This begins well, the first four songs are great, but I've never loved the middle to second half of the album enough to call this a true rap classic that many tend to. For only eleven songs, the standard needs to be touch higher for four outta five stars. 'Testify' (annoying repetitive overpowering sample), 'Love Is...' (stock standard song, nothing great about it), and 'Real People' (best of the three but similar to what I said about 'Love Is') don't grab me enough. Best Tracks: The Corner, GO!, Faithful, They Say

I love Ne-Yo's debut 'In My Own Words'. After one listen this didn't impress me a huge amount, but after listening to it again it has grown on me. I still don’t think it's near 'In My Words' though as a number of the songs' production leaves something to be desired. Nevertheless, it's solid and has only a few tracks that I don’t like. The best stuff I love but there are a number I'm not feeling a lot. Best Tracks: Because of You, Do You, Go on Girl (Apparently Michael Jackson's favourite Ne-Yo song)

A diverse album if nothing else. I'm not sure Mims knew what type of album he wanted with this. It has a few rock/pop-inspired tracks, R&B/pop tracks, a couple southern/snap type tracks and one or two general east coast beats. Lyrically Mims isn't great but enjoyable enough to listen to at the same time and this album is better than I expected as all I've heard from him previously was 'This Is Why I'm Hot' which was fairly weak. You'll probably have to like R&B/pop rap to enjoy this at all due to the choruses. Overall, song for song though it's mostly reasonable-good pop rap. Best Tracks: On & On, Move (If You Wanna) (Reminds me a bit of Wayne's 'A Milli'), Chasing Sunshine, One Last Kiss

I don't know if this deserves its very low rating in other circles. It's all fairly non-offensive hip hop. There is nothing I hate with a few tracks worth going back to backed up with good production. As a rapper, Mims doesn't stand out from the crowd, but again, there is nothing terrible about the lyrics or his voice. Best Tracks: It's Alright, They Don't Wanna Play, I Did You Wrong

Forget about Hammer's rapping or the production itself, one of the biggest problems with this is the similarity in that everything has an almost gospel-like chorus making the songs sound too similar. Then there is 'Do Not Pass Me By' that is very 'Too Legit to Quit'-ish in its rhythm. 'This Is the Way We Roll' and the title track are decent uptempo pop jams. The emotion in the singing, particularly on the end of 'Brothers Hang On' is over the top. 'Living in a World Like This' is some conscious rap where the first few seconds sound like the intro from MJ's 'Heal the World'. The song has some anti-drug messages among others. 'Tell Me' follows the same theme before switching up the pace with 'Releasing Some Pressure'. 'Good to Go' is a decent slow vibey tune but it's ruined a bit with the "Cha-Cha-Cha" rubbish at the end. On 'Street Soldiers' Hammer just speaks over a beat like a PSA pushing an anti-gang/violence message. The idea is there but in the end it's boring. 'Do Not Pass Me By' again feels like something you see in movies when there is singing in a black church. There is nothing here I want to play again but it's okay. I can listen to most of it without strongly wanting to hit skip. Best Tracks: This Is the Way We Roll, Too Legit to Quit, Good to Go, Gaining Momentum