This is quite similar to 'The Diary' in many ways. Thirteen tracks, a great into, a great outro, excellent production, big feature/s, and Scarface doing some of his best work. I don't think that this is quite as strong though, with songs like 'What Can I Do?' and 'Heaven' being a level below the rest. Probably Face's second-best album. Beats: ★★★★☆ Bars: ★★★★★ Best Tracks: Safe, In Cold Blood, On My Block, In Between Us.

Not a great album by Scarface's standards, largely lacking from some monotonous beats, but people need to keep in mind that this is only unreleased material from Face. There is still some good stuff though with the usual lyrical rawness that Scarface is known for. Best Tracks: Recognize, Only Your Mother, Dirty Money, Fuckin With Face, Invincible, Real Nigga Blues.

If Scarface isn't in your top 5 he has got to be in your top 10. He possesses one of the best solo discographies in hip hop and not only that, but he has made some dope stuff in the longstanding group the Geto Boys. Not many outstanding solo artists in hip hop can say that. On Emeritus, it has plenty of 'good' tracks, but not as many 'great' tracks as you are used to a Scarface album having. Some of the production reminds me a lot of his previous album 'Made' also. Not the greatest way to supposedly go out of the game but still a solid album. Best Tracks: High Powered, Still Here, Soldier Story, Unexpected, Emeritus.

Despite Scarface spouting as such during the album's promotional tour, this doesn't touch his best work. The first 5 to 6 songs are very good. I waver on 'Steer'. At times I think "wow" other times I've hit skip. It is also production that we haven't heard Scarface over before and don't on any other songs from the album. The slow spitting and slow singing hook on 'Anything' is the first real slow moment-A bit too slow for my liking. 'God' is a better tune but falls into a similar problem, as does 'Voices' and some of the bonus tracks. A really solid album from one of the best to record a hip hop album but there are just a few too many slow moments, non-brilliant beats and lack of jaw-dropping verses that Face used to have to rate it any higher. Best Tracks: Rooted, Dope Man Pushin', All Bad, F**k You Too

I only listened to this because I was looking at some samples and I realised that 'Friends' was sampled by Nas on 'If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)' among a plethora of other artists since 1984. I am usually not a massive fan of '80s hip hop production, but the beats on this are fresh. The opener 'Five Minutes of Funk' is a strong cut, 'Freaks Come Out at Night' is enjoyable as well, but it probably goes 30 seconds too long. The DJ cut/instrumental 'Featuring Grandmaster Dee' on the other hand goes way too long and doesn't maintain my interest. It's a strong beat, but it needs a bit more variety to be an effective six-minute track. 'Big Mouth' features the '80s minimalist production that I referred to earlier. It gets boring. The next two songs return to some electro-funk and are the best songs on the album. The penultimate 'Out of Control' has some vocals, but it's pretty much another DJ Cut. The album closer 'We Are Whodini' then reminds me somewhat of Newcleus, who were also doing some nice electro hip hop beats in 1984. Overall, Jalil Hutchins was a good rapper, and I like the beats more than I normally would on an early/mid-1980s rap album. Some good stuff. Best Tracks: Five Minutes of Funk, Escape (I Need a Break), Friends