Fat Joe Says Writing Songs Is Therapeutic

10/21/2002 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Mark Armstrong

(10/21/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Rapper Fat Joe will release a new album, Loyalty, via Atlantic Records on November 12. The set features guest appearances by Ginuwine, Scarface, Cam'ron, Tony Sunshine, Prospect, Remy, and Charlie Rock LD. The rapper wrote the bulk of the new album while on tour for his last release, 2001's Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)., which was certified platinum for sales of a million copies.

Fat Joe recently told LAUNCH that writing his latest collection was therapeutic. "You know, I was on tour and I was just writing songs, just writing them, just to feel good, you know? Writing music is, like, therapeutic, you know, for me. So I'm just writing the songs, and before I knew it I had, like, eight songs. I was, like, 'Might as well ask Atlantic for a check and go for it.'"

The first single from Loyalty, "Crush Tonight" featuring Ginuwine, is Number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

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