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Album Review: All Money Is Legal

  • Artist: Amil
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: August 29, 2000
  • Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Female rapper Amil maintains her sultry sassiness on debut album All Money Is Legal. She picks up where things left off, rapping with Jay Z., and delves back into her New York childhood street smarts to deliver a decent first introduction. All Money Is Legal is a personal album with ups and downs, and Amil aims to appeal to all audiences. She is brash and explicit on tracks such as "Heard It All" and "That's Right" (which features Jay Z.), but she also plays one for her own people on "4 Da Fam." She's passionate, but mysterious. She doesn't have to be the pretty face in Jay Z.'s entourage. She's bold enough to make it solo. All Money Is Legal also features guest spots from Destiny Child's Beyonce, Beanie Siegal, and Carl Thomas. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Smile 4 Me (Lyrics) Amil (4:26)
I Got That Samuel Barnes, LeShan Lewis, Tamy Smith, Shawn Carter, Jean Claude "Poke" Olivier, Makeda Davis Beyoncé, Amil (3:17)
Get Down (Lyrics) Amil (4:29)
Ya'll Dead Wrong (Lyrics) D. Stinson Amil (3:51)
Heard It All Jay-Z, C. Henry Jay-Z, Amil (3:27)
Quarrels Carl Thomas, J. Garfield Carl Thomas, Amil (4:10)
Girlfriend (Lyrics) D. Stinson Amil (3:14)
All Money Is Legal (A.M.I.L.) Amil (3:47)
That's Right Sean Carter Jay-Z, Amil (4:19)
Anyday (Lyrics) M. Johnson, J. Walsh Amil (4:08)
Raw (Lyrics) Amil (4:11)
No 1 Can Compare (Lyrics) Amil (4:14)
4 da Fam [*] Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, Amil (4:19)

Credits

Chris Gehringer (Mastering), Manny Marroquin (Mixing), Richard Travali (Mixing), Carl Thomas (Vocals), Erwin Gorostiza (Art Direction), Kevin Crouse (Mixing), Reggie Wells (Make-Up), Jason Goldstein (Mixing), Damon Dash (Executive Producer), Shawn Carter (Executive Producer), Tyrone Fyfee (Producer), Carlisle Young (Engineer), Monica Morrow (Stylist), Memphis Bleek (Performer), Amil (Vocals), Amil (Main Performer), Amil (Associate Executive Producer), Brian Stanley (Engineer), Brian Stanley (Mixing)
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A.M.I.L. (All Money Is Legal)
Studio album by Amil
Released September 19, 2000
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre Hip hop/Rap
Label Roc-A-Fella Records/Columbia
Producer EZ Elpee Poke
Amilion
Ty Fyffe
Tone
Rockwilder
Chavon "Scripture" Henry
Jay-Z
Professional reviews
Amil chronology
All Money Is Legal
(2000)
Amil Azizz
(2009)

A. M. I. L. is Amil's first album. Lyrically, Amil impressed many of her fans with the song, "Smile 4 Me," where she turns her personal struggles into a heartfelt rhyme. On "I Got That," featuring Beyonce, Amil raps about independent women who do not need men to help them in life. Labelmate Jay-Z adds his lyrical parts on a number of songs including the male vs. female song, "Heard It All Before". The album was recorded at The Cutting Room, Hit Factory and Quad Studios in New York City, New York.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Smile 4 Me"
  2. "I Got That" (feat Beyoncé)
  3. "Get Down"
  4. "Y’all Dead Wrong"
  5. "Heard It All" (feat Jay-Z)
  6. "Quarrels" (feat Carl Thomas)
  7. "Girlfriend"
  8. "All Money Is Legal (A.M.I.L.)"
  9. "That’s Right" (feat Jay-Z)
  10. "Anyday"
  11. "Raw"
  12. "No 1 Can Compare"
  13. "4 Da Fam" (feat Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek & Beanie Sigel)

Guest Artists

Carl Thomas, Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek and Beyoncé.

Personnel

Amil, Carl Thomas, Beyoncé (vocals); Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek (rap vocals); Just Blaze (various instruments); Steve Maldanado (guitar); G Man (programming).

Engineers

"Just Blaze", Steve Sauder, Jon-John.


 
 

 

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