Fat Joe's Jealous Ones Still Envy follows the precedent set by his preceding albums, not offering anything particularly novel but rather carrying on in the great "Big Poppa" tradition of Notorious B.I.G.-influenced rap. Joe's still putting it down for N.Y.C., repping himself as part thug, part player. It's the age-old scenario -- if Joe's not keepin' it real on the streets the grimy way, he's loungin' like a pimp and livin' large. A few albums into his career, Joe has this approach down to a science. In fact, much of this album resembles his past work in terms of lyrics. It's only the production and guest appearances that sets Jealous Ones Still Envy apart from previous Fat Joe albums like Don Cartagena (1998) and Jealous Ones Envy (1995). Some of this album's featured producers include Irv Gotti, Rocwilder, Bink Dog, Buckwild, and Alchemist; featured rappers include Ludacris, Petey Pablo, M.O.P., R. Kelly, and Remy. Since this is Joe's first album in three years -- not counting the Terror Squad album -- fans were no doubt hungry upon its release, evidenced by the eager embrace of the album's lead single (the R. Kelly collabo, "We Thuggin'"), even if the Puerto Rican rapper is serving up more of the same. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
Buck Wild (Producer), Dré (Producer), Tommy Dekorte (Assistant Engineer), Sean Cane (Producer), Brian Springer (Mixing Engineer), Deborah Mannis-Gardner (Sample Clearance), Petey Pablo (Performer), Sean Cane (Programming), Charles "Chee" Hee (Engineer), Toshikazu Yoshioka (Assistant Engineer), Christian Delatour (Mixing), Rob Tewlow (Executive Producer), Rob Tewlow (A&R), Richard "Younglord" Frierson (Producer), Rockwilder (Producer), Gimel Keaton (Engineer), Busta Rhymes (Performer), Raye (Vocals), Chris Gehringer (Mastering), Ian Mereness (Engineer), Thomas Bricker (Design), Christos Tsantilis (Engineer), Andy Gallas (Assistant Engineer), Rob Tewlow (Producer), Abel Garibaldi (Engineer), Toshikazu Yoshioka (Mixing), Blair Wells (Sound Effects Engineer), Carlisle Young (Mixing Engineer), Tavar "Realer" Johnson (Assistant Engineer), DJ Ron G. (Producer), Self (Producer), Kris Lewis (Mixing), DJ Khaled (Vocals), Paul Gregory (Mixing), The Alchemist (Producer), Aaron Lepley (Mixing), Christian Delatour (Engineer), Buju Banton (Performer), Milwaukee Buck (Engineer), Noreaga (Performer), Asif Ali (Engineer), Tim Olmstead (Mixing), Prospect Park (Performer), Cool (Producer), Louis Diaz (Assistant Engineer), R. Kelly (Performer), Christian Delatour (Assistant Engineer), Richard "Younglord" Frierson (Mixing), Andrew Felluss (Mixing), Xzibit (Performer), Tommy Dekorte (Mixing), Jeff Chestek (Engineer), Ludacris (Performer), Irv Gotti (Producer), Bink (Producer), Doug Wilson (Mixing), Irv Gotti (Mixing), Thomas Bricker (Art Direction), DJ Nastee (Producer), Hijack (Multi Instruments), Armageddon (Executive Producer), Bojan Dugich (Assistant Engineer), Leon Zervos (Mastering), Piotr Sikora (Photography), Bart Migal (Engineer), Collin "Bulbie" York (Engineer), Psycho Les (Producer), Fat Joe (Executive Producer), Blair Wells (Digital Editing)
Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) is the fourth album by Fat Joe. The title is a reference to Fat Joe's second album, Jealous One's Envy. The album debuted at #21 on the Billboard 200 chart with 22,000 copies sold in the first week of release. As of August 2009 the album has sold over 1,000,000 copies, making this his only certified Platinum album.
