People gave Oasis a hard time, but not this album? It fitfully tries to run the gamut of emotions, but at the end of the day, Puff doesn't get the substance, or even the heart - on this record, he's simply on a mission for attention. Good, bad, ugly, whatever. That's entertaining in spots, but anything remotely past the chart hits severely pushes this listener's patience. "If it ain't about the money, I just don't care" - Mase's deadpan response to the line "broken glass everywhere" in the Grandmaster Flash-sampling "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" neatly sums up this star-crossed effort.
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