Music & Me (Nate Dogg album)

Music & Me is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Nate Dogg, released by Elektra Records in 2001. It received a fair amount of critical and commercial success upon release. Its popularity was led by the hit single "I Got Love" which appeared on the soundtrack to the Jason Statham film The Transporter, and reached number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It features guest appearances from Dr. Dre, Xzibit, Kurupt, Fabolous, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, Snoop Dogg, Tha Eastsidaz, Jermaine Dupri, B.R.E.T.T., and Lil' Mo, and includes production by Bink!, Dr. Dre, Mel-Man, Battlecat, Damizza, Fredwreck Nassar, Mike City, Bryan Michael-Cox, and Megahertz. According to SoundScan, Music & Me has sold 400,000 copies to date.[1]

Music & Me
Studio album by Nate Dogg
Released	December 4, 2001
Recorded	2000–01
Genre	West Coast hip hop R&B G-funk hip hop soul
Length	55:13
Label	Elektra
Producer	Bink! Dr. Dre Megahertz Jermaine Dupri Mel-Man Fredwreck Nassar Damizza Mike City Bryan-Michael Cox Battlecat
Nate Dogg chronology
G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 (1998) Music & Me (2001) Nate Dogg (2003)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(B-) January 11, 2002 p. 70-71
NME	(7/10) March 2, 2002 p. 29
HipHopDX	[3]
RapReviews	[4]
USA Today	link

Wise Q of HipHopDX gave praise to the production contributions by Dr. Dre and Mike City, and the guest lyrics from Xzibit and Ludacris, concluding that "There aren't many tracks that show Nate's enthusiasm dropping but the numerous features question whether the Dogg can hold it solo. Doesn't matter. Right now, the number one crooner from the West (not TQ) is back and this album displays Nate in all his pimp daddy vocalising glory."[3] AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier also commended the production and featured artists for making the record have banging sound quality but felt the songwriting throughout lacked substance to avoid being "lyrically artless", concluding that "Nonetheless, Nate Dogg is vocally in fine form on Music & Me, an album that sounds good when it's playing, and fans will surely enjoy much of the album, which admittedly has been a long time coming, so long as they're not expecting anything deep or meaningful."[2] Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews gave note that the album shines when the solo tracks and featured songs follow the "Regulate" formula but said there was few of them to be found, concluding that "[F]or Nate Dogg fans his vocals are still quality and the beats are choicer than most, but hip-hop heads who expect rapper + Nate may actually find the reverse is less than they expect, rather than being equivalent."[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got Love"	Bink	3:58
2.	"Backdoor"	Bink	5:13
3.	"Keep It G.A.N.G.S.T.A." (featuring Lil' Mo and Xzibit)	Megahertz	4:05
4.	"I Pledge Allegiance (Intro)"	Mel-Man	0:13
5.	"I Pledge Allegiance" (featuring Pharoahe Monch)	Mel-Man	4:27
6.	"Your Woman Has Just Been Sighted (Ring the Alarm)" (featuring Jermaine Dupri)	Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox	4:01
7.	"Your Wife" (featuring Dr. Dre)	Mike Elizondo and Dr. Dre	3:39
8.	"Can't Nobody" (featuring Kurupt)	Megahertz	5:22
9.	"Another Short Story"	Mike City	4:15
10.	"Concrete Streets"	Battlecat	3:58
11.	"Real Pimp" (featuring Ludacris)	Bink	3:34
12.	"Ditty Dum Ditty Doo" (featuring Snoop Dogg & Tha Eastsidaz)	Fredwreck	4:27
13.	"Music & Me"	Damizza	4:00
14.	"I Got Love (Remix)" (featuring Fabolous, B.R.E.T.T. and Kurupt)	Bink	4:00
15.	"One Night Stand (Bonus Track)" (featuring Angie Martinez, Illo 77 and Simon Vegas)	Simon Vegas	4:22
16.	"I Got Love (Simon Vegas Remix) (Bonus Track)" (featuring Fabolous, B.R.E.T.T. and Kurupt)	Simon Vegas	4:01

• Bonus tracks only available in Special Edition

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[5]	52
US Billboard 200[6]	32
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7]	3

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles	Rhythmic Top 40
2001	"I Got Love"	#48	#45	-	#33

References

1. Archived September 24, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
2. Birchmeier, Jason. "Music & Me - Nate Dogg". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
3. Wise Q (December 13, 2001). "Music and Me - Nate Dogg". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
4. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (January 5, 2002). "Nate Dogg :: Music & Me :: Elektra Entertainment". RapReviews. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
5. "Lescharts.com – Nate Dogg – Music & Me". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
6. "Nate Dogg Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
7. "Nate Dogg Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2015.