Having just checked out Biz's albums in 2025, moving forward into more modern production is a welcome change. Biz brags and tells us about his love for 'Chinese Food' on the Asian influenced second track with final bars where he "ching chongs" at the end that he wouldn't get a pass for these days. 'Let Me See You Bounce' is pretty average and a genericly energetic dance-rap attempt but Elephant Man always sounds good over these beats. The RnB/rap song, 'Like a Dream' sees Biz being thankful and bragging about what he's done. 'Friends' bowing heavily from 'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers and topically borrows from Biz's best known song, 'Just a Friend' where he is friend-zoned. The sample is a cheat code for any song, and you can't dislike it. "Was a hook-up from my man, word bond she was bad/If I met her whole family I would kiss her dad" - These lyrics sound like a toned down version of Biggie's, "When I met you I admit my first thoughts was to trick/You look so good huh, I suck on your daddy's d****." The next Diddy featured 'Do Your Thang' uses 'Down by Law' by Fab 5 Freddy. After Biz's comedic skit, 'Country', we see one of the best tracks. 'Turn Back the Hands of Time' features a nicely sung hooked from Lil' Kal with Biz reminiscing about the past throughout the verses over another sample. This time it's 'You Made A Promise to Me' by The Spinners. 'Throw Back' has a similar theme a few tracks prior. The last track is the worst thing here with its "Ei ya, oi ya, ei ya ya ya" hook. The three biggest features here are Diddy, Erick Sermon and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Unfortunately none of them produce. Jeff just adds some scratches on the underwhelming opener. Diddy adds some bars on the opening of 'Do Your Thang' and Sermon offers a worthy verse on 'Not a Freak'. While Biz still shows signs of being the 'Clown Prince of Hip Hop' on this, he doesn't have the same unique qualities his earlier projects had with some more generic topics. But at the time, it is his fifth album, so you can forgive that to an extent. I like a lot of the production. The well chosen samples carry it and Biz is still enjoyable to listen to spit. Props to Biz for not wasting a song on shout-outs that he did on his previous albums. Obviously this album didn't have the impact his earlier ones did, but for 10 years between drinks for Biz, he's done a more than solid job here (handling about half of the production too) and the more likeable consistency make this the album from his with the most replay value. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Friends, Throw Back, Turn Back the Hands of Time, Games