New Joc City

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New Joc City
New Joc City cover
Studio album by Yung Joc
Released June 6, 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded 2005-2006
Genre Southern hip hop
Length 54:58
Label Bad Boy South/Block Entertainment
Producer Various
Professional reviews
Yung Joc chronology
New Joc City
(2006)		 Hustlenomics
(2007)

New Joc City is the debut album by American rapper Yung Joc. It features the hit songs "It's Goin' Down" and "I Know You See It", which "It's Goin' Down" was produced by Nitti and reached number one on the U.S. Yung Joc produced "I Know You See It" himself. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in 2006. The album debuted at #3 on the The Top 200 albums chart selling nearly 150,000 copies in the first week. The second week it fell to #7 with about 80,000 copies sold. it has since been certified platinum. The album has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S.. The album's title is a reference of the 1991 film New Jack City.

Contents

[edit] Reception

Yung Joc's debut was released to negative reviews. XXL claims that despite the corniness, Yung Joc has potential.[1]. HipHopDX states that Yung Joc's efforts are barely worth listening to due to the fact of boring, unsophisticated rhymes and contradictory statements.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "New Joc City (Intro)"
  2. "It's Goin' Down" (featuring Nitti)
  3. "He Stayed In Trouble (Interlude)" (featuring A.D "Griff" Griffin)
  4. "Do Ya Bad"
  5. "Don't Play Wit It" (featuring Big Gee of Boyz N Da Hood)
  6. "Excuse Me Officer (Interlude)" (featuring A.D "Griff" Griffin)
  7. "Dope Boy Magic" (featuring Nicholas "Play Boy Nick" Smith, Corey "BlackOwned C-Bone" Andrews & Chino Dolla)
  8. "Patron"
  9. "Flip Flop" (featuring Cheri Dennis & Boyz N Da Hood)
  10. "I'm Him"
  11. "Hear Me Comin'"
  12. "I Know You See It" (featuring Brandy "Ms. B" Hambrick)
  13. "Yung Nigga (Interlude)" (featuring A.D "Griff" Griffin)
  14. "1st Time" (featuring Marques Houston)
  15. "Knock It Out"
  16. "Picture Perfect"

[edit] Charts

Album – Billboard (U.S.)

Year Chart Position
2006 The Billboard 200 3
2006 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
2006 Top Rap Albums 1

[edit] Promotional Single

Dope Boy Magic is the promotional single of this album. A portion of its video was connected to the "I Know You See It" video. The title of the song refers to Yung Joc being able to do things, and when asked how, he says "Dope Boy Magic." Then all of the video was made.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Yung Joc, New Joc City Review. XXL. Retrieved on February 6, 2007.