''New Joc City'' is the debut album by American rapper

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. It features the hit songs "

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" and " It's Goin' Down" which was produced by Nitti and reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Commercial performance

''New Joc City'' was released in the United States on June 6, 2006 by

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. It debuted at #3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with over 150,000 copies sold in the first week. On August 11, 2006, the

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certified the album Gold for selling 500,000 copies.

Reception

Reviews for this album were mixed. Rating the album "L" (in its five-level

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rating system from "S" to "XXL"), '' XXL'' described "Dope Boy Magic" as having "endless head-turning punch lines...with different sequential number combinations" but described the tracks as "go ngin cliché circles" with " rny brand-name drops." In a three-star (out of five) review, David Jeffries of

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described the album as having an "identity crisis" due to tracks that he found "less convincing" than the "safe and tested surroundings" of "It's Goin' Down" and "I Know You See It." The ''

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'', based in Yung Joc's hometown, graded the album "C+", describing lead single "It's Goin' Down" as "simple... utinfectious" while finding a lack of "a new, exciting reserve of wordplay and delivery." ''RapReviews'' found other tracks such as "Don't Play Wit It" to be better choices as a lead single. For ''

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'', Brian Sims rated ''New Joc City'' two out of five ("aluminum") due to what he called "reused lines" and a "dull mood plaguing most of the album." Sims compared Yung Joc's rapping style on "It's Goin' Down" to "a senior citizen on the

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," describing the song as "bar after monotonous bar." Tom Breihan of ''

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'' described the album as having "no visible identity of purpose" and "bargain-basement minimal snap stuff."

Track listing

Leftover tracks

*"Take Off Your Pimps" (featuring Potzee & Starr) (produced by

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Commercial performance

Reception

Track listing

Leftover tracks

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References