When Fat Joe debuted in 1993, few would have guessed that he'd be topping the charts years later -- both the album charts as a gangsta (Don Cartagena) and the pop charts as a charmer ("What's Luv?," his duet with Ashanti).
After all, when he released Represent in 1993, Fat Joe was known as Fat Joe da Gangsta and had no qualms about being hardcore.
And that's precisely how he flows on this album -- gangsta and hardcore.
It helps, though, that Diamond D, one of New York's finest producers from the early '90s, keeps the beats flowing throughout Represent.
Moreover, it helps that Fat Joe had a catchy single here, "Flow Joe," to market the album with as well.
Granted, Represent finds Fat Joe dropping rather juvenile rhymes relative to his later work, but you can hear on this album what all the fuss would be about later.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Word to da Wise | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 00:21 | 0 MB | 1 MB |
| 2 | Livin' FatFat Joe | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 3 | My Man Ski | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 00:49 | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| 4 | Bad Bad ManFat Joe | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | Watch the SoundDiamond D, Fat Joe, Grand Puba | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | Flow JoeFat Joe | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 7 | Da Fat GangstaFat Joe | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 8 | Shorty Gotta Fat AssFat Joe | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | You Must Be out of Your Fuckin' MindApache, Fat Joe, Kool G Rap | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 20 MB |
| 10 | I Got This in a SmashFat Joe | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 11 | Another Wild Nigger From the BronxFat Joe, King Sun | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 05:31 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 12 | Get on UpFat Joe | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 13 | I'm a Hit ThatFat Joe | Fat Joe da Gangsta, Fat Joe | Play | 02:24 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 14 | This Shit Is Real | Fat Joe | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 49 mins | 113 MB | |||||
| 49 mins | 265 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apache | Composer |
| 2 | The Beatnuts | Producer |
| 3 | David Bett | Art Direction |
| 4 | Chris Conway | Mixing |
| 5 | Diamond D | Composer, Producer |
| 6 | Fat Joe | Composer, Executive Producer, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 7 | Fat Joe da Gangsta | Primary Artist |
| 8 | Grand Puba | Composer |
| 9 | Peter Kang | Coordination, Label Coordination |
| 10 | King Sun | Composer |
| 11 | Kool G Rap | Composer |
| 12 | Kristine Larsen | Photography |
| 13 | Chris Lighty | Executive Producer |
| 14 | Lord Finesse | Producer |
| 15 | Michael Sarsfield | Mastering |
| 16 | Showbiz | Producer |
| 17 | Rob Swift | Scratching |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |