Vendetta (Mic Geronimo album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Vendetta
| type = Studio
| artist = Mic Geronimo
| cover = Vendetta MG.jpg
| alt = An image showing the sole of a shoe in foreground, with the album title imprinted on it. Mic Geronimo is in background, partly blocked by the shoe.
| released = November 4, 1997
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{duration|m=51|s=34}}
| label = TVT
| producer = Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool, Puff Daddy, Legendary Traxter, Havoc, Lil Rob, K-Def, Chris Large, Chris "Ju Ju" Whitney, Ghetto Melody, Pete Rock, Prince Kaysaan, Royal Flush, Buckwild
| prev_title = The Natural
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Vendetta
| type = studio
| single1 = Nothin' Move But the Money
| single1date = January 24, 1998
| single2 = Vendetta
| single2date = April 11, 1998
}}
}}
Vendetta is the second album by rapper Mic Geronimo, released on November 4, 1997, through TVT Records.
The album was produced by Marley Marl and Pete Rock, among others. It was an improvement on the Billboard charts over his previous album, peaking at number 112 on the Billboard 200 and number 20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album also featured his only Billboard Hot 100 hit, "Nothin' Move But the Money", which managed to find minor-success and peaked at number 70 on the chart. The album is now out of print.
There is a version of "Usual Suspects" which features Hussein Fatal in place of Tragedy Khadafi and The LOX. It is uncertain which version of the song is the original.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r317733|pure_url=yes}}|title=Vendetta - Mic Geronimo|last=Stanley|first=Leo|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 15, 2012}}
| rev2 = The Source
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=Elliott|author-link=Elliott Wilson (journalist)|date=December 1997|issue=99|title=Record Report: Mic Geronimo – Vendetta|url=http://thesource.tunes.com:80/sections/reports/text/report.asp?from=&artist=6147&album=32961|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000126120107/http://thesource.tunes.com:80/sections/reports/text/report.asp?from=&artist=6147&album=32961|archive-date=January 26, 2000|magazine=The Source|pages=184, 186|location=New York|access-date=July 20, 2024}}
}}
AllMusic's Leo Stanley was critical of the Puff Daddy-produced "Nothin' Move But the Money" but gave praise to the "R&B-flavored productions" throughout the album and Geronimo's rhyming abilities that make Vendetta worth listening for people.
Track listing
{{Track listing
|title1 = Nothin' Move But the Money
|note1 = featuring Puff Daddy and Kelly Price
|length1 = 4:44
|title2 = Vendetta
|length2 = 4:09
|title3 = Survival
|length3 = 3:41
|title4 = Life n Lessons
|length4 = 4:38
|title5 = For tha Family
|length5 = 3:39
|title6 = Street Life
|note6 = featuring Monifah
|length6 = 4:39
|title7 = Be Like Mic
|length7 = 4:34
|title8 = Unstoppable
|length8 = 4:04
|title9 = Single Life
|note9 = featuring Carl Thomas and Jay-Z
|length9 = 4:16
|title10 = Things Ain't What They Used to Be
|length10 = 3:54
|title11 = How You Been?
|note11 = featuring Khadejia Bass
|length11 = 4:36
|title12 = Usual Suspects
|note12 = featuring DMX, Ja Rule, the LOX and Tragedy Khadafi
|length12 = 4:40
}}
Samples
Nothin' Move but the Money
- "Transformation" by Nona Hendryx
Life n Lessons
- "Stop on By" by Rufus & Chaka Khan
For tha Family
- "Pastures" by Ahmad Jamal
Street Life
- "Second to None" by Atlantic Starr
- "Risin' to the Top" by Keni Burke
Unstoppable
- "Poor Abbey Walsh" by Marvin Gaye
- "The Champ" by the Mohawks
- "Dizzy" by Hugo Montenegro
Single Life
- "Single Life" by Cameo
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
- "Touching You" by Stanley Turrentine
- "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Marvin Gaye
Usual Suspects
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
! Chart (1997) ! Peak |
| scope="row" {{album chart|Billboard200|112|artist=Mic Geronimo|access-date=February 20, 2019}} |
|---|
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|2|artist=Mic Geronimo|access-date=February 20, 2019}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|20|artist=Mic Geronimo|access-date=February 20, 2019}} |
References
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Category:Albums produced by K-Def
Category:Albums produced by The Legendary Traxster
Category:Albums produced by Irv Gotti
Category:Albums produced by Pete Rock
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