Tha Realest (Jevon Jones) is one of those rappers who has had to wait years and years to put out an album. He has spent time on various labels over the years including the famous Death Row Records among others. In that time, a couple of mixtapes have dropped and he has been featured on some compilations, but here he finally releases his debut album which has been over a decade in the making. Tha Realest is no doubt best known as the guy who sounds like 2pac. He doesn't have the ability to write like the great man but it seems he knows he sounds like him and tries to copy his swagger and style including when Pac used to have those intros of him speaking over the beat before he would rip into a verse. The question of whether he has tried to copy him or this is just his natural style would have to be asked to Jevon himself but nevertheless when your mind wanders for a second while listening to this for a split second you think you are listening to some new good Pac which is a good thing. Moving on to the songs and Witness Tha Realest kicks off with two good bangers in 'Kuz It Just Ain’t N U' and 'Witness Tha Realest' then has a weak chick pop-rap track in 'N Luv Wit Ah Ghetto Gurl,' which is probably the worst track on the disc. The album follows this pattern to a degree, two-three harder gangster tracks then a softer one. Production wise, it's far from brilliant but most of it has a west coast sound to it, of which some sounds a lil dated. 'Grown Ass Man' for example reminds me of something from the All Eyez on Me dayz. To sum up the album, track for track there is nothing too brilliant, lyrically a lot of it is your fairly generic gangster rap, but Tha Realest does fairly well with what is at times so-so production. The best tracks are fairly good without being classics, and there are only a couple of very weak tracks that you will have to skip. Worth checking out for fans of West Coast rap and for people who ain't going to hate on this so called 2pac biter. Overall it has kept me entertained. Best Tracks: Kuz It Just Ain’t N U, Witness Tha Realest, Memory Lane, Y I Keep My Burna On Me, Peep’n Game, Kuz It Just Ain’t N U, Mind Of Ah Madman, When Ya Time Iz Up

The vocals are average and at times a lil' annoying. I feel like 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' is going to break into the 'American Pie' chorus at times. I can though see why people like this. As with 'The Dark Side of the Moon', there isn't anything I dislike but nothing really gets me moving. Feels a bit like a worse The Dream Academy album.

Almost from start to finish, Lost & Found is surprisingly a quality album and a massive improvement in consistency from Will's previous more for radio solo projects. It's still pop rap, but not to the same degree as the albums that came before. It has a slightly more bangin' feel to it, and the content is also deeper, with conscious and political rap themes scattered throughout some songs. Despite the hate Will can rap and most of these beats are likable. I look forward to his next if it ever comes. Best Tracks: I Wish I Made That / Swagga, Loretta, Tell Me Why, Switch, Lost & Found, Could You Love Me

This had been in my to listen to folder for a long long time. Finally, I've gotten around to it and I'm surprised how much I like it. It's consistent Pop Rap/G-Funk/Conscious hip hop, with a rapper who offers something different compared to the plethora of brag rap with some self-deprecating bars, and while he has probably been labelled novelty based on his one hit, he can actually spit and I feel like the 'Street Mix' of 'I Wish' shows this off more than the original. He reminds me a touch of Coolio at times with his flow. The chorus on 'The Burger Song' comes off as a bit novelty/comedy rap, but everything is very solid. Best Tracks: Superman, I Wish, Top of the Stairs, This Is How It Sounds, I Wish (Street Mix)

This has taken me many attempts to get into while his other projects haven't needed any time at all. The production just doesn't grab me like most, if not all of his other albums. I find his cadence here less appealing as well. It's like this is the Pac Dave Chappelle was doing an impression of in his Pac skit. I think that his best rapping performance came on 'Me Against the World'. All in all, there aren't any weak moments and some could argue that it is one of most consistent Pac albums, but it certainly doesn't feature his greatest songs in my opinion. Best Tracks: Hail Mary, To Live & Die in L.A., Me and My Girlfriend, Against All Odds