The Diplomats collective has been far from silent in the last couple months – be it making music or dealing with legal issues – and Jim Jones is the latest emcee of the group to unleash a full length LP, Capo, to the masses. With singles like “Perfect Day” 
already achieving FM radio success, the question remains as to whether the remainder of the E1 release can stack up to the hits that the public has already heard.
There are a few things that Diplomats fans can always expect from an affiliate’s album: club anthems, coke raps, Harlem shout outs, and an araabMUZIK beat. And in true Dipset fashion, Capo delivers all of those elements and rarely strays from their tried-and-true formula for creating commercial hits. Perhaps the most interesting part of Capo is that every track, from the intro to the closer, has an artist assisting Mr. Jones. There is not one instance of him carrying the entire weight of a track, even if it’s just a vocalist laying down a hook to put a smoother edge to his bars, which generally serve as an ode to the uptown gangster lifestyle. Although some of these features consist of people directly connected to the Diplomats (such as Washington D.C.’s Chink Santana or Sen City) Jim Jones also manages to bring more widely recognized names into the picture, including Raekwon, Cam’ron, and Wyclef Jean. While Ashanti has been silent lately, she provides a full verse and chorus on the Chris Liggio-produced “Change the Locks”. Her presence is logical (considering Chink Santana’s previous work with Irv Gotti) and offers a rare instance of an absence of Rap life braggadocio on Capo’s part, by exploring the end of a relationship.
Traversing time zones, Jones calls in Game for some bars on “Carton of Milk” as Jayceon rhymes, “I aim for the brain, you the Xzibit, this ain’t West Coast Customs but I’ll paint your Range, I stopped certifying gangstas ‘cause they ain’t the same.”
Some standouts include “Take a Bow” featuring a recently freed Prodigy, Lloyd Banks, and Sen City – a slower paced break from potential club bangers that has Prodigy turning his verse into something like an advice column, suggesting, “do you kid, get your money, get bigger, get huge man, don’t ever get comfortable, remain ruthless, relentless with your hustle, eat food and drink good and, spread the wealth, do what you can, for the have nots have a heart, show compassion, that little bit of love you put out comes back, keep that currency current flowing.” “Let Me Fly,” featuring Rell, paints a picture of a conflicted Jim Jones, torn between laying up in the bed with a fly shorty who doesn’t want him to go, or leaving in order to catch his flight to handle out of town business.
Capo is the album that details the hustler-turned-superstar lifestyle from its luxuries to its darker side. It maintains a musical energy intense enough to fuel a good party, yet throws in just enough of a dash of introspect to remind listeners that behind Jim Jones’ exotic cars, empty bottles left behind at VIP tables, penchant for the drug business, and platoon of fly females, the man still has a heart.
take bow prodigy went in
DX gave Crime Pays a 3 and a half too, but that was way better. This album’s gay.
DIPshit DIPshit DIPshit
Thats what we are waiting for!
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this album is garbage
idk what happened to jim jones
his last album was good but this sounds more like a wack mixtape instead of a studio album
this is not a 3 1/2…fuck outa here.
they also gave the fucken classic str8 killa no filla a fucken 3 1/2
This shit ain’t 3,5, get the fuck out. Just another weed plate from jenny jones.
LOL
THIS=Shaolin vs. Wu=Oneirology….c’mon DX
westcoast shout out…HOT album
Definitely a good look on this one. People hate on Jones but he came correct on this album, and the track with Banks and P? Damn…
how the hell has this album got a higher score than snoops? i like jims last 2 albums but this one is shit!
Fire…
dipset
Nice.
Jones!! See You MY Nigga
CAPO… Is The Shit
fire
JIMMY!!!!!! Best album to date.
ur a strawbery douche
Yea, I’ve given up with DX. This is a terrible review. At most, this should get a 1 and a half. Jim Jones is terrible. And to give this the same rating is Oneirology is just a disgrace to hip hop.
Oneirology= 5/5
Capo= 1/5
I love all of Capo, including the music. lol real talk.
Piff
Ballin’… CAPO = FAIL
Fire album
This is weak. When u have ppl feature on everylast song except one. You know you don’t have what it takes to make it. That alone is wack. But I do like his FEATURES VERSE’S ONLY.
this album has some heat on it
jim jones is doin his thing
CAPO!
It’s a wrap; HipHopDX is officially buggin’ out! I mean, this is just a good for its own merits as Raekwon’s “Shaolin vs. Wu Tang.” AND Freddie Gibbs??!! Better than Buff 1 & DJ Rhettmatic’s “Crown Royale” (3.0)??!! HELL NO… Your rating system is a mixed bag of blessings and curses!! This is more like a 2.5 (def. better than a 1.5 tho G that’s reserved for cats like Nelly and OJ da Juiceman lol) b/c here Jimmy easily proves that he’s the weakest and least versatile MC in Dipset/Diplomats…Still, the album is fair, decent, etc. worth a few listens take it for what it is.
Jim Jones is fucking wack! 3,5 star!!!! This album deserves 1 star!!!!
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Jones’ album is above average. These clowns stuck on that “go green, save the earth” lame f’n beats BS (BLH, Big Krit,Cunnin) need to show your boy love, stay 100!
capo is dope man, perfect day, that song is true man
This gets 3.5, but Lupe gets 2.5? GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!! Lasers lyrics alone should have got him this score! I think ya’ll got the star rating mixed up or something. I’m REALLY starting to think that payola is in full effect on this website now days…..
Dickrider for sure…lupe is fuckin terrible wake the fuck up dude sold out n there’s no turnin back quit hatin on JJ for make shit that directly relates to him…lupes fuckin whackass wannabe jersey shore soundin songs smfh
I’m a dick rider because I recognize talent? Eat a Dick wit AIDS on the tip!!!! Jim Jones is a lame! This dude could never rap well enough for me to even take him seriously. He’s even more of a lame after seeing him on that reality show using goons to handle that little fat manager of Samaya Reese. You mean to tell me lyrically he stands a chance against Lupe? I’ll answer this for you bitch, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i 2nd what mp said..couldnt of said it better
REVIEW HEAVY METAL KINGS ALREADY!
1 star for this wack ass rapper
garbage. retire you fake mafia wannabe.
free biggavel
the reviewers probs from harlem
I like the new album Jim keep it up that’s the music for the true gs that was there in that sick ass 80s era peace bra
this album pretty good but tha hustler pome was his best album
awesome!
why wasnt blow your smoke on tha album
Feels like a a mixtape. An alright listen but nothing much to go back to. 3.5/5 is a lil much.
Down to earth, superfly grooves, best album to date, I’m in.
nyce
hot trash
mmmmm just 2 tracks like me of course the banko collab include.. 2 stars
Nas Lost Tapes part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwZ9lLPuxmc
Great album, closest he will ever get to Hustlers Pome, but tracks like Perfect day are utter trash and i hate it when rappers force trying to adapt
I cannot believe this garbage got a Top 20. Jones officially lost me.
come on jimmy
CAPO is back!
ALBUM OF THE FUCKING MILINEUM!! FUCK THE HATERS!! THIS BETTER THAN HILDEGARD VAN BINGEN, GUATIER DE COINCY, PHILLIPE DE VITRY, MOZART LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN, ANTOINE BUSNOIS AND ALL OF THE FAKE ASS BITCH ASS NIGGUHS… REAL TALK!!
weak album , ok beats , wack rhymes
2 stars
i see Jimmy dirty looking a$$ buying reviews again..LOL
this cat is hot trash. stop trying to make me believe you jimmy. You hustle hard I give you that and pretty much thats all. Your rhymes are kiddy porn…..your style is ridunkulous…and above all no matter what pic he in or video this nigga look like he need a hot shower and bath….them old days is over…nobody checking for jimmy. this album will go wood…matter fact negative platinum….hate on my comments but accept the truth….
Jones came wit it throughout the whole cd from start to finish. He rappin like he pissed of through the whole cd, you cant help but fuck wit him. CAPO- Pray 4 me
To be honest Jimmy always makes solid albums. He’s not the best lyricist but he knows how to put together a album. I think Cam and Vado’s album more live tho…(my opinion)
People saying his lyrics are shit are must misinformed and havent even listened to any of his shit..
I think the popular opinion of this album is the only thing lacking is some production… He had harder beats on capolife.com mixtape..
He goes hard as hell though on a few tracks.. Just needs better production to be a real banger.. there are a couple good ones on here though dont sleep on it.
good shit
stop rapping jim
I actually like this album alot, its an agressive album for Jones, best track is the shit with Raekwon and the one with Banks and Prodigy, Sen City is dope on the chorus too, 4/5!!!
Not one song I don’t like.
weak album , jim jones is just not a good rapper . beats are wack and rhymes are just plain garbage . 2 stars
love JimJones,love the album….job well done….JIMMY!!!!!
The album is fire!
Awesome feel to this project, love JimJones,love the album, just wish people would support good music rather than all the other crap thats out at the moment… bring on the DIPSET album and more jimmy story telling over araabmuzik beats.
hope it’s better than the last one and as good as the second: ‘praying for quality’.
come on cheating doil jimmy.
Jim is over looked’ he spit some of da realest shit in da game. These otha supa star nigga b talkin sum bullshit u niggas shud stop hatin on jim nd stop sukin dick