Too much of the same sounding songs as I've heard before from Mr White to rank this any higher. 'I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To' sounds like something I've heard before, although the track I'm thinking of may have come after this album. Given this is only his forth album, maybe I'd think differently if I listened to his discography in chronological order rather than this being one of my final Barry White albums to listen to. 'What Am I Gonna Do with You' has a big 'Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe' feel to it as well. The only thing I love here is the 10 min sweeping song that is listed below. Best Track: Let Me Live My Life Lovin' You Babe

I'm not a huge rock/metal fan, nor do I have a massive catalogue of the stuff, but this power metal album is one that I've played and played non stop. There ain't a bad song, most are great in fact, that feature fantastic vocals from Jorn. Best Tracks: Crimson Rider, Back For My Life, Wounds, After This War, Into the Arena, Falling Sparrow

Take yourself back to 1997. Nas was coming off his great 'It Was Written' album. AZ reuniting with him for a whole album after the heralded 'Life's a Bitch' with his solid couple of solo projects as well. One of, if not the most popular female rappers, Foxy Brown, coming off a platinum album the year prior. Dr. Dre and the Trackmasters handling most of the production! And Cormega, I mean Nature as the 4th rapper, who was filling in for Cormega, who was meant to be on the album, but had some creative differences. After listening to the themes on this album, and then listening to most of Cormega's subject matter in his work, it doesn't seem like a perfect fit. Despite the change in MC, I can imagine anticipating this heavily in '97, drooling as the plastic was ripped off the case and slotting the CD in the player only to be left disappointed 53 minutes later. If consumers knew that Nas would hardly be on this before they bought it, I'm sure that would've lowered expectations. After track 10, he doesn't have another verse until track 16 and is missing from earlier songs as well. AZ goes missing as well. Wizard has a short track on track 11. I have no idea who that is. It's fairly consistently decent but given the lineup, you'd expect some brilliant songs, and there is none of that here. 1 Intro We are introduced to the Mafioso theme of the album through one of many interludes. 2 Firm Fiasco ★★★★ One of the strongest tracks even if AZ sounds a bit like he is trying to fit too many syllables into each bar with somewhat of an unnatural flow. 3 Phone Tap (Intro) N/A 4 Phone Tap ★★★☆ A clever concept with the verses sounding like they are coming through a phone. 5 Executive Decision ★★★★ 6 Firm Family ★★★☆ 7 Firm All Stars ★★☆ Sounds like something from Bad Boy. 8 Fuck Somebody Else Intro N/A 9 Fuck Somebody Else ★★☆ 10 Hardcore ★★★ 11 Untouchable ★★★ 12 Five Minutes To Flush Intro N/A 13 Five Minutes To Flush ★★★☆ 14 Desperados Intro N/A 15 Desperados ★★★★ 16 Firm Biz ★★★★ 17 I'm Leaving ★★★☆ 18 Throw Your Guns ★★★☆ Best Tracks:

A really nice enjoyable 35 minutes of soul that Barry White did so well across many albums, but only the first song comes close to really knocking my socks off. One of those between a 3-3.5 / 5 Best Track: I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing, Once Upon a Time (You Were a Friend of Mine), I Can't Leave You Alone

"The 13 tracks are mostly throwaways" - AllMusic... I don't know what they're smoking. If you enjoy early to mid '90s Cube, where in my opinion he did very little wrong on any of his projects, you'll love most of these songs. A number are ones you would have heard before as they were added to anniversary issues of his classic albums, but in '94 when this was out they would've been first time listens. The remixes are dope, add something to the originals and in some cases are better. Non-remixes like 'My Skin Is My Skin' and 'You Don't Wanna Fuck Wit These' are bangin'. I put off listening to this for way too long.