Times were tough, but the family stayed tight. He was raised in Hollis, Queens by his cab driver father and his mother.

Irv Gotti was born Irving Lorenzo in 1971 in New York, the youngest of eight kids. Either you make hits in this game or you get the hell out of this game, and I don ’t want to get out yet. If someone calls me, I ’m giving them 110%, because I want to make hits -and that ’s it! That ’s the only thing that matters. I want that record to be a big record because that will keep me on top and keep me alive. “I come up with a vision, a concept, a style -I come up with everything. In an interview with Billboard, he revealed the drive behind his success. And he had achieved it all by the young age of 32. He was the wizard that revitalized rap with a serious infusion of R&B. He was the magician behind Ashanti ’s incredible rise to pop stardom. He was the man that had brought rap superstars DMX, Jay-Z, and Ja Rule to the public. Barely a week went by that not at least one top ten track owed its production in some aspect to Gotti. In 2002 Gotti ’s artists and productions dominated music charts worldwide. rose from a boutique rap imprint in 1999 to become one of the most successful record labels in the industry by 2003. This project needs at least one more credible emcee and/or vocalist to make it work, but with Nas allegedly looking to pull out a membership in Gotti's rhyme familia, the Inc.'s future looks bright.Irv Gotti ’s record label Murder Inc. Thankfully, the slow, lean, radio-friendly production on 'The Rain' and 'No One Does It Better' makes this one bearable.

Hearing the rest of the cast of virtually unknown emcee's holler 'murder' ad nauseam is not overly enticing either. Most of the tracks feature anything from two to seven mediocre rhyme talents (e.g., Black Child, Chink Santana, and Caddillac Tah) spitting game, making tracks like 'Ride wit' Us' or 'Tha Nexx Nigguz' sound crowded and muddled. ladies Charlie Baltimore, Vita, and Ashanti, and 'Ain't It Funny,' with R&B hottie du jour J-Lo. Rule himself lends some much needed legitimacy to the project, warbling his way through standout cuts 'Down 4 U,' featuring Murder Inc. The growing legions of thug lovers and 'hood mistress devotees who drove Ja Rule and Ashanti's solo offerings to the top of the Billboard charts may enjoy this album. Chink Santana, Eastwood, Crooked I, RRonnie Bumps, Dave Bing, Black Child and Caddillac Tah Black Child, Ronnie Bumps and Merc)Īin't It Funny (feat. Ronnie Bumps, D.O., Merc, Jody Mack, Rah, O-1, Charlie Baltimore, Caddillac Tah and Black Child)ġ Hearse, 2 Suburbans (feat. Jody Mack, Black Child, 0-1, Merc, Ronnie Bumps, D.O. Ja Rule, Ashanti, Vita and Charlie Baltimore) Ja Rule, Caddillac Tah, Ronnie Bumps and Chink Santana)ĭown 4 U (feat. Irv Gotti, Chink Santana and Caddillac Tah)

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