For a guy known as a one hit wonder, this album is surprisingly consistent. Don't ask me to recite the lyrics though. Some of the best moments for me are songs like 'Uhh in You' and '50 Ways' that feel a little more like standard hip hop than many of the songs. An enjoyable hour of dancehall but the high moments aren't good enough for a higher score and you could also say too many of the songs sound similar. Between a 3 and a 3.5 out of 5. Best Tracks: Runway, Lonely Monday Morning, Hey Pretty Love, Informer, Uhh in You, 50 Ways

When I was in my early teens and really started getting into music more seriously, R. Kelly is one of the guys who got me into the R&B scene. And having heard all of his other albums since, I'd say this is the R. Kelly album which differs the most from the others as this album features few sexually inspired lyrics than his others. It's also two discs, one with gospel-inspired lyrics and music, and the other disc, 'Happy People', featuring laid back dancey R&B about love, dancing and having a good time. A lot of the 'Happy People' disc gives off the same sort of vibe that 'Step in the Name of Love' gave us from 'Chocolate Factory', so if you liked that track you should enjoy at least half of this album. Although some tracks particular on the 'U Saved Me' disc can be said to sound quite similar, I really enjoy the gospel/spiritual lyrics, and I think it's a great double-disc LP and up there with '12 Play' for his best and most consistent record. Best Tracks: Happy People Disc: Love Street, If, The Greatest Show on Earth, Steppin' Into Heaven, Happy People U Saved Me Disc: U Saved Me, Prayer Changes, How Did You Manage, I Surrender, The Diary of Me, Leap of Faith

Amazingly, the version on streaming services is clean... It almost ruins some songs that have lots of swearing. Forgetting that annoyance, this is a pretty good compilation of hip hop. Looking at the credits, DJ Skribble doesn't seem to produce many of these songs, meaning it's not the producer album I thought it was. It's well worth checking out for some nice late '90s hip hop with some legends like AZ, Three-6, Common, Gang Starr and some lesser known artists as well. One of the rappers on 'Russian Roulette' from Dirt Mob sounds like DMX. Best Tracks: 187, No Competition, Russian Roulette, It's War, See Me, From da Back

Her most well known song, 'Bisexual Anthem', is kind of catchy and 'Waste His Time' stands out straight away due to the 'Hit Em Up' sample. Aside from those, it's mostly a mixture of hip hop songs about relationships with trap and R&B touches. Best Tracks: Bisexual Anthem, In Love With You, Waste His Time

Having checked out Hush's two solo albums, I was surprised with this at first due to the softer than expected sound (there isn't the prominence of rap-rock that I predicted it to have), but it's worth sticking with for some good music that does have some harder music as it progresses. The first couple of tracks are hampered by their choruses. 'Kolm' is the most extreme example of what I mentioned above with its poppy production and the following 'Running'' isn't far behind. At times I'm not loving Bobby J's rhymes. The album ends well with the second half being an improvement on the first and there are also a number of strong features. The biggest issue for me on this is some of the hooks that I don't love. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best Tracks: Let the Opera Sing, Oh Yeah, Capers, Posse Cut, The End