Animal House (Angie Martinez album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Animal House
| type = studio
| artist = Angie Martinez
| cover = Animal_House_(album).jpg
| alt =
| released = August 20, 2002
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 46:17
| label = Elektra
| producer =
| prev_title = Up Close and Personal
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Animal House
| type = studio
| single1 = If I Could Go!
| single1date = May 21, 2002
| single2 = Take You Home
| single2date = January 21, 2003
}}
}}
Animal House is the second and final studio album by American rapper Angie Martinez. It was released by Elektra Records on August 20, 2002 in the United States. The album was co-written by Sacario and features guest appearances by Missy Elliott, Fat Joe, Petey Pablo, Sacario, Kelis, N.O.R.E and Tony Sunshine.{{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233297|title=BMI songwriter/producer Sacario stops by the New|publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc. |accessdate=June 30, 2002|date=2002-06-30}} Animal House sold 62,000 units in its first week of release and debuted at number six on Billboard{{'}}s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart.{{cite magazine|title=Eminem Gets On With The 'Show' At No. 1|date=August 29, 2002|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74394/eminem-gets-on-with-the-show-at-no-1|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=11 April 2014}}{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=angie martinez|chart=all}} |title=Chart listing |publisher=Billboard) |accessdate=August 20, 2002 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020823001316/http://www.billboard.com/ |archivedate=23 August 2002 |url-status=live }} Lead single "If I Could Go" featuring Sacario and Lil Mo became Martinez's biggest-selling single to date.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|1.5|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/animal-house-r599408 Allmusic review]
|rev2 = RapReviews.com
|rev2score = (7.5/10)[http://rapreviews.com/archive/2002_08_animalhouse.html RapReviews.com review]
}}
AllMusic editor Michael Gallucci rated the album one and a half a stars out of five. He wrote: "Martinez's day job is as a DJ at a N.Y.C. hip-hop station, and her second album is reason enough for her not to quit. Devoid of style and anything to say, Martinez merely recites her rhymes over flaccid beats, hoping to hook on to something. She falls into nearly all of hip-hop's traps (thankfully, she keeps Animal House at a reasonable 45 minutes): overwrought R&B choruses, lame-ass skits, and "featured" turns by guest-rapping B-listers."
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Animal House
| note1 = featuring Sacario
| writer1 = {{hlist|Angie Martinez|Anthony Best|Jamar Austin}}
| extra1 = Buckwild
| length1 = 4:34
| title2 = A New Day
| writer2 = {{hlist|Martinez|Scott Storch}}
| extra2 = Storch
| length2 = 4:27
| title3 = TRL (Skit)
| length3 = 0:27
| title4 = If I Could Go!
| note4 = featuring Lil' Mo & Sacario
| writer4 = {{hlist|Martinez|Cynthia Loving|Austin|Ricardo Thomas}}
| extra4 = Rick Rock
| length4 = 5:03
| title5 = Never
| writer5 = {{hlist|Martinez|Kevin Risto}}
| extra5= Dirty Swift
| length5 = 3:39
| title6 = Take You Home
| note6 = featuring Kelis
| writer6 = {{hlist|Martinez|Andre Lyon|Marcello Valenzano|Kelis Rogers}}
| extra6 = Cool & Dre
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = Been Around the World
| note7 = Skit
| length7 = 1:22
| title8 = We Can Get It On
| note8 = featuring N.O.R.E.
| writer8 = {{hlist|Martinez|Lyon|Valenzano|Victor Santiago, Jr.}}
| extra8 = Cool & Dre
| length8 = 3:36
| title9 = What's That Sound
| note9 = featuring Missy Elliott
| writer9 = {{hlist|Martinez|Lyon|Valenzano|Melissa Elliott}}
| extra9 = Cool & Dre
| length9 = 3:18
| title10 = Fucked Up Situation
| note10 = featuring Tony Sunshine
| writer10 = {{hlist|Martinez|Antonio Cruz|David Willis}}
| extra10 = Ski
| length10 = 3:40
| title11 = Waitin' On
| note11 = featuring Petey Pablo
| writer11 = {{hlist|Martinez|Lyon|Valenzano|Moses Barrett III}}
| extra11 = Cool & Dre
| length11 = 3:29
| title12 = Lifestyles of the Big and Famous
| note2 = Skit
| length12 = 1:07
| title13 = Live Big
| note13 = Remix) (featuring Fat Joe & Sacario
| writer13 = {{hlist|Martinez|Anhtony Golding|Austin|Joseph Cartagena}}
| extra13 = Ant Boogie
| length13 = 3:44
| title14 = So Good
| note14 = featuring Keon Bryce
| writer14 = {{hlist|Martinez|Bryce|Salaam Remi}}
| extra14 = Remi
| length14 = 4:42
}}
Charts
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| scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Peak |
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| scope="row" {{album chart|Billboard200|11|artist=Angie Martinez}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=Angie Martinez}} |