Venni Vetti Vecci [PA] by Ja Rule (CD, Jun-1999, Def Jam (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	731453892026
Artist:	Ja Rule
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1999
Record Label:	Def Jam (USA)
Genre:	East Coast Rap, R&B

Track Listing
1. March Prelude, The
2. We Here Now
3. World's Most Dangerous - (featuring Nemesis)
4. Let's Ride
5. Holla Holla
6. Kill 'Em All - (featuring Jay-Z)
7. I Hate Nigguz (Skit) - (skit)
8. Nigguz Theme
9. Suicide Freestyle - (featuring Case)
10. Story to Tell
11. Chris Black (Skit) - (skit)
12. Count on Your Nigga
13. It's Murda - (featuring DMX/Jay-Z)
14. E-Dub & Ja - (featuring Erick Sermon)
15. 187 Murda Baptiss Church (Skit) - (skit)
16. Murda 4 Life - (featuring Memphis Bleek)
17. Daddy's Little Baby - (featuring Ronald Isley)
18. Race Against Time
19. Only Begotten Son
20. Murderers, The - (featuring Black Child/Tah Murdah)

Details
Contributing Artists:	DMX, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Erick Sermon, Ronald Isley, Nemesis, Case, Black Child, Tah Murdah
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Ja Rule, DMX, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Case, Tah Murdah, Black Child, Nemesis (rap vocals); Erick Sermon (rap vocals, various instruments); Lil' Rob, Tai (various instruments).Producers include: Irv Gotti, Lil' Rob, Tyrone Fyffe, Tai, Self.Personnel includes: Ja Rule (rap vocals); Erick Sermon (rap vocals, various instruments); DMX, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Case, Tah Murdah, Black Child, Nemesis (rap vocals); Lil' Rob, Tai (various instruments).Producers include: Irv Gotti, Lil' Rob, Tyrone Fyffe, Tai, Self.Personnel: Ja Rule (vocals, rap vocals); Black Child (vocals).Audio Mixers: Irv Gotti; Bob Brown.Recording information: Batte; Electric Lady, New York, NY; Mirror Image East, Long Island; Quad Recording, New York, NY; Roc-A-Fella Studios, NY.Photographers: Glen E. Friedman; Jonathan Mannion.From the opening "The March Prelude," a ghostly, lugubrious call-and-response number that references field recordings from the beginning of the century, one can tell that VENNI VETTI VECCI is not going to be a picnic in the woods. Slow, grinding beats and ominous horror-movie keyboard samples provide ballast for Ja Rule's raw-throated delivery as he kicks rhymes about the hardships of street-life and his own prowess as a street thug.Considering the murder threats of "World's Most Dangerous" and the chilling narrative of "The Murderers," Ja Rule doesn't sound like the kind of guy you'd want mad at you. Such cuts as "Race Against Time" and "Only Begotten Son" show the rapper wrestling with existential questions and Christian themes. For the most part, however, there is little here to brighten the dark reality of inner city life. This is hardcore gangta rap of the rawest and most uncompromising nature.

Editorial Reviews
...The first single, 'Holla, Holla', is a sweltering call and response that picks up where [Jay-Z's] 'Can I Get A...' left off. Then Ja reunites with his Murder, Inc. cohorts Jay-Z and DMX for 'It's Murda'....Ja is definitely a superstar in the making.
Vibe

3 stars out of 5 - ...Ja gets maximum flossage out of his down-and-dirty Queens rasp....it's a pleasure to hear a rapper who just wants to make you feel something.
Rolling Stone (19990819)