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Track Listing
1. Fix, The
2. Safe
3. In Cold Blood
4. Guess Who's Back - (featuring Jay-Z/Beanie Sigel)
5. On My Block
6. Keep Me Down
7. What Can I Do? - (featuring Kelly Price)
8. In Between Us - (featuring Nas)
9. Someday - (featuring Faith Evans)
10. Sellout
11. Heaven - (featuring Kelly Price)
12. I Ain't the One - (featuring W.C.)
13. Fixed
Album Notes
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: Scarface, Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Nas, W.C. (rap vocals); Kelly Price, Faith Evans (vocals); T. Mix (various instruments); Mike Dean (guitar, keyboards); Darrale Crooks (guitar); Uncle Eddie (bass); B. Johnson (drums); Kanye West (background vocals).
Producers include: Mike Dean, China Black, Kanye West, Nashiem Myrick, Lee Stone.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
On THE FIX, Scarface works overtime to show that a rapper can retain his gangsta credibility and still explore other avenues of expression. He lays down hard-hitting thug-life scenarios on such tracks as "Safe" and "Keep Me Down," but THE FIX is far from monochromatic. The bevy of producers add something special to each track, from the aforementioned "Keep Me Down"'s clever utilization of an acoustic guitar riff sampled from '60s folkie Tom Rush, to golden-touch crew the Neptunes adding some pop/R&B flavoring (not to mention the sensual vocals of Faith Evans) to the catchy "Someday." Thematically, "Guess Who's Back" finds Scarface singing the praises of old-school camaraderie with Beanie Siegel and Jay-Z, while the complex sociological analysis of "What Can I Do?" favorably recalls the Furious Five's classic "The Message."
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...A poignant, personal work, performed with clarity and conviction and imbued with the muscular spirituality that marks all of Face's music. The result is outlaw truth well told and the best that hip-hop has offered up this year.
Rolling Stone (09/19/2002)
Included in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2002
Rolling Stone (12/26/2002)
8 out of 10 - ...Prime-time stuff...
NME (09/28/2002)
...For hip-hop without the bling, degredation and commercialism, see Scarface for your fix... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (09/13/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Less obviously Southern-fried than its predecessors, but that universality is its strength.
Uncut (11/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Impressive...
Q (10/01/2002)
8 out of 10 - ...'Face underscores dead-eyed urban realism with all-grown-up reflection...
Spin (12/01/2002)
Ranked #18 on Spin's list of 2002's Albums of the Year
Spin (01/01/2003)
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