Album commandment 101; Thou shalt not begin an album with 90 seconds of boring speech. Once past that, the heat comes. DJ Premier gives us 'Rappaz R. N. Dainja' and 'MC's Act Like They Don't Know' that are great, with the latter being one of KRS's best. 'Free Mumia' is KRS at his emotional best. I love the vibey 'Health, Wealth, Self' that closes the album too. The amount of truly high-quality songs of 'Return of the Boom Bap', that is one of my favourite hip hop albums, aren't here, but KRS went for a different sound with this and it's a consistent piece of work. Best Tracks: Rappaz R. N. Dainja, MC's Act Like They Don't Know, Health, Wealth, Self

I'll start with the unpopular opinion from the jump. I don't get the love for the opener. It sounds overproduced to me. I don't like it at all. The next, 'High End Country', sounds like an average trap song. Nothing to get excited about. 'I Make It Easy' is the first one to get the head boppin'. Some nice rapping from KRIT over a good beat with a soul sample. 'Addiction' would be great without Wayne. Dope as hell beat. Jesus, he is terrible though. Cringe pussy bars, that he does as often as anyone with his annoying fucking voice. He makes it lose a star easy. I need a remix of the song with someone replacing his verse. 'Energy', is one of, if not the strongest song from the 3 EPs he dropped that he has decided to throw on this album. 'Obvious' is decent thanks to its bouncy, poppy beat. 'I Made'-decent trap song. 'Everytime' returns the album back to a soul feel. 'Believe' is strong. It's trap but has more to it productionally than the previous heavy trap songs do. 'Prove It'-I don't love the hook here at all. Sounds like some Future shit. The verses do enough to make it more than decent though. 'Family Matters'-Apart from the Oprah parodying, "You get a plate, you get a plate, you get a plate", part, this is fairly lackluster. The sample aside, 'Blue Flame Ballet' gives off a Devin the Dude feel. Lyrically, it's a standard 'fell in love with a stripper' song, but the production is on-point with some funk and also featuring a good hook. 'Learned from Texas' was another stronger track from the EP's we got. A high energy track with another catchy hook. 'Outer Space'-More trap production. Nothing to get excited about here. 'High Beams' is another weaker song. 'Life in the Sun' is laced with quick percussion and powerful keys and is another favourite. 'M.I.S.S.I.S.S.I.P.P.I.' almost sounds like some Andre Benjamin shit. Funky with some unique rhyme patterns. The last thing I loved from KRIT was 'Cadillactica'. It has a lot of high moments. I don't think this does. A couple of songs scrape in for 4/5, there is too much of a generic trap sound featured and it lacks some of the great production touches and subjects that I think makes the best KRIT music so good. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Believe, Blue Flame Ballet, Life in the Sun, M.I.S.S.I.S.S.I.P.P.I.

After hearing the original 'Mt. Olympus', (which is the song of the year), I was hoping this would be good and K.R.I.T. has done it. After the slightly disappointing official debut album, 'Live From the Underground', and the same old sounding 'King Remembered in Time', I feel like with this album K.R.I.T. has come closest to matching the success of his first three free albums/mixtapes or whatever they're labelled as. I felt like with 'King Remembered in Time' that he was getting repetitive with production and song formula but I feel like this one sounds fresher. It has one or two slow moments, and his style still hasn't developed a lot, but there are plenty of good moments. Best Tracks: Cadillactica, Mo Better Cool, Saturdays = Celebration, Mt. Olympus (Reprise)

This is definitely a level below his previous projects. There are many more average tunes, less great ones, and KRIT's sound is starting to get stagnant. 'King Without a Crown' is the perfect example of this. It's a good song, but it definitely sounds almost identical to some of his older faster-paced, energetic songs, as does 'Meditate' to his previous slower vibey songs. He is also starting to work with worse artists like Future, Trinidad James and Wiz that isn't great to see. He saved his best till last here, with 'Multi Til the Sun Die' being the one wow track for me as I have been listening to it. 3-3.5 / 5 Best Tracks: Shine On, REM, Good 2getha, Life Is a Gamble, Multi Til the Sun Die

Add this album to the plethora of unheralded west coast gems. There's not a lot to say, it's just funky, synth-filled, smooth production with good rapping that suits the beats. It lacks a lot of truly high moments to get a higher rating but the consistency is its strength. Beats: ★★★★ Bars: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Intro / Fo the Real, Everyday Thang, Lavish, Find a Way.