackpot
Artist: Chingy
Release Date: 7/15/2003
Genre: Hip-Hop
A {\pop-rap} sensation weeks before his debut album even streeted, {$Chingy} didn't really need a solid effort to move platinum-level units, as his massive breakthrough debut single, {&"Right Thurr,"} was certainly enough in itself. The track borrows everything wonderful about {$Nelly}'s {&"Hot in Herre"} anthem from the summer before: from the bouncy, bassy beats to the Southerrn dialect, to the get-naked-now overtness, to the downright {\teen pop} palatability of it all. It's an instant {\party rap} classic, for sure. The remainder of {^Jackpot} is just as market-targeting, as {$the Trak Starz} turn in one {$Neptunes-esque} {\Dirty South} production after another, but unfortunately it's not quite as rousing. The beats most often are thurr and so are the songs themselves, but {$Chingy} lacks substance. He doesn't have a story and repeats himself over and over and over. To an extent, he compensates with plenty of style, often taking a page or two from {$Snoop Dogg}'s handbook to pimpadelic posturing. However, style only goes so far, and in the case of {^Jackpot}, it doesn't quite go the distance of the album's relatively brief (for {\rap}) hourlong playing time. In fact, {^Jackpot} is more interesting from a production standpoint. {$The Trak Starz} are the album's true stars: they produce every track but one and have a trademark sound that could make them {$the Neptunes} of the southern Midwest if they could only sweeten up their hooks a bit. Even so, production alone doesn't make a {\rap} album, especially when you have the same two guys producing its entirety. And again, while {$Chingy} certainly has Southern charm and ample brashness, he's a middling rapper at best. Of course, you don't need to freestyle like {$Jay-Z}, battle like {$Eminem}, story-tell like {$50 Cent}, or preach like {$Nas} when you're a {\pop-rapper}. All you need is a novelty hit and some pizzazz. {$Nelly} was proof of that, and in so many ways, {$Chingy} has everything going for him that the self-declared number-one rapper did: a ridiculous, ubiquitous breakthrough hit and a fun, fleshy video to accompany it as well as a few similar follow-ups in the can and a strong major-label push. So, if you loved {$Nelly}, you're probably gonna like {$Chingy}. It's that simple, literally. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Track Name plays | downloads
Jackpot Intro 0 0    
He's Herre 0 0    
Represent 0 0    
Right Thurr 0 0    
Jackpot the Pimp [Skit] 0 0    
Wurrs My Cash 0 0    
Chingy Jackpot 0 0    
Sample Dat Ass 0 0    
One Call Away 0 0    
Dice Game [Skit] 0 0    
Gettin' It 0 0    
Holidae In 0 0    
Juice 0 0    
F*ck Dat Nigga [Skit] 0 0    
Madd @ Me 0 0    
Bagg Up 0 0    
Right Thurr [*][Mix] 0 0    

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alternate releases

Jackpot - CLEAN  |  2003
Jackpot - BONUS DVD - CLEAN  |  2003
Jackpot - BONUS DVD  |  2003
Jackpot - DUALDISC  |  2005
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