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52m 54s
Country
United States
Release Dates
1997-10-21
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Nas
Nas
Executive Producer, Performer, Primary Artist
Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre
Executive Producer
AZ
AZ
Performer, Primary Artist
Foxy Brown
Foxy Brown
Performer, Primary Artist
Nature
Nature
Performer, Primary Artist
Steve Stoute
Steve Stoute
Executive Producer
Tracklist
1. Intro 48s
2. Firm Fiasco 4m 27s
3. Phone Tap Intro 34s
4. Phone Tap 3m 46s
5. Executive Decision 3m 43s
6. Firm Family 3m 59s
7. Firm All Stars 3m 20s
8. Fuck Somebody Else Intro 1m 24s
9. Fuck Somebody Else 4m 17s
10. Hardcore 4m 9s
11. Untouchable 1m 10s
12. Five Minutes to Flush Intro 47s
13. Five Minutes to Flush 4m 42s
14. Desperados Intro 32s
15. Desperados 4m 26s
16. Firm Biz 3m 23s
17. I'm Leaving 3m 30s
18. Throw Your Guns 3m 57s

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Take yourself back to 1997. Nas was coming off his great 'It Was Written' album. AZ reuniting with him for a whole album after the heralded 'Life's a Bitch' with his solid couple of solo projects as well. One of, if not the most popular female rappers, Foxy Brown, coming off a platinum album the year prior. Dr. Dre and the Trackmasters handling most of the production! And Cormega, I mean Nature as the 4th rapper, who was filling in for Cormega, who was meant to be on the album, but had some creative differences. After listening to the themes on this album, and then listening to most of Cormega's subject matter in his work, it doesn't seem like a perfect fit. Despite the change in MC, I can imagine anticipating this heavily in '97, drooling as the plastic was ripped off the case and slotting the CD in the player only to be left disappointed 53 minutes later. If consumers knew that Nas would hardly be on this before they bought it, I'm sure that would've lowered expectations. After track 10, he doesn't have another verse until track 16 and is missing from earlier songs as well. AZ goes missing as well. Wizard has a short track on track 11. I have no idea who that is. It's fairly consistently decent but given the lineup, you'd expect some brilliant songs, and there is none of that here. 1 Intro We are introduced to the Mafioso theme of the album through one of many interludes. 2 Firm Fiasco ★★★★ One of the strongest tracks even if AZ sounds a bit like he is trying to fit too many syllables into each bar with somewhat of an unnatural flow. 3 Phone Tap (Intro) N/A 4 Phone Tap ★★★☆ A clever concept with the verses sounding like they are coming through a phone. 5 Executive Decision ★★★★ 6 Firm Family ★★★☆ 7 Firm All Stars ★★☆ Sounds like something from Bad Boy. 8 Fuck Somebody Else Intro N/A 9 Fuck Somebody Else ★★☆ 10 Hardcore ★★★ 11 Untouchable ★★★ 12 Five Minutes To Flush Intro N/A 13 Five Minutes To Flush ★★★☆ 14 Desperados Intro N/A 15 Desperados ★★★★ 16 Firm Biz ★★★★ 17 I'm Leaving ★★★☆ 18 Throw Your Guns ★★★☆ Best Tracks:
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