Revisiting Review Nov 2022: When this dropped I remember liking it more than my original review states. I think I had it at 3/5 after my early listens. A few songs in, I can see why. The production is actually pretty likeable with some catchy hooks as well.
After checking the whole project out, it is quite up and down though.
It begins with 4 southern hip hop/crunk influenced songs that toe the line nicely between harder hip hop and pop rap. From 'I Do It All Night' the pop rap gets more prominent and some of it is good-great.
'Sex Room' has an excellently sung hook by Trey Songz that makes it stand out. Monica and Ludacris trade lines on 'Can't Live With You' that has fine production with catchy vocals. 'Feelin' So Sexy' and 'Tell me a Secret' are a level below the previously two mentioned songs but are worth repeating.
None of the more straight up hip hop feeling songs live up to anything near the best of Ludacris. 'My Chick Bad' is probably the best of them with 'Everybody Drunk' having some Hypnotize Minds like production and being enjoyable as well. 'I Know You Got a Man' sounds so late '00s.
A real mixed bag without enough to go back to. Ludacris makes this better than it would be with another rapper, but it's the lowest point of his discography.
Beats: ★★☆
Rapping/Bars: ★★★
Hooks: ★★★
Best Tracks: Intro, Everybody Drunk, Sex Room, Can't Live With You, Feelin' So Sexy, Tell Me A Secret, My Chick Bad Remix
Songs ordered (best-worst):
I Can't Live Without You ★★★★☆
Sex Room ★★★★
Feelin' So Sexy ★★★☆
Tell Me a Secret ★★★☆
My Chick Bad (Remix) ★★★☆
My Chick Bad ★★★☆
Everybody Drunk ★★★☆
Intro ★★★☆
How Low ★★★☆
Hey Ho ★★★
How Low (Remix) ★★★
B.O.T.S. Radio ★★☆
Rollercoaster ★★☆
I Know You Got a Man ★★☆
Sexting ★★
I Do It All Night ★★
Party No Mo' ★☆
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Original Review: I think you have to take this album for what it is, a collection of songs about sex. It's not meant to be deep and I don't think Luda thought he was on a five mic project here - particularly when Shawnna dropped out of the project which changed what this album was originally going to be. Being all about sex, as you would expect, there is some generic product here, as it has been done a million times it's hard not to be, but there are a couple of instances of some originality. For example, the bonus track 'Sexting' is a take on Tiger Woods at a sex rehab clinic and 'Hey Ho''is a track which talks about the double standards of gender when it comes to playing around. With the production, it's a similar story. Nothing really stands out too much, but most are reasonably good radio friendly beats if you don't hate pop rap.
Overall, this ain't great, but Ludacris is a skilled fun rapper, and if anyone was going to be on these kind of tracks I couldn't name many before I said Luda. And really, he has generally struggled in my opinion to make a cohesive album despite his presence on the mic. It's nothing special, but I like some of the songs enough to not give this a terrible rating.
Best Tracks: Intro, Sex Room, Can't Live With You, Feelin' So Sexy, My Chick Bad Remix
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