Jermaine Dupri - Ya'll Know What This Is...The Hits

Primary Artist
Jermaine Dupri
Album Title
Ya'll Know What This Is...The Hits
Release Date
October 23, 2007 
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Review by Thomas Inskeep
Jermaine Dupri has had such a prolific career as a producer, songwriter, collaborator, and lead artist in the 16 years since his initial splashdown with Kris Kross' "Jump" that you could fill multiple volumes in UMG's Gold series with his great(est) work. Sadly, for some reason, Island Def Jam decided to instead, almost secretly (it was done with such little fanfare), drop a stripped-down ten-track comp of some of Dupri's biggest hits in late 2007. That said, the ten songs presented here are fairly impeccable in both pedigree and execution, from Dupri's own hits "Welcome to Atlanta" and "Money Ain't a Thang" (featuring Ludacris and Jay-z, respectively), to monster hits he crafted for two of the planet's biggest pop stars, Usher ("Confessions, Pt. 2"..... Read More