The Professional 2

{{Infobox album

| name = The Professional 2

| type = album

| artist = DJ Clue?

| cover = DJCLue Prof pt. 2.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2001|2|27}}

| recorded = 2000

| studio = *Right Track Studios (New York, NY)

  • McClair Digital Studios (Canada)
  • Black Friday Recording Studio (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Soundtrack Studios (New York, NY)
  • Enterprise Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Larrabee West Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Baseline Studios (New York, NY)
  • 4 Stars Recording Studios (Florida)
  • The Hit Factory (New York, NY)
  • Desert Storms Studios (New York, NY)
  • Mirror Image Studios

| genre = {{hlist|East Coast hip hop|hardcore hip hop}}

| length = {{Duration|h=1|m=11|s=23}}

| label = {{hlist|Desert Storm|Roc-A-Fella|Def Jam}}

| producer = {{Flatlist|

}}

| prev_title = DJ Clue Presents: Backstage Mixtape (Music Inspired by the Film)

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = The Professional 3

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Professional 2

| type = studio

| single1 = Back 2 Life 2001

| single1date = 2001

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web|title=The Professional, Pt. 2 - DJ Clue? {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-professional-pt-2-mw0000119663|last=Azpiri|first=Jon|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = B{{Cite magazine|title=Album Review: 'The Professional 2'|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/03/02/album-review-professional-2/|last=Serpick|first=Evan|date=March 17, 2020|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=EN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022094710/https://ew.com/article/2001/03/02/album-review-professional-2/|archive-date=October 22, 2020|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

| rev3 = HipHopDX

| rev3score = 3.5/5{{Cite web|title=Dj Clue - The Professional 2|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.42/title.dj-clue-the-professional-2|last=|first=|date=April 16, 2001|website=HipHopDX|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

| rev4 = NME

| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite web|title=DJ Clue : The Professional 2|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-4555-338462|last=|first=|date=September 12, 2005|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

| rev5 = RapReviews

| rev5score = 5.5/10{{Cite web|title=Feature for February 27, 2001 - DJ Clue's "The Professional 2"|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2001_02F_pro2.html|last=Juon|first=Steve 'Flash'|date=February 27, 2001|website=www.rapreviews.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

| rev6 = Voir

| rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|title=DJ Clue: The Professional 2|url=https://voir.ca/albums/dj-clue-the-professional-2/|last=Lafrance|first=Richard|date=April 18, 2001|website=voir.ca|language=fr-CA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

}}

The Professional 2 is the second studio album by American record producer DJ Clue. Originally scheduled for a November 1999 release, it was then delayed to a 2000 release. The album was ultimately released on February 27, 2001 via Roc-A-Fella Records, a division of UMG's Def Jam Recordings. It serves as a sequel to his 1998 debut studio album The Professional.

Recording sessions took place at Right Track Studios, at Soundtrack Studios, at Baseline Studios, at The Hit Factory, and at Desert Storms Studios in New York City, at McClair Digital Studios in Canada, at Black Friday Recording Studio in Philadelphia, at Enterprise Studios and at Larrabee West Studios in Los Angeles, at 4 Stars Recording Studios in Florida, and at Mirror Image Studios. Production was handled by Ken "Duro" Ifill, Rick Rock, Bernard "Big Demi" Parker, Charly "Suga Bear" Charles, DJ Twinz, Just Blaze, Rashad Smith, Righteous Funk Boogie, Rockwilder, X-Treme and Clue himself.

It features guest appearances from Beanie Sigel, Jay-Z, Kurupt, Memphis Bleek, Eminem, Royce da 5'9" Busta Rhymes, Cam'ron, Capone-N-Noreaga, Daz Dillinger, DMX, Fabolous, Foxy Brown, Freeway, Geda K, Ghostface Killah, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Lady Luck, Lil' Mo, Mary J. Blige, Method Man, Mobb Deep, Nas, Nature, P. Diddy, Raekwon, Rah Digga, Redman, Snoop Dogg, The Lox, Trick Daddy, Trina, Ty Shaw and Bathgate.

The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on March 28, 2001, and according to Nielsen SoundScan, it has sold 882,000 copies in the United States.{{Cite magazine|title=DJ Clue Ropes In Kanye, Snoop, Jeezy For New Album|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56564/dj-clue-ropes-in-kanye-snoop-jeezy-for-new-album|last=|first=|date=November 28, 2006|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 2, 2020}} Its only single "Back 2 Life 2001" made it to #57 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #50 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Intro

| note1 = featuring Diddy

| writer1 =

| extra1 =

| length1 = 0:54

| title2 = Back 2 Life 2001

| note2 = featuring Jadakiss and Mary J. Blige

| writer2 = {{hlist|Ernesto Shaw|Jason Phillips|Mary J. Blige|Ken "DURO" Ifill|Beresford Romeo|Caron Wheeler|Nellee Hooper}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length2 = 3:30

| title3 = Jay-Z Freestyle

| note3 =

| writer3 = {{hlist|Shaw|Shawn Carter|Ifill|Allie Wrubel|Christopher Wallace|Herbert Magidson|Nashiem Myrick|Sean Combs}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length3 = 2:42

| title4 = Who's Next (X-Clue-Sive)

| note4 = featuring DMX

| writer4 = {{hlist|Earl Simmons|Floyd Butler|Harry James Elston|Ray Cork|Stephanie Black}}

| extra4 = X-Treme

| length4 = 3:25

| title5 = Coming for You

| note5 = featuring Beanie Sigel and Freeway

| writer5 = {{hlist|Dwight Grant|Leslie Pridgen|Bernard Parker}}

| extra5 = Bernard "Big Demi" Parker

| length5 = 4:02

| title6 = Fantastic Four, Pt. 2

| note6 = featuring The Lox, Cam'ron, Nature and Fabolous

| writer6 = {{hlist|Shaw|Cameron Giles|David Styles|Phillips|Jermaine Baxter|John D. Jackson|Sean Jacobs|Ifill|Gloria Jones|Janie Bradford}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length6 = 4:41

| title7 = Getting It

| note7 = featuring Busta Rhymes and Rah Digga

| writer7 = {{hlist|Rashia Tashan Fisher|Trevor Smith|Dana Stinson}}

| extra7 = Rockwilder

| length7 = 4:14

| title8 = Cream 2001

| note8 = featuring Raekwon and Ghostface Killah

| writer8 = {{hlist|Corey Woods|Dennis Coles|Ricardo Thomas}}

| extra8 = Rick Rock

| length8 = 3:40

| title9 = What the Beat

| note9 = featuring Method Man and Bad Meets Evil

| writer9 = {{hlist|Shaw|Clifford Smith|Marshall Mathers|Ryan Montgomery|Ifill}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length9 = 3:04

| title10 = Interlude

| note10 = featuring Lil' Mo

| writer10 = Cynthia Loving

| extra10 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length10 = 1:08

| title11 = Fuck a Bitch

| note11 = featuring Snoop Dogg and Kurupt

| writer11 = {{hlist|Shaw|Cordozar Broadus|Ricardo Brown, Jr.|Ifill}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length11 = 3:05

| title12 = Change the Game (Remix)

| note12 = featuring Jay-Z, Tha Dogg Pound, Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek

| writer12 = {{hlist|Grant|Carter|Thomas|Stephen Garrett}}

| extra12 = Rick Rock

| length12 = 4:51

| title13 = My Niggaz Dem

| note13 = featuring Trick Daddy and Trina

| writer13 = {{hlist|Katrina Taylor|Maurice Young|Adam Duggins}}

| extra13 = Righteous Funk Boogie

| length13 = 3:30

| title14 = Live from the Bridge

| note14 = featuring Nas

| writer14 = {{hlist|Shaw|Nasir Jones|Ifill}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length14 = 2:46

| title15 = So Hot

| note15 = featuring Foxy Brown

| writer15 = {{hlist|Shaw|Inga D. Marchand|Ifill}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length15 = 3:37

| title16 = Chinatown

| note16 = featuring Junior M.A.F.I.A.

| writer16 = {{hlist|Antoine Spain|Jamel Fisher|James Lloyd|Kimberly Jones|Charly Charles}}

| extra16 = Charly "Suga Bear" Charles

| length16 = 3:28

| title17 = Bathgate Freestyle

| note17 =

| writer17 = {{hlist|Lionel Evans|James Brown|James Todd Smith|Jean-Claude Olivier|Lyn Collins|Samuel Barnes}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length17 = 0:56

| title18 = M.A.R.C.Y.

| note18 = featuring Memphis Bleek and Geda K

| writer18 = {{hlist|Malik Cox|Justin Smith}}

| extra18 = Just Blaze

| length18 = 3:11

| title19 = I Don't Care

| note19 = featuring Capone-N-Noreaga

| writer19 = {{hlist|Shaw|Kiam Holley|Victor Santiago|Ifill|Lamont Dozier}}

| extra19 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length19 = 3:52

| title20 = The Best of Queens (It's Us)

| note20 = featuring Mobb Deep

| writer20 = {{hlist|Albert Johnson|Kejuan Waliek Muchita|Rashad Smith}}

| extra20 = Rashad Smith

| length20 = 3:33

| title21 = RED

| note21 = featuring Redman

| writer21 = {{hlist|Reggie Noble|Raymond Grant|Richard Grant}}

| extra21 = DJ Twinz

| length21 = 2:46

| title22 = Dangerous

| note22 = featuring Lady Luck

| writer22 = {{hlist|Shaw|Paul Kane|Shanell Jones|Ifill|Shannon Jones}}

| extra22 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length22 = 3:12

| title23 = Phone Patch

| note23 = featuring Ty Shaun

| writer23 = {{hlist|Shaw|Ty Shaun Johnson|Ifill|Woods|Robert F. Diggs}}

| extra23 = {{hlist|DJ Clue|DURO}}

| length23 = 1:16

| total_length = 1:11:23

}}

;Sample credits

Personnel

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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! scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|16|artist=DJ Clue 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
{{album chart|France|98|artist=DJ Clue?|album=The Professional 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
{{album chart|Germany4|82|id=10864|artist=DJ Clue?|album=The Professional 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=DJ Clue 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=DJ Clue 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 3, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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! scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2020}}

| 112

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2020}}

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=DJ CLUE|title=THE PROFESSIONAL PART 2|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2001}}

{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

See also

References

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