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All Money Is Legal
All Money Is Legal
Studio album by Amil
Released	August 29, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Studio	The Cutting Room, The Hit Factory, Quad Studios (New York City); Playground Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	51:52
Label	Roc-A-Fella; Columbia; Sony Music;
Producer	Amil (exec.); Jay Z (exec.); Damon Dash (exec.); Karreem Biggs; G. Robertson; EZ Elpee; Jay "Waxx" Garfield; Poke & Tone; Ty Fyffe; Rockwilder; Chavon "Scripture" Henry;
Amil chronology
Singles from All Money Is Legal
	"I Got That"; Released: July 5, 2000; "4 da Fam"; Released: September 19, 2000;

All Money Is Legal, also known as A.M.I.L.: (All Money Is Legal), is the debut studio album by American rapper Amil. It was released on August 29, 2000, through Roc-A-Fella, Columbia, and Sony Music. Jay-Z, Damon Dash, and Amil served as executive producers. Just Blaze contributed to the album's production and later said his work on it improved his reputation within Roc-A-Fella.

A hip hop album, All Money Is Legal has a lyrical focus on wealth and Amil's personal life. It was recorded between 1999 and 2000 at Playground Studios in Los Angeles and at The Cutting Room, The Hit Factory, and Quad Studios in New York City. Although Jay-Z had written Amil's verses for their past collaborations, she wrote her own lyrics for all of the album's tracks. While Amil mostly raps throughout the album, she sings on some tracks. Some commentators wrote that she adopted a gold digger persona through the music.

Reviews were mixed; critics were divided over its production and Amil's verses. It peaked at number 45 on the US Billboard 200 chart. Two singles — "I Got That" with vocals from Beyoncé and "4 da Fam" with verses from Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, and Jay-Z — were released from the album and promoted with accompanying music videos. "I Got That" reached number one on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Billboard chart, and "4 da Fam" charted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs.

Background and recording

In 1997, Amil formed the girl group Major Coins with Liz Leite and Monique.^[1]^[2] At that time, Amil was not interested in being a solo artist 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] When Jay-Z requested that Leite provide vocals for "It's Like That" from his third studio album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998),^[2] Amil accompanied her to the recording studio.^[1] Jay-Z asked Amil to freestyle on his 1998 single "Can I Get A...",^[1] and later encouraged her to become a solo artist.^[2]

A black-and-white photograph of Jay-Z. — Jay-Z (*pictured in 2003*) signed Amil to Roc-A-Fella, and encouraged her development as a solo artist.

After Major Coins disbanded, Jay-Z signed Amil to Roc-A-Fella in 1998.^[1]^[3] She became a high-profile member of the label and received the nicknames "Diana Ross" and "the First Lady of Roc-A-Fella".^[4]^[5] According to a 2015 Fact article, Amil's signing to the label became the subject of industry gossip.^[6] She denied reports of a pregnancy involving a married man^[3] and a romantic relationship with Jay-Z.^[2] Foxy Brown accused Jay-Z of using Amil to try to create a new artist similar to herself.^[7] 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.^[8]

Prior to the release of her debut album, Amil featured on albums by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Tamar Braxton, and Funkmaster Flex.^[1]^[9] 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]^[10] and the 2000 song "Hey Papi."^[11] Jay-Z wrote all of Amil's verses for these collaborations.^[3] She also performed on his Hard Knock Life tour.^[12] Amil, who became known as one of Jay-Z's protégés,^[11]^[13] described her work with him as "a natural thing" and "always smooth".^[2] As she told Vibe in 2000, "[He] just put this career in my hands. I went from having nothing at all to wearing diamonds."^[3]

All Money Is Legal was recorded between 1999 and 2000 at The Cutting Room, The Hit Factory, and Quad Studios in New York City, and Playground Studios in Los Angeles. Amil, Jay-Z, and Damon Dash were the album's executive producers.^[14] Amil has co-writing credits on all of the album's songs,^[15] and Jay-Z said that she had a "talent for song-making".^[3] She said she wanted to avoid sexual topics on All Money Is Legal and had planned to not use any profanity in her future music, explaining: "I know I sin, but I'm trying to become a better person."^[3] Producer Just Blaze also contributed to All Money Is Legal,^[16] and felt his work on the album raised his profile within Roc-A-Fella.^[17] Beyoncé recorded her guest vocals for "I Got That" in 2000 in a separate recording session. Her then-manager Mathew Knowles paid Roc-A-Fella for the featured spot as a way to assess her viability as a solo artist, since she was still a part of Destiny's Child at the time. The collaboration led to Beyoncé meeting her future husband Jay-Z for the first time.^[18]

Composition and lyrics

All Money Is Legal is a hip hop album that consists of 13 tracks.^[20]^[21] Alongside Just Blaze, the album's production team included Tyrone Fyffe, Jon-John Robinson, L.E.S., Poke & Tone, Rockwilder, EZ Elpee, Chavon Henry, Sean Lashley, K-Rob, Jay Garfield, Lofey, and Omen.^[14]^[15] David Browne, writing for Entertainment Weekly, described its compositions as having "low slung beats and [an] uncluttered vibe" similar to Jay-Z's music from that era.^[21] The album focuses on songs about material possessions and money,^[3]^[21] as evidenced by its title.^[21] However, some tracks touch on more personal issues,^[3]^[20] specifically "Smile 4 Me" and "Quarrels".^[20] Amil raps most of her vocals on the album, but also sings on several tracks like "Get Down".^[19]^[20] PopMatters' Terry Sawyer unfavorably compared Amil to rapper Sarai, saying both had "virtually identical", "silken, imploded vocal styles".^[22]

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."^[20]^[23] On "Smile 4 Me", Amil retells aspects of her life before her music career, such as living on welfare and shoplifting.^[21] The second song, "I Got That", features Beyoncé on its chorus and encourages women to become more independent.^[20] Commentators compared the song to music released by Destiny's Child,^[24]^[25] and a Spin writer said it continues the "statement[s] of simple financial and romantic independence" found throughout Beyoncé's discography.^[24] Amil references Satan as being at the root of all business in the bass-heavy track "Quarrels",^[3]^[20] which has additional vocals by R&B singer Thomas.^[19] In "Girlfriend", she worries about infidelity after taking a woman's boyfriend, and raps about the shame of going "from Gucci sandals back to no-name brands" on "Anyday".^[21]

In an academic paper, Women's studies professor Layli D. Phillips and social psychology professor Dionne P. Stephens cited Amil and All Money Is Legal as part of a trend of female hip hop artists performing the stereotypical role of a "gold digger" in their music. They highlighted the lyric "You know I gotta keep tricks up the sleeve, leav' em bankrupt with blue balls till the dick bleed" from the album track "All Money is Legal (A.M.I.L.)" as an example.^[26] 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]

All Money Is Legal includes three features from Jay-Z.^[15] Amil and Jay-Z rap about materialism on "Heard It All",^[21] and he also contributed to "That's Right" after hearing Just Blaze's production during a recording session.^[17] His final appearance is the album closer "4 da Fam", also featuring Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel.^[19] 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."^[27] A column in Vibe interpreted the line as a pregnancy announcement from Jay-Z, who was an uncommitted bachelor at the time, but he never publicly commented on the lyric.^[28] He had his first child, Blue Ivy, with Beyoncé in January 2012.^[27]

Release and promotion

A picture of Beyoncé in a sparkling gown. — Beyoncé (*pictured in 2007*) was featured on the album's lead single "I Got That".

"I Got That" was released on July 5, 2000, as the album's lead single.^[19]^[20] The music video for "I Got That" appeared on the list of BET's most-played clips for the weeks of August 1 and August 8, 2000.^[29]^[30] The video also played on The Box—a now-defunct music video network—during the same two weeks.^[29]^[30] Kathy Iandoli of Dazed praised "I Got That" as a showcase for Amil's potential as a rapper,^[25] and David Browne wrote Amil had "sultry, sing songy rapping" that perfectly suits the instrumental.^[21] Conversely, Vibe named the song among the year's worst artistic pairings in hip hop for its Beyoncé feature.^[31] "I Got That" reached number one on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Billboard chart on September 16.^[32] Beyoncé's vocals have been applauded retrospectively; Andrew Unterberger at Spin said the song "deserved better, and Bey's breathy chorus is a big reason why",^[24] and Iandoli said that "Beyoncé did Amil the favor of her life" with her feature.^[25]

All Money Is Legal was released through Roc-A-Fella, Columbia, and Sony Music on August 29, 2000, as a cassette, and CD.^[33] It had originally been scheduled for a release in early August.^[19] With an acronym form matching the artist's name, the album is alternately titled A.M.I.L.: (All Money Is Legal).^[3] The album sold 29,000 copies in the first week of its release.^[34] It simultaneously debuted and peaked at number 45 on the US Billboard 200 chart.^[35] On the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, All Money Is Legal reached its peak position at number 12 on October 7, 2000, and was on the chart for a total of eight weeks.^[36]

The second single, "4 da Fam", was released in September as a double A-side with "I Got That";^[37]^[38]^[39] an accompanying "4 da Fam" music video had premiered earlier in the summer.^[40] For a 2017 Vulture article, John Kennedy had a mixed response for the song, calling it "a passable Roc-A-Fella posse cut that feels more like a team-building exercise".^[41] A Bossip writer included Amil's boast about being "the illest in all of hip-hop" and making $40,000 per guest verse in its 2012 list of the top ten "greatest rap lies".^[42] In a 2018 Complex article, 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".^[43] The song peaked at number 99 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Billboard chart,^[44] number 97 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs Billboard chart,^[45] and number 29 on the Hot Rap Songs Billboard chart.^[46] "That's Right" and "Get Down" were released on a 12-inch single and vinyl record as promotional singles.^[47]^[48]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[49]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[21]

The album received a mixed response from critics. In Vibe, 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.^[49] In Entertainment Weekly, David Browne praised some of the lyrics—specifically, references to Aesop and Blake Carrington—but he dismissed the overall focus on money as unoriginal.^[21] Ta-Nehisi Coates, writing for the Washington City Paper, panned All Money Is Legal as "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.^[23]

Several reviewers cited "Quarrels" and "Smile 4 Me" as album highlights. Despite his overall negative assessment, Coates said Amil had successfully pulled from her past in "melancholy confessionals" like "Smile 4 Me".^[23] An anonymous review columnist in Billboard praised the autographical "Smile 4 Me" as "a testament to [Amil's] lyricism" and wrote that her verses in "Quarrels" on themes of morality would "make heads both nod and think".^[20] A Vibe contributor identified "Quarrels", alongside Eve's 1999 single "Love Is Blind", as examples of "strong-willed, pro-woman songs" written and recorded by female rappers.^[50] In a 2014 Billboard interview, Amil said that "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 of All Money Is Legal have remained mixed. In an article for PopMatters published about three years after the album's release, Terry Sawyer said Amil's music was generic and left only a "fleeting, shrugging impression".^[22] At Fact, Son Raw said Amil's voice made her music a "love-her-or-hate-her proposition", but highlighted "4 da Fam" as a "prime Roc La Familia-era posse cut".^[6] Complex also included All Money is Legal in a 2015 listicle on "factually incorrect" titles for hip hop albums because, in their words, "guess what, Amil, all money is not legal."^[51]

Aftermath

A picture of Amil in a black zip-up jacket. — Amil (*pictured in 2014*) has largely dropped out from the public eye since the album's release.

Amil was removed from the Roc-A-Fella roster shortly after the release of All Money Is Legal.^[4]^[52] After appearing in a music video alongside the rapper Baby (later known as Birdman), a February 2001 Vibe column speculated that she was likely to sign a record deal with Cash Money, the label he co-founded.^[53] 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]^[4]^[54]

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.^[5]^[53] During a 2011 interview with Vibe, 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."^[52]

Amil said that 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 from asthma. 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 that 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.^[5]^[53]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of All Money Is Legal.^[15]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Smile 4 Me"	Amil Whitehead Wayne Henderson Lamont Porter	EZ Elpee	4:26
2.	"I Got That" (featuring Beyoncé)	Whitehead Shawn Carter Tamy Lestor Smith Samuel J. Barnes Leshan Lewis Makeda Davis Jean Claude Olivier	L.E.S. Poke & Tone	3:17
3.	"Get Down"	Whitehead Richard Hell Johnathan Robertson Jarrett Washington	Jon-John	4:29
4.	"Ya'll Dead Wrong"	Whitehead Dana Stinson	Rockwilder	3:51
5.	"Heard It All" (featuring Jay-Z)	Whitehead Carter Di Lazzaro Sean Lashley Harper Cherubine Chavon Henry	Just Blaze Henry Lashley	3:27
6.	"Quarrels" (featuring Carl Thomas)	Whitehead Jay Garfield Porter	EZ Elpee Garfield	4:10
7.	"Girlfriend"	Whitehead Stinson	Rockwilder	3:14
8.	"All Money Is Legal (A.M.I.L.)"	Whitehead Tyrone Fyffe	Fyffe	3:46
9.	"That's Right" (featuring Jay-Z)	Whitehead Carter Justin Smith Lionel Evans	Just Blaze	4:21
10.	"Anyday"	Whitehead Joseph Walsh Patrick Culie Malik Johnson	K-Rob	4:08
11.	"Raw"	Whitehead Michael Sandlofer	Lofey	4:11
12.	"No 1 Can Compare"	Whitehead Sidney Brown	Omen	4:15
13.	"4 da Fam" (featuring Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel)	Whitehead Carter Dwight Grant Malik Cox Fyffe	Fyffe	4:19
Total length:				51:52

Sample credits

"Smile 4 Me" contains a sample from "Summer Love", performed by David Oliver.
"I Got That" contains a sample from "Seventh Heaven", performed by Gwen Guthrie.
"Get Down" contains a sample from "Blank Generation", performed by Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
"Heard It All" contains a sample from the composition "Chitarra Romana", written by Cherubine, Di Lazzaro and Harper.
"Anyday" contains a sample from "Collage", performed by The Three Degrees.
"4 da Fam" contains a sample from "Main Theme", by Roy Budd.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic:^[14]

Amil – associate executive producer, primary artist, vocals
Beyoncé – featured artist, primary artist
Shawn Carter – executive producer
Kevin Crouse – mixing
Damon Dash – executive producer
Tyrone Fyfee – producer
Chris Gehringer – mastering
Jason Goldstein – mixing
Erwin Gorostiza – art direction
Jay-Z – guest artist, primary artist
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

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[35]	45
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[36]	12

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 [[File:Jay-Z-02-mika.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jay-Z]] (''pictured in 2003'') signed [[Amil]] to [[Roc-A-Fella Records|Roc-A-Fella]], and encouraged her development as a solo artist.|alt=A black-and-white photograph of Jay-Z.]]
-After Major Coins disbanded, Jay-Z signed Amil to [[Roc-A-Fella Records|Roc-A-Fella]] in 1998.<ref name="Source2" /><ref name="Source3">{{cite journal|author=Duncan, Andréa|date=December 2000|title=One in A Million|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA139&dq=%22All+Money+Is+Legal%22+%22Amil%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUnp-_6YDYAhWDZiYKHecFDI0Q6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=%22All%20Money%20Is%20Legal%22%20%22Amil%22&f=false|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=8|issue=10|pages=139}}</ref> She became a high-profile member of the label and received the nicknames "[[Diana Ross]]" and "the [[First Lady]] of Roc-A-Fella".<ref name="Source9">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/24151/roc-a-fella-records-where-are-they-now/|title=Where Are They Now? The Roc-A-Fella Records Edition|last=Jean-Baptiste Jr.|first=Renaud|date=June 6, 2015|publisher=[[VH1]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604155604/http://www.vh1.com/news/24151/roc-a-fella-records-where-are-they-now/|archivedate=June 4, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="2019Source5">{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2017/07/jay-z-encyclopedia/a-e|title=The Jay Z Encyclopedia|date=July 1, 2017|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007212234/https://www.complex.com/music/2017/07/jay-z-encyclopedia/a-e|archive-date=October 7, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> According to a 2015 [[Fact (UK magazine)|''Fact'']] article, Amil's signing to the label became the subject of industry gossip.<ref name="Source192">{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/10/the-rise-and-fall-of-roc-a-fella-records/12/|title=The Rise and Fall of Roc-A-Fella Records|last=Raw|first=Son|date=June 10, 2015|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404001416/http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/10/the-rise-and-fall-of-roc-a-fella-records/12/|archivedate=April 4, 2018|deadurl=no}}</ref> She denied reports of a pregnancy involving a married man<ref name="Source3" /> and a romantic relationship with Jay-Z.<ref name="Smile4Me" /> [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] accused Jay-Z of using Amil to try to create a new artist similar to herself.<ref name="Book2">[[All Money Is Legal#Brown2005|Brown (2005)]]: 64</ref> 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.<ref name="Book3">[[All Money Is Legal#Brown2005|Brown (2005)]]: 66</ref>
+After Major Coins disbanded, Jay-Z signed Amil to [[Roc-A-Fella Records|Roc-A-Fella]] in 1998.<ref name="Source2" /><ref name="Source3">{{cite journal|author=Duncan, Andréa|date=December 2000|title=One in Amillion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA139#v=onepage&q&f=false|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=8|issue=10|pages=139|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> She became a high-profile member of the label and received the nicknames "[[Diana Ross]]" and "the [[First Lady]] of Roc-A-Fella".<ref name="Source9">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/24151/roc-a-fella-records-where-are-they-now/|title=Where Are They Now? The Roc-A-Fella Records Edition|last=Jean-Baptiste|first=Renaud Jr.|date=June 6, 2015|publisher=[[VH1]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604155604/http://www.vh1.com/news/24151/roc-a-fella-records-where-are-they-now/|archivedate=June 4, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="2019Source5">{{cite web|
+last1=Tharpe|first1=Frazier|last2=Setaro|first2=Shawn|last3=Gale|first3=Alex|last4=Rocque|first4=Anslem Samuel|last5=Shouneyia|first5=Alexa|last6=Roland|first6=Dria|last7=Ortiz|first7=Edwin|last8=Scarano|first8=Ross|last9=Jenkins|first9=Brandon|last10=Klinkenberg|first10=Brendan|last11=Diaz|first11=Angel|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2017/07/jay-z-encyclopedia/a-e|title=The Jay Z Encyclopedia|date=July 1, 2017|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007212234/https://www.complex.com/music/2017/07/jay-z-encyclopedia/a-e|archive-date=October 7, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> According to a 2015 [[Fact (UK magazine)|''Fact'']] article, Amil's signing to the label became the subject of industry gossip.<ref name="Source192">{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/10/the-rise-and-fall-of-roc-a-fella-records/12/|title=The Rise and Fall of Roc-A-Fella Records|last=Raw|first=Son|date=June 10, 2015|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|page=12|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404001416/http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/10/the-rise-and-fall-of-roc-a-fella-records/12/|archivedate=April 4, 2018|deadurl=no}}</ref> She denied reports of a pregnancy involving a married man<ref name="Source3" /> and a romantic relationship with Jay-Z.<ref name="Smile4Me" /> [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] accused Jay-Z of using Amil to try to create a new artist similar to herself.<ref name="Book2">[[All Money Is Legal#Brown2005|Brown (2005)]]: 64</ref> 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.<ref name="Book3">[[All Money Is Legal#Brown2005|Brown (2005)]]: 66</ref>
-Prior to the release of her debut album, Amil featured on albums by [[Mariah Carey]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Tamar Braxton]], and [[Funkmaster Flex]].<ref name="Source2" /><ref name="2019Source1">{{cite journal|author=Norment, Lynn|date=June 2000|title=Sounding Off: The Best in Recorded Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9doDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=%22Amil%22+%22Tamar+Braxton%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA29vb2bHgAhWN11kKHYqyC7sQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Amil%22%20%22Tamar%20Braxton%22&f=false|journal=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|volume=55|issue=8|pages=32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210181138/https://books.google.com/books?id=9doDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=%22Amil%22+%22Tamar+Braxton%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA29vb2bHgAhWN11kKHYqyC7sQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Amil%22%20%22Tamar%20Braxton%22&f=false|archive-date=February 10, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She collaborated again with Jay-Z for the 1999 singles "[[Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)]]" and "[[Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)]]"<ref name="Source2" /><ref name="2019Source7">{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/12/mase-freestyle-jay-z-do-it-again-beat/|title=Mase Bodies Freestyle Over Jay-Z's 'Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)' Beat|last=Berry|first=Peter A.|date=December 19, 2017|work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210170145/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/12/mase-freestyle-jay-z-do-it-again-beat/|archive-date=February 10, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and the 2000 song "[[Hey Papi]]."<ref name="2019Source6">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/nicki-minaj-female-rappers-mia/story?id=17775891|title=Opinion: Before Nicki Minaj, These 8 Female MCs Ruled|last=Krishnamurthy|first=Sowmya|date=November 21, 2012|publisher=[[ABC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007193939/https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/nicki-minaj-female-rappers-mia/story?id=17775891|archive-date=October 7, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Jay-Z wrote all of Amil's verses for these collaborations.<ref name="Source3" /> She also performed on his Hard Knock Life tour.<ref name="2019Source3">{{cite web|url=http://theboombox.com/sept-19-hip-hop-history/|title=Nile Rodgers is Born, Cam'ron Drops 'S.D.E.' + More: Sept. 19 in Hip-Hop History|last=Fitzgerald|first=Trent|date=September 19, 2018|work=[[The Boombox]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919214720/http://theboombox.com/sept-19-hip-hop-history/|archive-date=September 19, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Amil, who became known as one of Jay-Z's protégés,<ref name="2019Source6" /><ref name="Source12">{{cite journal|author=Ex, Kris|date=December 2000|title=Jayhova’s Witness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA134&dq=%224+da+Fam%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipnevln5_aAhXJq1MKHZGpCOkQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=%224%20da%20Fam%22&f=false|deadurl=no|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=8|issue=10|pages=129–130, 132–136|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403233527/https://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA134&dq=%224+da+Fam%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipnevln5_aAhXJq1MKHZGpCOkQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=%224%20da%20Fam%22&f=false|archivedate=April 3, 2018}}</ref> described her work with him as "a natural thing" and "always smooth".<ref name="Smile4Me" /> As she told ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' in 2000, "[He] just put this career in my hands. I went from having nothing at all to wearing diamonds."<ref name="Source3" />
+Prior to the release of her debut album, Amil featured on albums by [[Mariah Carey]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Tamar Braxton]], and [[Funkmaster Flex]].<ref name="Source2" /><ref name="2019Source1">{{cite journal|author=Norment, Lynn|date=June 2000|title=Sounding Off: The Best in Recorded Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9doDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q&f=false|journal=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|volume=55|issue=8|pages=32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210181138/https://books.google.com/books?id=9doDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=%22Amil%22+%22Tamar+Braxton%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA29vb2bHgAhWN11kKHYqyC7sQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Amil%22%20%22Tamar%20Braxton%22&f=false|archive-date=February 10, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> She collaborated again with Jay-Z for the 1999 singles "[[Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)]]" and "[[Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)]]"<ref name="Source2" /><ref name="2019Source7">{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/12/mase-freestyle-jay-z-do-it-again-beat/|title=Mase Bodies Freestyle Over Jay-Z's 'Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)' Beat|last=Berry|first=Peter A.|date=December 19, 2017|work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210170145/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/12/mase-freestyle-jay-z-do-it-again-beat/|archive-date=February 10, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and the 2000 song "[[Hey Papi]]."<ref name="2019Source6">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/nicki-minaj-female-rappers-mia/story?id=17775891|title=Opinion: Before Nicki Minaj, These 8 Female MCs Ruled|last=Krishnamurthy|first=Sowmya|date=November 21, 2012|publisher=[[ABC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007193939/https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/nicki-minaj-female-rappers-mia/story?id=17775891|archive-date=October 7, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Jay-Z wrote all of Amil's verses for these collaborations.<ref name="Source3" /> She also performed on his Hard Knock Life tour.<ref name="2019Source3">{{cite web|url=http://theboombox.com/sept-19-hip-hop-history/|title=Nile Rodgers Is Born, Cam'ron Drops 'S.D.E.' + More: Sept. 19 in Hip-Hop History|last=Fitzgerald|first=Trent|date=September 19, 2018|work=The Boombox|publisher=[[Townsquare Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919214720/http://theboombox.com/sept-19-hip-hop-history/|archive-date=September 19, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Amil, who became known as one of Jay-Z's protégés,<ref name="2019Source6" /><ref name="Source12">{{cite journal|author=ex, kris<!-- the name "kris ex" is purposefully rendered lowercase, do not capitalize the name -->|date=December 2000|title=Jayhova's Witness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA129#v=onepage&q&f=false|deadurl=no|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=8|issue=10|pages=129–130, 132–136|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403233527/https://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA134&dq=%224+da+Fam%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipnevln5_aAhXJq1MKHZGpCOkQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=%224%20da%20Fam%22&f=false|archivedate=April 3, 2018|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> described her work with him as "a natural thing" and "always smooth".<ref name="Smile4Me" /> As she told ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' in 2000, "[He] just put this career in my hands. I went from having nothing at all to wearing diamonds."<ref name="Source3" />
-''All Money Is Legal'' was recorded between 1999 and 2000 at [[The Cutting Room]], [[The Hit Factory]], and Quad Studios in New York City, and Playground Studios in [[Los Angeles]]. Amil, Jay-Z, and [[Damon Dash]] were the album's [[executive producer]]s.<ref name="Source25">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377/credits|title=Credits: All Money Is Legal|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513154844/http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377/credits|archivedate=May 13, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> Amil has co-writing credits on all of the album's songs,<ref name="Source000" /> and Jay-Z said that she had a "talent for song-making".<ref name="Source3" /> She said she wanted to avoid sexual topics on ''All Money Is Legal'' and had planned to not use any profanity in her future music, explaining: "I know I sin, but I'm trying to become a better person."<ref name="Source3" /> Producer [[Just Blaze]] also contributed to ''All Money Is Legal'',<ref name="Source8">{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2017/08/itsthereal-a-waste-of-time-roc-a-fella-podcast|title=5 Crazy Roc-A-Fella Revelations From ItstheReal's Live Podcast|last=Hay|first=Kameron|date=August 3, 2017|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804014358/http://www.complex.com/music/2017/08/itsthereal-a-waste-of-time-roc-a-fella-podcast|archivedate=August 4, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> and felt his work on the album raised his profile within Roc-A-Fella.<ref name="Source11">{{cite web|url=http://hiphopwired.com/251911/just-blaze-credits-amil-with-making-him-a-go-to-roc-a-fella-producer-video/|title=Just Blaze Credits Amil With Making Him A Go-To Roc-A-Fella Producer [Video]|last=Blanco|first=Alvin Aqua|date=August 21, 2013|publisher=Hip-Hop Wired|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215111439/http://hiphopwired.com/251911/just-blaze-credits-amil-with-making-him-a-go-to-roc-a-fella-producer-video/|archive-date=December 15, 2017|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Beyoncé]] recorded her guest vocals for "[[I Got That]]" in 2000 in a separate recording session. Her then-manager [[Mathew Knowles]] paid Roc-A-Fella for the featured spot as a way to assess her viability as a solo artist, since she was still a part of [[Destiny's Child]] at the time. The collaboration led to Beyoncé meeting her future husband Jay-Z for the first time.<ref name="Book1">[[All Money Is Legal#Taraborrelli2015|Taraborrelli (2015)]]</ref>
+''All Money Is Legal'' was recorded between 1999 and 2000 at [[The Cutting Room]], [[The Hit Factory]], and Quad Studios in New York City, and Playground Studios in [[Los Angeles]]. Amil, Jay-Z, and [[Damon Dash]] were the album's [[executive producer]]s.<ref name="Source25">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377/credits|title=Credits: All Money Is Legal|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513154844/http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377/credits|archivedate=May 13, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> Amil has co-writing credits on all of the album's songs,<ref name="Source000" /> and Jay-Z said that she had a "talent for song-making".<ref name="Source3" /> She said she wanted to avoid sexual topics on ''All Money Is Legal'' and had planned to not use any profanity in her future music, explaining: "I know I sin, but I'm trying to become a better person."<ref name="Source3" /> Producer [[Just Blaze]] also contributed to ''All Money Is Legal'',<ref name="Source8">{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2017/08/itsthereal-a-waste-of-time-roc-a-fella-podcast|title=5 Crazy Roc-A-Fella Revelations From ItstheReal's Live Podcast|last=Hay|first=Kameron|date=August 3, 2017|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804014358/http://www.complex.com/music/2017/08/itsthereal-a-waste-of-time-roc-a-fella-podcast|archivedate=August 4, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> and felt his work on the album raised his profile within Roc-A-Fella.<ref name="Source11">{{cite web|url=https://hiphopwired.com/251911/just-blaze-credits-amil-with-making-him-a-go-to-roc-a-fella-producer-video/|title=Just Blaze Credits Amil With Making Him a Go-To Roc-A-Fella Producer [Video]|last=Blanco|first=Alvin Aqua|date=August 21, 2013|work=HipHopWired|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215111439/http://hiphopwired.com/251911/just-blaze-credits-amil-with-making-him-a-go-to-roc-a-fella-producer-video/|archive-date=December 15, 2017|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Beyoncé]] recorded her guest vocals for "[[I Got That]]" in 2000 in a separate recording session. Her then-manager [[Mathew Knowles]] paid Roc-A-Fella for the featured spot as a way to assess her viability as a solo artist, since she was still a part of [[Destiny's Child]] at the time. The collaboration led to Beyoncé meeting her future husband Jay-Z for the first time.<ref name="Book1">[[All Money Is Legal#Taraborrelli2015|Taraborrelli (2015)]]: 264</ref>
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-''All Money Is Legal'' is a hip hop album that consists of 13 tracks.<ref name="Source6">{{cite journal|date=September 23, 2000|title=Reviews & Previews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0RAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|deadurl=no|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=39|pages=35–36|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/https://books.google.com/books?id=0RAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&dq=%22All+Money+Is+Legal%22+%22Amil%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUnp-_6YDYAhWDZiYKHecFDI0Q6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=%22All%20Money%20Is%20Legal%22%20%22Amil%22&f=false|archivedate=December 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Source17">{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2000/09/18/all-money-legal/|title=All Money Is Legal|last=Browne|first=David|date=September 18, 2000|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/http://ew.com/article/2000/09/18/all-money-legal/|archivedate=December 11, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> Alongside Just Blaze, the album's production team included [[Tyrone Fyffe]], [[Jon-John Robinson]], [[L.E.S. (record producer)|L.E.S.]], [[Trackmasters|Poke & Tone]], [[Rockwilder]], EZ Elpee, Chavon Henry, Sean Lashley, K-Rob, Jay Garfield, Lofey, and Omen.<ref name="Source25" /><ref name="Source000" /> [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]], writing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', described its compositions as having "low slung beats and [an] uncluttered vibe" similar to Jay-Z's music from that era.<ref name="Source17" /> The album focuses on songs about material possessions and money,<ref name="Source3" /><ref name="Source17" /> as evidenced by its title.<ref name="Source17" /> However, some tracks touch on more personal issues,<ref name="Source3" /><ref name="Source6" /> specifically "Smile 4 Me" and "Quarrels".<ref name="Source6" /> Amil [[rapping|raps]] most of her vocals on the album, but also sings on several tracks like "Get Down".<ref name="Source18">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1424892/amil-taps-jay-z-beyonc233-more-for-money/|title=Amil Taps Jay-Z, Beyoncé, More for "Money"|last=Johnson|first=Elon|date=May 25, 2000|publisher=[[MTV News]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/http://www.mtv.com/news/1424892/amil-taps-jay-z-beyonc233-more-for-money/|archivedate=December 11, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="Source6" /> ''[[PopMatters]]''<nowiki/>' Terry Sawyer wrote that Amil and rapper [[Sarai (rapper)|Sarai]] shared similar "silken, imploded vocal styles".<ref name="Source34">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/sarai-original-2496067996.html|title=Sarai: The Original|last=Sawyer|first=Terry|date=November 11, 2003|work=[[PopMatters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211160956/https://www.popmatters.com/sarai-original-2496067996.html|archive-date=February 11, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
+''All Money Is Legal'' is a hip hop album that consists of 13 tracks.<ref name="Source6">{{cite journal|date=September 23, 2000|title=Reviews & Previews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0RAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|deadurl=no|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=39|pages=35–36|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/https://books.google.com/books?id=0RAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&dq=%22All+Money+Is+Legal%22+%22Amil%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUnp-_6YDYAhWDZiYKHecFDI0Q6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=%22All%20Money%20Is%20Legal%22%20%22Amil%22&f=false|archivedate=December 11, 2017|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name="Source17">{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2000/09/18/all-money-legal/|title=All Money Is Legal|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|date=September 18, 2000|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/http://ew.com/article/2000/09/18/all-money-legal/|archivedate=December 11, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> Alongside Just Blaze, the album's production team included [[Tyrone Fyffe]], [[Jon-John Robinson]], [[L.E.S. (record producer)|L.E.S.]], [[Trackmasters|Poke & Tone]], [[Rockwilder]], EZ Elpee, Chavon Henry, Sean Lashley, K-Rob, Jay Garfield, Lofey, and Omen.<ref name="Source25" /><ref name="Source000" /> [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]], writing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', described its compositions as having "low slung beats and [an] uncluttered vibe" similar to Jay-Z's music from that era.<ref name="Source17" /> The album focuses on songs about material possessions and money,<ref name="Source3" /><ref name="Source17" /> as evidenced by its title.<ref name="Source17" /> However, some tracks touch on more personal issues,<ref name="Source3" /><ref name="Source6" /> specifically "Smile 4 Me" and "Quarrels".<ref name="Source6" /> Amil [[rapping|raps]] most of her vocals on the album, but also sings on several tracks like "Get Down".<ref name="Source18">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1424892/amil-taps-jay-z-beyonc233-more-for-money/|title=Amil Taps Jay-Z, Beyoncé, More for 'Money'|last=Johnson|first=Elon|date=May 25, 2000|publisher=[[MTV News]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/http://www.mtv.com/news/1424892/amil-taps-jay-z-beyonc233-more-for-money/|archivedate=December 11, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="Source6" /> ''PopMatters''{{'}} Terry Sawyer unfavorably compared Amil to rapper [[Sarai (rapper)|Sarai]], saying both had "virtually identical", "silken, imploded vocal styles".<ref name="Source34">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/sarai-original-2496067996.html|title=Sarai: The Original|last=Sawyer|first=Terry|date=November 11, 2003|work=[[PopMatters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211160956/https://www.popmatters.com/sarai-original-2496067996.html|archive-date=February 11, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
-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."<ref name="Source6" /><ref name="Source16">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/article/13021147/all-money-is-legal|title=All Money Is Legal|last=Coates|first=Ta-Nehisi|date=November 10, 2000|work=[[Washington City Paper]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/article/13021147/all-money-is-legal|archivedate=December 11, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> On "Smile 4 Me", Amil retells aspects of her life before her music career, such as living on [[Welfare in the United States|welfare]] and [[shoplifting]].<ref name="Source17" /> The second song, "[[I Got That]]", features Beyoncé on its [[Hook (music)|chorus]] and encourages women to become more independent.<ref name="Source6" /> Commentators compared the song to music released by Destiny's Child,<ref name="Source142">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/08/every-beyonce-song-ranked/|title=Every Beyoncé Song, Ranked|date=August 19, 2015|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626234745/http://www.spin.com/2015/08/every-beyonce-song-ranked/|archivedate=June 26, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="Source20">{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/19639/1/beyonce-s-most-overlooked-features|title=Beyoncé’s most overlooked features|last=Iandoli|first=Kathy|date=April 23, 2014|work=[[Dazed]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330024514/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/19639/1/beyonce-s-most-overlooked-features|archivedate=March 30, 2015|deadurl=no}}</ref> and a [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']] writer said it continues the "statement[s] of simple financial and romantic independence" found throughout Beyoncé's discography.<ref name="Source142" /> Amil references [[Satan]] as being at the root of all business in the [[Bass (sound)|bass]]-heavy track "Quarrels",<ref name="Source3" /><ref name="Source6" /> which has additional vocals by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer Thomas.<ref name="Source18" /> In "Girlfriend", she worries about infidelity after taking a woman's boyfriend, and raps about the shame of going "from [[Gucci]] sandals back to [[Generic brand|no-name brands]]" on "Anyday".<ref name="Source17" />
+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."<ref name="Source6" /><ref name="Source16">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/article/13021147/all-money-is-legal|title=All Money Is Legal|last=Coates|first=Ta-Nehisi|author-link=Ta-Nehisi Coates|date=November 10, 2000|work=[[Washington City Paper]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/article/13021147/all-money-is-legal|archivedate=December 11, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> On "Smile 4 Me", Amil retells aspects of her life before her music career, such as living on [[Welfare in the United States|welfare]] and [[shoplifting]].<ref name="Source17" /> The second song, "[[I Got That]]", features Beyoncé on its [[Hook (music)|chorus]] and encourages women to become more independent.<ref name="Source6" /> Commentators compared the song to music released by Destiny's Child,<ref name="Source142">{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|display-authors=etal|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/08/every-beyonce-song-ranked/|title=Every Beyoncé Song, Ranked|date=August 19, 2015|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626234745/http://www.spin.com/2015/08/every-beyonce-song-ranked/|archivedate=June 26, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="Source20">{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/19639/1/beyonce-s-most-overlooked-features|title=Beyoncé’s most overlooked features|last=Iandoli|first=Kathy|date=April 23, 2014|work=[[Dazed]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330024514/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/19639/1/beyonce-s-most-overlooked-features|archivedate=March 30, 2015|deadurl=no}}</ref> and a [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']] writer said it continues the "statement[s] of simple financial and romantic independence" found throughout Beyoncé's discography.<ref name="Source142" /> Amil references [[Satan]] as being at the root of all business in the [[Bass (sound)|bass]]-heavy track "Quarrels",<ref name="Source3" /><ref name="Source6" /> which has additional vocals by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer Thomas.<ref name="Source18" /> In "Girlfriend", she worries about infidelity after taking a woman's boyfriend, and raps about the shame of going "from [[Gucci]] sandals back to [[Generic brand|no-name brands]]" on "Anyday".<ref name="Source17" />
-In an academic paper, [[Women's studies]] professor Layli D. Phillips and [[social psychology]] professor Dionne P. Stephens cited Amil and ''All Money Is Legal'' as part of a trend of female hip hop artists performing the [[Stereotype|stereotypical]] role of a "[[Gold digging|gold digger]]" in their music. They highlighted the lyric "You know I gotta keep tricks up the sleeve, leav' em bankrupt with [[blue balls]] till the dick bleed" from the album track "All Money is Legal (A.M.I.L.)" as an example.<ref name="Source000" /><ref name="Sexuality">{{cite journal|last1=Stephens|first1=Dionne P.|last2=Phillips|first2=Layli D.|date=March 2003|title=Freaks, gold diggers, divas, and dykes: The sociohistorical development of adolescent African American women’s sexual scripts|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03159848|journal=Sexuality & Culture|volume=7|issue=1|pages=3{{en dash}}49|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070608/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03159848|archive-date=February 12, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''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.<ref name="Source3" />
+In an academic paper, [[Women's studies]] professor Layli D. Phillips and [[social psychology]] professor Dionne P. Stephens cited Amil and ''All Money Is Legal'' as part of a trend of female hip hop artists performing the [[Stereotype|stereotypical]] role of a "[[Gold digging|gold digger]]" in their music. They highlighted the lyric "You know I gotta keep tricks up the sleeve, leav' em bankrupt with [[blue balls]] till the dick bleed" from the album track "All Money is Legal (A.M.I.L.)" as an example.<ref name="Sexuality">{{cite journal|last1=Stephens|first1=Dionne P.|last2=Phillips|first2=Layli D.|date=March 2003|title=Freaks, gold diggers, divas, and dykes: The sociohistorical development of adolescent African American women's sexual scripts|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]]|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03159848|journal=Sexuality & Culture|volume=7|issue=1|pages=3{{en dash}}49|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070608/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03159848|archive-date=February 12, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}} {{subscription required}}</ref> ''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.<ref name="Source3" />
-''All Money Is Legal'' includes three features from Jay-Z.<ref name="Source000">{{cite AV media notes|title=All Money Is Legal|date=September 19, 2000|others=[[Amil (rapper)|Amil]]|type=inlay cover|publisher=[[Roc-A-Fella Records]], [[Columbia Records]], and [[Sony Music]]}}</ref> Amil and Jay-Z rap about [[materialism]] on "Heard It All",<ref name="Source17" /> and he also contributed to "That's Right" after hearing Just Blaze's production during a recording session.<ref name="Source11" /> His final appearance is the album closer "[[4 da Fam]]", also featuring [[Memphis Bleek]] and [[Beanie Sigel]].<ref name="Source18" /> 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."<ref name="SourceMTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1676987/jay-z-glory-cant-be-life-dad-lyrics/|title=Jay-Z Takes on Fatherhood: From 'Glory' to 'Can't Be Life'|last=Markman|first=Rob|date=January 9, 2012|publisher=[[MTV News]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/http://www.mtv.com/news/1676987/jay-z-glory-cant-be-life-dad-lyrics/|archivedate=December 15, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> A column in ''Vibe'' interpreted the line as a pregnancy announcement from Jay-Z, who was an uncommitted [[bachelor]] at the time, but he never publicly commented on the lyric.<ref name="SourceChildren">{{cite journal|date=August 2000|title=Vibe Confidential|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ScEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&dq=%22Amil%22+%22Jay-Z%22+%22relationship%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiiirmEla3hAhXtw1kKHcnTBqQ4ChDoAQgpMAA#v=onepage&q=%22Amil%22%20&f=false|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=8|issue=6|pages=56}}</ref> He had his first child, [[Blue Ivy]], with Beyoncé in January 2012.<ref name="SourceMTV" />
+''All Money Is Legal'' includes three features from Jay-Z.<ref name="Source000">{{cite AV media notes|title=All Money Is Legal|date=September 19, 2000|others=[[Amil (rapper)|Amil]]|type=inlay cover|publisher=[[Roc-A-Fella Records]], [[Columbia Records]], and [[Sony Music]]}}</ref> Amil and Jay-Z rap about [[materialism]] on "Heard It All",<ref name="Source17" /> and he also contributed to "That's Right" after hearing Just Blaze's production during a recording session.<ref name="Source11" /> His final appearance is the album closer "[[4 da Fam]]", also featuring [[Memphis Bleek]] and [[Beanie Sigel]].<ref name="Source18" /> 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."<ref name="SourceMTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1676987/jay-z-glory-cant-be-life-dad-lyrics/|title=Jay-Z Takes on Fatherhood: From 'Glory' to 'Can't Be Life'|last=Markman|first=Rob|date=January 9, 2012|publisher=[[MTV News]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/http://www.mtv.com/news/1676987/jay-z-glory-cant-be-life-dad-lyrics/|archivedate=December 15, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> A column in ''Vibe'' interpreted the line as a pregnancy announcement from Jay-Z, who was an uncommitted [[bachelor]] at the time, but he never publicly commented on the lyric.<ref name="SourceChildren">{{cite journal|date=August 2000|title=''Vibe'' Confidential|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ScEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=8|issue=6|pages=56|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He had his first child, [[Blue Ivy]], with Beyoncé in January 2012.<ref name="SourceMTV" />
 == Release and promotion ==
 [[File:Beyonce.jpg|thumb|upright|Beyoncé (''pictured in 2007'') was featured on the album's lead single "I Got That".|alt=A picture of Beyoncé in a sparkling gown.]]
-"I Got That" was released on July 5, 2000, as the album's [[lead single]].<ref name="Source18" /><ref name="Source6" /> The [[music video]] for "I Got That" appeared on the list of [[BET]]'s most-played clips for the weeks of August 1 and August 8, 2000.<ref name="Source22">{{cite journal|date=August 19, 2000|title=Video Monitor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96&dq|deadurl=no|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=34|pages=96|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108095244/http://books.google.com/books?id=UBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96&dq|archivedate=November 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Source24">{{cite journal|date=August 26, 2000|title=Video Monitor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA93&dq|deadurl=no|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=35|pages=93|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628075030/http://books.google.com/books?id=ZhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA93&dq|archivedate=June 28, 2014}}</ref> The video also played on [[The Box (US TV channel)|The Box]]—a now-defunct music video network—during the same two weeks.<ref name="Source22" /><ref name="Source24" /> Kathy Iandoli of ''[[Dazed]]'' praised "I Got That" as a showcase for Amil's potential as a rapper,<ref name="Source20" /> and David Browne wrote Amil had "sultry, sing songy rapping" that perfectly suits the instrumental.<ref name="Source17" /> Conversely, ''Vibe'' named the song among the year's worst artistic pairings in hip hop for its Beyoncé feature.<ref name="Source21">{{cite journal|date=December 2000|title=Cipher Sounds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59|deadurl=no|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=8|issue=10|pages=59|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628073146/http://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA139&dq|archivedate=June 28, 2014}}</ref> "I Got That" reached number one on the [[Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles]] [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' chart]].<ref name="Source33">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AAmil&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Amil|title=Search results|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> Beyoncé's vocals have been applauded retrospectively; Andrew Unterberger at ''Spin'' said the song "deserved better, and Bey's breathy chorus is a big reason why",<ref name="Source142" /> and Iandoli said that "Beyoncé did Amil the favor of her life" with her feature.<ref name="Source20" />
+"I Got That" was released on July 5, 2000, as the album's [[lead single]].<ref name="Source18" /><ref name="Source6" /> The [[music video]] for "I Got That" appeared on the list of [[BET]]'s most-played clips for the weeks of August 1 and August 8, 2000.<ref name="Source22">{{cite journal|date=August 19, 2000|title=Video Monitor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96&dq|deadurl=no|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=34|pages=96|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108095244/http://books.google.com/books?id=UBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96&dq|archivedate=November 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Source24">{{cite journal|date=August 26, 2000|title=Video Monitor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA93&dq|deadurl=no|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=35|pages=93|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628075030/http://books.google.com/books?id=ZhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA93&dq|archivedate=June 28, 2014|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The video also played on [[The Box (US TV channel)|The Box]]—a now-defunct music video network—during the same two weeks.<ref name="Source22" /><ref name="Source24" /> Kathy Iandoli of ''[[Dazed]]'' praised "I Got That" as a showcase for Amil's potential as a rapper,<ref name="Source20" /> and David Browne wrote Amil had "sultry, sing songy rapping" that perfectly suits the instrumental.<ref name="Source17" /> Conversely, ''Vibe'' named the song among the year's worst artistic pairings in hip hop for its Beyoncé feature.<ref name="Source21">{{cite journal|last=Weingarten|first=Marc|date=December 2000|title=Partners in Rhyme|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false|deadurl=no|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=8|issue=10|pages=58–59|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628073146/http://books.google.com/books?id=7icEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA139&dq|archivedate=June 28, 2014|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> "I Got That" reached number one on the [[Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles]] [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' chart]] on September 16.<ref name="Source33">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2000-09-16/bubbling-under-r-and-b-hip-hop-singles|title=Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop: Sep 16, 2000 {{!}} ''Billboard'' Archive|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Beyoncé's vocals have been applauded retrospectively; Andrew Unterberger at ''Spin'' said the song "deserved better, and Bey's breathy chorus is a big reason why",<ref name="Source142" /> and Iandoli said that "Beyoncé did Amil the favor of her life" with her feature.<ref name="Source20" />
-''All Money Is Legal'' was released through Roc-A-Fella, [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], and [[Sony Music]] on August 29, 2000, as a [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], [[Compact disc|CD]], and [[Music download|digital download]].<ref name="Releases1">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377/releases|title=Releases: All Music Is Legal|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513001226/http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377/releases|archivedate=May 13, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="2019Source2">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-money-is-legal/186402777|title=All Money is Legal|date=September 13, 2000|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210181138/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-money-is-legal/186402777|archive-date=February 10, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It had originally been scheduled for a release in early August.<ref name="Source18" /> With an [[acronym]] form matching the artist's name, the album is alternatively titled ''A.M.I.L.: (All Money Is Legal)''.<ref name="Source3" /> The album sold 29,000 copies in the first week of its release.<ref name="Source15">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/does-jay-z-have-problem-marketing-female-artists-former-roc-nation-singer-bridget-kelly-weighs-1566694|title=Does Jay Z have a problem marketing female artists? Former Roc Nation singer Bridget Kelly weighs in|last=Lavin|first=Will|date=June 24, 2016|work=[[International Business Times]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827160607/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/does-jay-z-have-problem-marketing-female-artists-former-roc-nation-singer-bridget-kelly-weighs-1566694|archivedate=August 27, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> It simultaneously debuted and peaked at number 45 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.<ref name="NewSource1">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/billboard-200/song/394614|title=Billboard 2000|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212030746/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/billboard-200/song/394614|archive-date=February 12, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On the ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart, ''All Money Is Legal'' reached its peak position at number 12 on October 7, 2000, and was on the chart for a total of eight weeks.<ref name="Source29">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/394614|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (A.M.I.L.)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/394614|archivedate=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
+''All Money Is Legal'' was released through Roc-A-Fella, [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], and [[Sony Music]] on August 29, 2000, as a [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], and [[Compact disc|CD]].<ref name="Releases1">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377/releases|title=Releases: All Music Is Legal|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513001226/http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377/releases|archivedate=May 13, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> It had originally been scheduled for a release in early August.<ref name="Source18" /> With an [[acronym]] form matching the artist's name, the album is alternately titled ''A.M.I.L.: (All Money Is Legal)''.<ref name="Source3" /> The album sold 29,000 copies in the first week of its release.<ref name="Source15">{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/does-jay-z-have-problem-marketing-female-artists-former-roc-nation-singer-bridget-kelly-weighs-1566694|title=Does Jay Z have a problem marketing female artists? Former Roc Nation singer Bridget Kelly weighs in|last=Lavin|first=Will|date=June 24, 2016|work=[[International Business Times]] ''(UK)''|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827160607/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/does-jay-z-have-problem-marketing-female-artists-former-roc-nation-singer-bridget-kelly-weighs-1566694|archivedate=August 27, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> It simultaneously debuted and peaked at number 45 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.<ref name="NewSource1">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/billboard-200/song/394614|title=Amil ''A.M.I.L. (All Money Is Legal)'' Chart History [''Billboard'' 200<nowiki>]</nowiki>|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212030746/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/billboard-200/song/394614|archive-date=February 12, 2019|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On the ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart, ''All Money Is Legal'' reached its peak position at number 12 on October 7, 2000, and was on the chart for a total of eight weeks.<ref name="Source29">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/394614|title=Amil ''A.M.I.L. (All Money Is Legal)'' Chart History [Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums<nowiki>]</nowiki>|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/394614|archivedate=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
-The second single, "4 da Fam", was released in September as a [[Double A-Side|double A-side]] with "I Got That";<ref name="4daFamSingle">{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jay-z-beyond_reasonable_doubt|title=Jay-Z: Beyond Reasonable Doubt|last=Cowie|first=Del F.|date=August 23, 2009|work=[[Exclaim!]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329081950/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jay-z-beyond_reasonable_doubt|archivedate=March 29, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="Book4">[[All Money Is Legal#Dalzell2018|Dalzell (2018)]]: p. 1950</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/i-got-that-4-da-fam/oclc/74825265&referer=brief_results|title=I got that : 4 da fam|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216054611/https://www.worldcat.org/title/i-got-that-4-da-fam/oclc/74825265%26referer%3Dbrief_results|archivedate=December 16, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> an accompanying "4 da Fam" music video had premiered earlier in the summer.<ref name="Source26">{{cite journal|last=Hay|first=Carla|date=July 29, 2000|title=MTV, Refac Team to Create Consumer Electronics Line|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99&dq|deadurl=no|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=31|pages=97|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/https://books.google.com/books?id=kxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99&dq|archivedate=December 11, 2017}}</ref> For a 2017 [[Vulture.com]] article, John Kennedy had a mixed response for the song, calling it "a passable Roc-A-Fella posse cut that feels more like a team-building exercise".<ref name="Source172">{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/all-274-jay-z-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|title=All 274 Jay-Z Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best|last=Kennedy|first=John|date=September 5, 2017|publisher=[[Vulture.com]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225111015/http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/all-274-jay-z-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|archivedate=February 25, 2018|deadurl=no}}</ref> A [[Bossip]] writer included Amil's boast about being "the illest in all of hip-hop" and making $40,000 per guest verse in its 2012 list of the top ten "greatest rap lies".<ref name="Source202">{{cite web|url=https://bossip.com/695520/rappers-be-lyin-top-10-greatest-rap-lies/11/|title=Rappers Be Lyin: 10 Greatest Rap Lies|date=December 12, 2012|publisher=[[Bossip]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219034647/http://bossip.com/695520/rappers-be-lyin-top-10-greatest-rap-lies/11/|archivedate=February 19, 2015|deadurl=no}}</ref> In a 2018 [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex'']] article, 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".<ref name="Source722">{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/the-best-jay-z-songs/4-da-fam|title=The 100 Best Jay-Z Songs|last1=Barber|first1=Andrew|last2=Shipley|first2=Al|date=March 20, 2018|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403235054/http://www.complex.com/music/the-best-jay-z-songs/4-da-fam|archivedate=April 3, 2018|deadurl=no}}</ref> The song peaked at number 99 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] ''Billboard'' chart,<ref name="Source28">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/388958|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (4 da Fam)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/388958|archivedate=December 15, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> number 97 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs ''Billboard'' chart,<ref name="Source30">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-and-b-hip-hop-streaming-songs/song/388958|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs (4 da Fam)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-and-b-hip-hop-streaming-songs/song/388958|archivedate=December 15, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> and number 29 on the [[Hot Rap Songs]] ''Billboard'' chart.<ref name="Source31">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/rap-song/song/388958|title=Hot Rap Songs (4 da Fam)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/rap-song/song/388958|archivedate=December 15, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> "That's Right" and "Get Down" were released on a [[12-inch single]] and [[vinyl record]] as [[promotional single]]s.<ref name="Source0000">{{cite AV media notes|title=''"That's Right" / "Get Down"''|date=2000|others=[[Amil (rapper)|Amil]]|type=inlay cover|publisher=[[Roc-A-Fella Records]], [[Columbia Records]], and [[Sony Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/thats-right-get-down/oclc/612241100&referer=brief_results|title=That's right ; Get down|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216054613/https://www.worldcat.org/title/thats-right-get-down/oclc/612241100%26referer%3Dbrief_results|archivedate=December 16, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref>
+The second single, "4 da Fam", was released in September as a [[Double A-Side|double A-side]] with "I Got That";<ref name="4daFamSingle">{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jay-z-beyond_reasonable_doubt|title=Jay-Z: Beyond ''Reasonable Doubt''|last=Cowie|first=Del F.|date=August 23, 2009|work=[[Exclaim!]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329081950/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jay-z-beyond_reasonable_doubt|archivedate=March 29, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="Book4">[[All Money Is Legal#Dalzell2018|Dalzell (2018)]]: p. 1950</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/i-got-that-4-da-fam/oclc/74825265&referer=brief_results|title=I got that : 4 da fam|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216054611/https://www.worldcat.org/title/i-got-that-4-da-fam/oclc/74825265%26referer%3Dbrief_results|archivedate=December 16, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> an accompanying "4 da Fam" music video had premiered earlier in the summer.<ref name="Source26">{{cite journal|last=Hay|first=Carla|date=July 29, 2000|title=MTV, Refac Team to Create Consumer Electronics Line|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99&dq|deadurl=no|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=112|issue=31|pages=97|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211052350/https://books.google.com/books?id=kxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99&dq|archivedate=December 11, 2017|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> For a 2017 ''Vulture'' article, John Kennedy had a mixed response for the song, calling it "a passable Roc-A-Fella posse cut that feels more like a team-building exercise".<ref name="Source172">{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/all-274-jay-z-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|title=All 274 Jay-Z Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best|last=Kennedy|first=John|date=September 5, 2017|work=Vulture|publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York Media, LLC]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225111015/http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/all-274-jay-z-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|archivedate=February 25, 2018|deadurl=no}}</ref> A ''[[Bossip]]'' writer included Amil's boast about being "the illest in all of hip-hop" and making $40,000 per guest verse in its 2012 list of the top ten "greatest rap lies".<ref name="Source202">{{cite web|author=''Bossip'' staff|url=https://bossip.com/695520/rappers-be-lyin-top-10-greatest-rap-lies/10/|title=Rappers Be Lyin: 10 Greatest Rap Lies|page=10|date=December 12, 2012|website=[[Bossip]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219034647/http://bossip.com/695520/rappers-be-lyin-top-10-greatest-rap-lies/11/|archivedate=February 19, 2015|deadurl=no}}</ref> In a 2018 [[Complex (magazine)|''Complex'']] article, 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".<ref name="Source722">{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/the-best-jay-z-songs/|title=The 100 Best Jay-Z Songs|last1=Barber|first1=Andrew|last2=Shipley|first2=Al|date=March 20, 2018|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403235054/http://www.complex.com/music/the-best-jay-z-songs/4-da-fam|archivedate=April 3, 2018|deadurl=no}}</ref> The song peaked at number 99 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] ''Billboard'' chart,<ref name="Source28">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/388958|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (4 da Fam)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/388958|archivedate=December 15, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> number 97 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs ''Billboard'' chart,<ref name="Source30">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-and-b-hip-hop-streaming-songs/song/388958|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs (4 da Fam)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/r-and-b-hip-hop-streaming-songs/song/388958|archivedate=December 15, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> and number 29 on the [[Hot Rap Songs]] ''Billboard'' chart.<ref name="Source31">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/rap-song/song/388958|title=Hot Rap Songs (4 da Fam)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215040959/https://www.billboard.com/music/amil/chart-history/rap-song/song/388958|archivedate=December 15, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref> "That's Right" and "Get Down" were released on a [[12-inch single]] and [[vinyl record]] as [[promotional single]]s.<ref name="Source0000">{{cite AV media notes|title=''"That's Right" / "Get Down"''|date=2000|others=[[Amil (rapper)|Amil]]|type=inlay cover|publisher=[[Roc-A-Fella Records]], [[Columbia Records]], and [[Sony Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/thats-right-get-down/oclc/612241100&referer=brief_results|title=That's right ; Get down|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216054613/https://www.worldcat.org/title/thats-right-get-down/oclc/612241100%26referer%3Dbrief_results|archivedate=December 16, 2017|deadurl=no}}</ref>
 == Critical reception ==
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 The album received a mixed response from critics. In ''Vibe'', Andréa Duncan praised it as a "surprisingly diverse and thoughtful collection of tracks".<ref name="Source3" /> [[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.<ref name="Source1">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377|title=AllMusic Review: All Music Is Legal|last=Wilson|first=MacKenzie|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012003654/http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-money-is-legal-mw0000069377|archivedate=October 12, 2016|deadurl=no}}</ref> In ''Entertainment Weekly'', David Browne praised some of the lyrics—specifically, references to [[Aesop]] and [[Blake Carrington]]—but he dismissed the overall focus on money as unoriginal.<ref name="Source17" /> [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]], writing for the ''[[Washington City Paper]]'', panned ''All Money Is Legal'' as "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.<ref name="Source16" />
-Several reviewers cited "Quarrels" and "Smile 4 Me" as album highlights. Despite his overall negative assessment, Coates said Amil had successfully pulled from her past in "melancholy [[confession]]als" like "Smile 4 Me".<ref name="Source16" /> An anonymous review columnist in ''Billboard'' praised the autographical "Smile 4 Me" as "a testament to [Amil's] lyricism" and wrote that her verses in "Quarrels" on themes of [[morality]] would "make heads both nod and think".<ref name="Source6" /> A ''Vibe'' contributor identified "Quarrels", alongside [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]]'s 1999 single "[[Love Is Blind (Eve song)|Love Is Blind]]", as examples of "strong-willed, pro-woman songs" written and recorded by female rappers.<ref name="Source27">{{cite journal|date=January 2001|title=Moments to Remember|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37&dq=%22Amil%22+%22Quarrels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivm_jIroPYAhUGUd8KHXLUBhMQ6AEINjAC#v=onepage&q=%22Amil%22%20%22Quarrels%22&f=false|deadurl=no|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=9|issue=11|pages=37|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212015524/https://books.google.com/books?id=xCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37&dq=%22Amil%22+%22Quarrels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivm_jIroPYAhUGUd8KHXLUBhMQ6AEINjAC#v=onepage&q=%22Amil%22%20%22Quarrels%22&f=false|archivedate=December 12, 2017}}</ref> In a 2014 ''Billboard'' interview, Amil said that "Smile 4 Me" was one of her favorite songs from the album and that she generally preferred the songs drawn from her personal life.<ref name="Smile4Me" />
+Several reviewers cited "Quarrels" and "Smile 4 Me" as album highlights. Despite his overall negative assessment, Coates said Amil had successfully pulled from her past in "melancholy [[confession]]als" like "Smile 4 Me".<ref name="Source16" /> An anonymous review columnist in ''Billboard'' praised the autographical "Smile 4 Me" as "a testament to [Amil's] lyricism" and wrote that her verses in "Quarrels" on themes of [[morality]] would "make heads both nod and think".<ref name="Source6" /> A ''Vibe'' contributor identified "Quarrels", alongside [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]]'s 1999 single "[[Love Is Blind (Eve song)|Love Is Blind]]", as examples of "strong-willed, pro-woman songs" written and recorded by female rappers.<ref name="Source27">{{cite journal|date=January 2001|title=Moments to Remember|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37&dq=%22Amil%22+%22Quarrels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivm_jIroPYAhUGUd8KHXLUBhMQ6AEINjAC#v=onepage&q=%22Amil%22%20%22Quarrels%22&f=false|deadurl=no|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=9|issue=11|pages=37|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212015524/https://books.google.com/books?id=xCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37&dq=%22Amil%22+%22Quarrels%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivm_jIroPYAhUGUd8KHXLUBhMQ6AEINjAC#v=onepage&q=%22Amil%22%20%22Quarrels%22&f=false|archivedate=December 12, 2017|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> In a 2014 ''Billboard'' interview, Amil said that "Smile 4 Me" was one of her favorite songs from the album and that she generally preferred the songs drawn from her personal life.<ref name="Smile4Me" />
-Retrospective assessments of ''All Money Is Legal'' have remained mixed. At ''[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]'', Son Raw said Amil's voice made her music a "love-her-or-hate-her proposition", but highlighted "4 da Fam" as a "prime ''Roc La Familia''-era posse cut".<ref name="Source192" /> In a comparison of Amil and Sarai for ''Complex'', Terry Sawyer summed up their music as leaving only a "fleeting, shrugging impression".<ref name="Source34" /> ''Complex'' also included ''All Money is Legal'' in a 2015 [[listicle]] on "factually incorrect" titles for hip hop albums because, in their words, "guess what, Amil, all money is not legal."<ref name="2019Source4">{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2015/01/factually-incorrect-rap-album-titles/amil-all-money-is-legal|title=20 Factually Incorrect Rap Album Titles|last=Brokencool|date=January 12, 2015|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106230924/http://www.complex.com/music/2015/01/factually-incorrect-rap-album-titles/amil-all-money-is-legal|archive-date=November 6, 2015|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
+Retrospective assessments of ''All Money Is Legal'' have remained mixed. In an article for ''PopMatters'' published about three years after the album's release, Terry Sawyer said Amil's music was generic and left only a "fleeting, shrugging impression".<ref name="Source34" /> At ''[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]'', Son Raw said Amil's voice made her music a "love-her-or-hate-her proposition", but highlighted "4 da Fam" as a "prime ''Roc La Familia''-era posse cut".<ref name="Source192" /> ''Complex'' also included ''All Money is Legal'' in a 2015 [[listicle]] on "factually incorrect" titles for hip hop albums because, in their words, "guess what, Amil, all money is not legal."<ref name="2019Source4">{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2015/01/factually-incorrect-rap-album-titles/amil-all-money-is-legal|title=20 Factually Incorrect Rap Album Titles|last=Brokencool|date=January 12, 2015|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106230924/http://www.complex.com/music/2015/01/factually-incorrect-rap-album-titles/amil-all-money-is-legal|archive-date=November 6, 2015|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
 == Aftermath ==
 [[File:Amil.jpg|thumb|upright|Amil (''pictured in 2014'') has largely dropped out from the public eye since the album's release.|alt=A picture of Amil in a black zip-up jacket.]]
-Amil was removed from the Roc-A-Fella roster shortly after the release of ''All Money Is Legal''.<ref name="Source9" /><ref name="Source13" /> After appearing in a music video alongside the rapper Baby (later known as [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]]), a February 2001 ''Vibe'' column speculated that she was likely to sign a record deal with [[Cash Money Records|Cash Money]], the label he co-founded.<ref name="WeVibing2">{{cite journal|date=February 2001|title=Vibe Confidential: The Lowdown on the Down Low|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&dq|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=9|issue=2|pages=36}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Smile4Me" /><ref name="Source9" /><ref name="2019SourceApril">{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2014/03/amil-remember|title=Amil Is Back Rapping Over Jay Z Instrumentals and Prepping Her New Mixtape "Another Moment in Life"|last=Ortiz|first=Edwin|date=March 17, 2014|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820105844/https://www.complex.com/music/2014/03/amil-remember|archive-date=August 20, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
+Amil was removed from the Roc-A-Fella roster shortly after the release of ''All Money Is Legal''.<ref name="Source9" /><ref name="Source13" /> After appearing in a music video alongside the rapper Baby (later known as [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]]), a February 2001 ''Vibe'' column speculated that she was likely to sign a record deal with [[Cash Money Records|Cash Money]], the label he co-founded.<ref name="WeVibing2">{{cite journal|date=February 2001|title=Vibe Confidential: The Lowdown on the Down Low|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&dq|journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|volume=9|issue=2|pages=36|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Smile4Me" /><ref name="Source9" /><ref name="2019SourceApril">{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2014/03/amil-remember|title=Amil Is Back Rapping Over Jay Z Instrumentals and Prepping Her New Mixtape "Another Moment in Life"|last=Ortiz|first=Edwin|date=March 17, 2014|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820105844/https://www.complex.com/music/2014/03/amil-remember|archive-date=August 20, 2018|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
 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.<ref name="2019Source5" /><ref name="WeVibing2" /> During a 2011 interview with ''Vibe'', she responded to the rumors about her and Jay-Z:
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 === Book sources ===
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-* {{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Jake|title=Jay-Z and the Roc-A-Fella Dynasty|year=2005|publisher=Amber Books Publishing|location=Phoenix|pages=|isbn=0-9749779-1-8|ref=Brown2005}}
+* {{cite book|last=Brown|first=Jake|title=Jay-Z and the Roc-A-Fella Dynasty|year=2005|publisher=Amber Books Publishing|location=Phoenix|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhdD5B87rhQC|via=[[Google Books]]|isbn=0-9749779-1-8|ref=Brown2005}}
-* {{cite book|editor-last1=Dalzell|editor-first1=Tom|title=The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English|year=2018|publisher=[[Routledge]]|location=Abingdon|pages=|isbn=978-1-138-77965-5|ref=Dalzell2018}}
+* {{cite book|editor-last=Dalzell|editor-first=Tom|title=The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English|year=2018|edition=2nd|publisher=[[Routledge]]|location=Abingdon|isbn=978-1-351-76520-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qX5aDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|via=[[Google Books]]|ref=Dalzell2018}}
-* {{cite book|last1=Taraborrelli|first1=J. Randy|title=Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story|year=2015|publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]]|location=New York|pages=|isbn=978-1-4789-3716-6|ref=Taraborrelli2015}}
+* {{cite book|last=Taraborrelli|first=J. Randy|author-link=J. Randy Taraborrelli|title=Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story|year=2015|edition=1st|publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]]|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4555-1672-8|ref=Taraborrelli2015}}
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Amil
Albums	All Money Is Legal
Singles	"I Got That" "4 da Fam"
Featured singles	"Can I Get A..." "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" "Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)" "Hey Papi"
Related articles	Discography Roc-A-Fella Records Jay-Z