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All Money Is Legal
An image of a woman sitting in front of a bag of money while a lion is in the background
Studio albumby
Amil
ReleasedAugust 29, 2000(2000-08-29)
StudioThe Cutting Room,The Hit Factory,Quad Studios (New York City); Playground Studios (Los Angeles)
GenreHip hop
Length51:52
Label
Producer
Amilchronology
All Money Is Legal
(2000) 		Amil Az Iz
(2008)
SinglesfromAll Money Is Legal
  1. "I Got That"
    Released: July 5, 2000
  2. "4 da Fam"
    Released: July 29, 2000

All Money Is Legal,also known asA.M.I.L.: (All Money Is Legal),is the only studio album by American rapperAmil.It was released on August 29, 2000, throughRoc-A-Fella,Columbia,andSony Music.Jay-Z,Damon Dash,and Amil served asexecutive producerwith a team ofproducersthat includedJust Blaze.Before the album's release, Amil was best known for her feature on Jay-Z's 1998 single "Can I Get A...".She was one of several up-and-coming artists signed to Roc-A-Fella, alongsideMemphis BleekandBeanie Sigel,who released an album in 2000. Although it was her only album on Roc-A-Fella, Amil had been closely associated with the label and its co-founder Jay-Z, earning the moniker "First Lady of Roc-A-Fella".

Ahip hopalbum, the lyrics ofAll Money Is Legalfocus on wealth and, to a lesser degree, Amil's personal life. It was recorded at Playground Studios inLos Angelesand atThe Cutting Room,The Hit Factory,and Quad Studios inNew York City.Although Jay-Z had written Amil's verses for their past collaborations, she wrote her own lyrics for all the album's tracks. Amil mostlyrapsthroughout the album, but sings on some tracks. According to academic commentators and music critics, Amil adopted the persona of a "gold digger"throughout the album.

Reviews were mixed, the production and Amil's verses dividing critics. The album peaked at number 45 on the USBillboard200chart. Two singles – "I Got That"with vocals fromBeyoncéand "4 da Fam"with verses from Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, and Jay-Z – were released from the album and promoted withmusic videos."I Got That" reached number one on theBubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop SinglesBillboardchart, and "4 da Fam" charted on theHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.Shortly after the release ofAll Money Is Legal,Amil was dropped from the Roc-A-Fella roster. Rumors circulated within the industry that her departure stemmed from personal conflict with Jay-Z. Years later, she publicly denied the rumors and said she had left because she was unable to handle industry pressures and wanted to have more time to care for her child. Although her music career continued, Amil did not sign to anothermajor labeland she dropped out of the commercial mainstream of hip hop.

Background and recording

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In 1997,Amilformed thegirl groupMajor Coins with Liz Leite and Monique.[1][2]Amil was not interested in being a solo artist at the time and was uncertain about pursuing a career as a rapper, and later said, "I never looked at it as going beyond me being known in the streets."[2]WhenJay-Zasked Leite to provide vocals for "It's Like That" from his third studio albumVol. 2... Hard Knock Life(1998),[2]Amil accompanied her to the recording studio.[1]Jay-Z asked Amil tofreestyleduring the sessions, and her vocals were featured on the album single "Can I Get A...".[1]He later encouraged her to become a solo artist.[2]

A black-and-white photograph of Jay-Z
Jay-Z(pictured in 2003) signedAmiltoRoc-A-Fellaand encouraged her development as a solo artist.

After Major Coins disbanded, Jay-Z signed Amil toRoc-A-Fellain 1998.[1][3]She was one of several new artists signed to the label,[4]and she became a high-profile member of the label and received the nicknames "Diana Ross"and" theFirst Ladyof Roc-A-Fella ".[5][6]According to a 2015Factarticle, Amil's signing to the label became the subject of industry gossip.[7]She denied reports of a pregnancy involving a married man[3]and a romantic relationship with Jay-Z.[2]Foxy Brownaccused Jay-Z of using Amil to try to create a new artist similar to herself.[8]In a 2003 interview, he denied these claims and said he stopped working with Brown in favor of Amil because the two women frequently fought on tour.[9]

Before the release of her debut album, Amil featured on albums byMariah Carey,Jermaine Dupri,Tamar Braxton,andFunkmaster Flex.[1][10]She collaborated again with Jay-Z for the 1999 singles "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)"and"Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)"[1][11]and the 2000 song "Hey Papi".[12]Jay-Z wrote all of Amil's verses for these collaborations.[3]She also performed on his Hard Knock Life tour.[13]Amil, who became known as one of Jay-Z's protégés,[12][14]described her work with him as "a natural thing" and "always smooth".[2]As she toldVibein 2000, "[He] just put this career in my hands. I went from having nothing at all to wearing diamonds."[3]The same year, she appeared in aSpriteadvertisement campaign alongsideRoxanne Shante,Mia X,Angie Martinez,andEve;they are referred to as the Five Deadly Women, a reference to the 1978 filmFive Deadly Venoms.[15]She also played a lead character, Tanya, in the 2000direct-to-videofilmGet Down or Lay Down;[3][16]it was distributed through a joint deal with Roc-A-Fella andMiramax.[16]Amil was also the only prominent female in the 2000 documentaryBackstage.[4]

All Money Is Legalwas recorded atThe Cutting Room,The Hit Factory,and Quad Studios in New York City, and Playground Studios inLos Angeles.Amil, Jay-Z, andDamon Dashwere the album'sexecutive producers.[17]It was one of several albums from up-and-coming artists at Roc-A-Fella to be released in 2000, along withMemphis Bleek'sThe UnderstandingandBeanie Sigel'sThe Truth.[4]Amil has co-writing credits on all the album's songs,[18]and Jay-Z said she had a "talent for song-making".[3]To be taken seriously as a solo artist by "naysayers who say Jay is her puppeteer", Amil said: "I kept this album me — nothing more, nothing less."[19]She said she wanted to avoid sexual topics onAll Money Is Legaland had planned not to use any profanity in her future music, explaining: "I know I sin, but I'm trying to become a better person."[3]ProducerJust Blazecontributed toAll Money Is Legal,[20]and felt his work on the album raised his profile within Roc-A-Fella.[21]Beyoncérecorded her guest vocals for "I Got That"in 2000 in a separate recording session. Her then-managerMathew Knowlespaid Roc-A-Fella for the featured spot as a way to assess her viability as a solo artist, since she was still a part ofDestiny's Childat the time. As a result of this collaboration, Beyoncé worked with her future husband Jay-Z for the first time.[22]

Composition and lyrics

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All Money Is Legalis a hip hop album with 13 tracks.[23][24]Alongside Just Blaze, the album's production team includedTyrone Fyffe,Jon-John Robinson,LES,Poke & Tone,Rockwilder,EZ Elpee, Chavon Henry, Sean Lashley, K-Rob, Jay Garfield, Lofey, and Omen.[17][18]David Browne,writing forEntertainment Weekly,described its compositions as having "low slung beats and [an] uncluttered vibe" similar to Jay-Z's music from that era,[23]and theDayton Daily News' Talia Jackson said the album had his signaturefunksamplesandR&Bchoruses.[25]

"I Got That"
David Brownewrote that Amil used a "sultry, sing songy rapping" style throughout the album, and cited "I Got That" as an example.[23]
"Smile 4 Me"
"Smile 4 Me" was noted for its "mournful backing music" (theNew York Daily News' Jim Farber)[26]and as one of the album's "melancholy confessionals" (Ta-Nehisi Coates).[27]
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Lyrically, the songs onAll Money Is Legalfocus mainly on material possessions and money,[3][23]as evidenced by the album title.[23]Some tracks touch on more personal issues,[3][24]specifically "Smile 4 Me" and "Quarrels".[24]TheNew York Daily News' Jim Farber wrote that Amil was more personal in her music than Foxy Brown andLil' Kim,whom he described as "sexy cartoons".[26]Amilrapsmost of her vocals on the album, but also sings on several tracks like "Get Down".[24][28]Critics have referred to Amil's rapping style as sing songy,[23][26]and Farber said she "specializes in short, jabbing melodies".[26]

The opening track "Smile 4 Me" was inspired by Amil's life, and includes the lyrics: "Got my people up north trying to slice the bid / While I'm in love with a nigga with a wife and a kid."[24][27]On "Smile 4 Me", Amil retells aspects of her life before her music career, such as living onwelfareandshoplifting.[23]The second song, "I Got That", features Beyoncé on itschorusand encourages women to become more independent.[24]Commentators compared the song to music released by Destiny's Child,[29][30]and aSpinwriter said it continues the "statement[s] of simple financial and romantic independence" found throughout Beyoncé's discography.[29]Amil referencesSatanas being at the root of all business in thebass-heavy track "Quarrels",[3][24]which has additional vocals by R&B singer Thomas.[28]Other critics interpreted the song as being about an unhealthy relationship.[26][31]In "Girlfriend", she worries about infidelity after taking a woman's boyfriend, and raps about the shame of going "fromGuccisandals back tono-name brands"on" Anyday ".[23]

Amil's lyrics onAll Money Is Legalhave been cited as an example of the theme of "gold digging"in hip hop performed by women. In a 2003 academic paper,women's studiesprofessor Layli D. Phillips andsocial psychologyprofessor Dionne P. Stephens cited Amil andAll Money Is Legalas part of a trend of female hip hop artists performing thestereotypicalrole of a "Gold Digger".[32]Along with the "Freak", "Diva", and "Dyke", Phillips and Stephens named the "Gold Digger" as one of the major archetypes adopted by female rappers, defining the role with the following terms:

"The Gold Digger will supposedly resort to any and all sexual means to gain whatever financial rewards she wants or needs, seeing men as stepping stones to provide for short-term needs. Short term is not defined so much by a length of time, but rather a mind set whereby the male is good for as long as he can meet the Gold Digger's demands. She takes whatever she can, and when the well runs dry, the Gold Digger is history."[32]

They highlighted the lyric "You know I gotta keep tricks up the sleeve, leav' em bankrupt withblue ballstill the dick bleed "from the title track" All Money is Legal (A.M.I.L.) "as an example of the Gold Digger persona in Amil's music.[32]Vibe's Andréa Duncan wrote that Amil used the album to balance her onstage persona as a gold digger with her more mellow personality in her personal life.[3]Len Righi, writing forThe Morning Call,described Amil's style as "golddigger rap", but noted the album contained songs that were "not all diamonds and major coins".[33]

All Money Is Legalincludes three features from Jay-Z.[18]Amil and Jay-Z rap aboutmaterialismon "Heard It All",[23]which features the pair attempting toscamone another.[26]He also contributed to "That's Right" after hearing Just Blaze's production during a recording session.[21]His final appearance is the album closer "4 da Fam",also featuring Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel.[28]For his verse in "4 da Fam", Jay-Z rapped about expecting a child: "I got four nephews and they're all writing... and I'm having a child, which is more frightening."[34]A column inVibeinterpreted the line as a pregnancy announcement from Jay-Z, who was an uncommittedbachelorat the time.[35]In a 2000 statement to theNew York Daily News,Jay-Z denied these reports.[36]He had his first child,Blue Ivy,with Beyoncé in January 2012.[34]

Release and promotion

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A picture of Beyoncé sitting on a box
Beyoncé (pictured in 2001) was featured on the album's lead single, "I Got That".

"I Got That" was released on July 5, 2000, as the album'slead single.[24][28]Themusic videofor "I Got That" appeared on the list ofBET's most-played clips for the weeks of August 1 and 8, 2000.[37][38]The video also played onThe Box—a now-defunct music video network—during the same two weeks.[37][38]Kathy Iandoli ofDazedpraised "I Got That" as a showcase for Amil's potential as a rapper.[30]Conversely,Vibenamed the song among the year's worst artistic pairings in hip hop for its Beyoncé feature.[39]"I Got That" reached number one on theBubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop SinglesBillboardcharton September 16.[40]Beyoncé's vocals have been applauded retrospectively; Andrew Unterberger atSpinsaid the song "deserved better, and Bey's breathy chorus is a big reason why",[29]and Iandoli said that "Beyoncé did Amil the favor of her life" with her feature.[30]

All Money Is Legalwas released through Roc-A-Fella,Columbia,andSony Musicon August 29, 2000, as acassette,andCD.[41]It was issued in both an "explicit" version with aParental Advisorylabel and a "clean" version with edited lyrics.[41]The album had originally been scheduled for a release in early August.[28]With anacronymform matching the artist's name,All Money Is Legalis alternately titledA.M.I.L.: (All Money Is Legal).[3]The album sold 29,000 copies in the first week of its release,[42]and simultaneously debuted and peaked at number 45 on the USBillboard200chart.[43]On theBillboardTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albumschart,All Money Is Legalreached its peak position at number 12 on October 7, 2000, and was on the chart for a total of eight weeks.[44]

The second single, "4 da Fam", was released on July 29, 2000,[45][a]and issued as aDouble A-Sidewith "I Got That";[46][47]an accompanying "4 da Fam" music video had premiered earlier in the summer.[48]For a 2017Vulturearticle, John Kennedy had a lukewarm response to the song, calling it "a passable Roc-A-Fella posse cut that feels more like a team-building exercise".[49]In a 2018Complexarticle, Andrew Barber and Al Shipley considered "4 da Fam" to be "really a Jay record" despite being on Amil's album; they praised Jay-Z for having "the best verse and batt[ing] clean up".[50]The song peaked at number 99 on theHot R&B/Hip-Hop SongsBillboardchart and number 29 on theHot Rap SongsBillboardchart.[51][52]"That's Right" and "Get Down" were released on a12-inch singleandvinyl recordaspromotional singles.[53][54]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[55]
Entertainment WeeklyB[23]
Los Angeles Times[56]
San Antonio Express-News[57]
USA Today[58]

The album received a mixed response from critics. InVibe,Andréa Duncan praised it as a "surprisingly diverse and thoughtful collection of tracks".[3]AllMusic's MacKenzie Wilson said Amil was "bold enough to make it solo" with her "New York childhood street smarts" and a "sultry sassiness" throughout the music.[55]A reviewer forThe Sourcecommended the album as "a set that displays [Amil's] feminine flair".[19]and Anthony M. Thompson for theSan Antonio Express-Newsdescribed it as having a "distinct, woman's touch".[57]Despite criticizingAll Money Is Legalas "unfortunately titled", Dan DeLuca said inThe Philadelphia Inquirerthat Amil's rapping abilities distinguished her from other female rappers and allowed her to stand out from the album's featured artists.[59]InEntertainment Weekly,David Browne praised some of the lyrics—specifically, references toAesopandBlake Carrington—but he dismissed the overall focus on money as unoriginal.[23]Ta-Nehisi Coates,writing for theWashington City Paper,pannedAll Money Is Legalas "a schizophrenic work" with songs "swinging from aching honesty to gangsta-bitch schtick". Coates deemed the album "self-hating" and said Amil had "reduc[ed] herself to a prostitute with a microphone" with the sexually explicit lyrics.[27]

Several reviewers cited "Quarrels" and "Smile 4 Me" as album highlights. An anonymous review columnist inBillboardpraised the autographical "Smile 4 Me" as "a testament to [Amil's] lyricism" and wrote that her verses in "Quarrels" on themes ofmoralitywould "make heads both nod and think".[24]Despite an overall negative assessment of the album, Coates said Amil had successfully pulled from her past in "melancholyconfessionals"like" Smile 4 Me ".[27]The Morning Call's Len Righi praised "Smile 4 Me" as the song that Amil best represents her "gritty self-assurance" and "fierce determination".[33]Righi later namedAll Money Is Legalamong the best albums of the year.[60]AVibecolumnist identified "Quarrels", alongside Eve's 1999 single "Love Is Blind",as examples of" strong-willed, pro-woman songs "written and recorded by female rappers.[61]Despite their criticism of Amil's album as inferior to her collaborations with Jay-Z,Soren Baker,writing for theLos Angeles Times,believed she demonstrated "promise when she becomes more personal in her storytelling".[56]On the other hand, theDayton Daily News' Talia Jackson criticized Amil as "less than believable when she is not rapping about her material world".[25]In a 2014Billboardinterview, Amil said "Smile 4 Me" was one of her favorite songs from the album and that she generally preferred the songs drawn from her personal life.[2]

Retrospective assessments ofAll Money Is Legalhave remained mixed. In a 2018Rolling Stonearticle,Rob Sheffieldpraised Amil for releasing "her own kick-ass album with [an] excellent title" following her early collaboration with Jay-Z.[62]In an article forPopMatterspublished about three years after the album's release, Terry Sawyer said Amil's music was generic and left only a "fleeting, shrugging impression". He unfavorably compared Amil to rapperSarai,saying both had "virtually identical", "silken, imploded vocal styles".[63]AtFact,Son Raw said Amil's voice made her music a "love-her-or-hate-her proposition", but highlighted "4 da Fam" as a "primeRoc La Familia-era posse cut ".[7]Complexalso includedAll Money is Legalin a 2015listicleon "factually incorrect" titles for hip hop albums because, in their words, "guess what, Amil, all money is not legal."[64]

Aftermath

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A picture of Amil in a gray zip-up jacket
After the album's release, Amil (pictured in 2014) left Roc-A-Fella and mostly dropped out of the public eye.

Amil was removed from the Roc-A-Fella roster shortly after the release ofAll Money Is Legal.[5][65]After appearing in a music video alongside the rapper Baby (later known asBirdman), a February 2001Vibecolumn speculated that she was likely to sign a record deal withCash Money,the label he co-founded.[66]But she never signed a deal with Cash Money, and—other than a select few releases—she largely dropped out of the mainstream, major-label recording industry.[2][5][67]

Music industry rumors attributed Amil's departure from Roc-A-Fella to personal conflict between her and Jay-Z, as well as his disapproval of her (reported) weight gain.[6][66]During a 2011 interview withVibe,she responded to the rumors about her and Jay-Z:

"People think there was bad blood between us, but there never was any bad blood. Things happen and I wasn't ready for where my career was going at that time. It was really overwhelming."[65]

Amil said she took a hiatus from her music career because she was mentally unprepared for the pressures of the industry and she wanted to take care of her child, who suffered fromasthma.Describing herself as "rebell[ing] against the industry" after the album's release, she refused to do promotion for it and said: "I faded myself." She said she regretted signing a record deal, preferring to be "an around the way rapper" and a songwriter instead.[2]

Jay-Z did not comment on Amil's departure from Roc-A-Fella at the time and, as of 2017, has still never publicly discussed why Amil was dropped from the label.[6][66]However, Jay-Z did defend the quality ofAll Money Is Legalagainst its detractors in a 2013 appearance on the New York radio showThe Breakfast Club.WhenDJ Envyasked Jay-Z who had been the "worst signing" at Roc-A-Fella,Charlamagne tha Godinterrupted to say "Amil!" and Jay-Z replied, "Nah, nah, I wouldn't say Amil. Amil's album, you should listen to it. It's good!"[68]

Track listing

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Credits adapted from the liner notes ofAll Money Is Legal.[18]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Smile 4 Me"
EZ Elpee4:26
2."I Got That"(featuringBeyoncé)
3:17
3."Get Down"
Jon-John4:29
4."Ya'll Dead Wrong"
Rockwilder3:51
5."Heard It All" (featuringJay-Z)
  • Whitehead
  • Carter
  • Chavon Henry
  • Sean Lashley
  • Eldo Di Lazzaro
  • Bruno Cherubini
  • Harper
3:27
6."Quarrels" (featuringCarl Thomas)
  • Whitehead
  • Jay Garfield
  • Porter
  • EZ Elpee
  • Garfield
4:10
7."Girlfriend"
  • Whitehead
  • Stinson
Rockwilder3:14
8."All Money Is Legal (A.M.I.L.)"
Ty Fyffe3:46
9."That's Right" (featuring Jay-Z)
Just Blaze4:21
10."Anyday"
  • Whitehead
  • Joseph Walsh
  • Patrick Culie
  • Malik Johnson
K-Rob4:08
11."Raw"
  • Whitehead
  • Michael Sandlofer
Lofey4:11
12."No 1 Can Compare"
Omen4:15
13."4 da Fam"(featuring Jay-Z,Memphis BleekandBeanie Sigel)
Ty Fyffe4:19
Total length:51:52

Sample credits

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic:[17]

  • Amil– associate executive producer, primary artist, vocals
  • Beyoncé– featured artist, primary artist
  • Shawn Carter– guest artist, primary artist, executive producer
  • Kevin Crouse – mixing
  • Damon Dash– executive producer
  • Tyrone Fyfee– producer
  • Chris Gehringer– mastering
  • Jason Goldstein – mixing
  • Erwin Gorostiza – art direction
  • Manny Marroquin– mixing
  • Memphis Bleek– guest artist, performer, primary artist
  • Monica Morrow – stylist
  • Jon-John Robinson– engineer, producer
  • Beanie Sigel– guest artist, primary artist
  • Brian Stanley – engineer, mixing
  • Carl Thomas– guest artist, primary artist, vocals
  • Richard Travali – mixing
  • Reggie Wells – make-up
  • Carlisle Young – engineer

Charts

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Chart (2000) Peak
position
USBillboard200[43] 45
USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums(Billboard)[44] 12

Notes

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  1. ^"4 da Fam" appeared on the Hot Rap SongsBillboardchart in the July 29, 2000 issue ofBillboard.The information for the chart is gathered by "a national sample of retail store sales reports".[45]

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