From beginning to end this would be the best Rick Ross album so far as far as I'm concerned. A few stand-outs but a fairly consistent album, even if it does drop off in the last couple of tracks. You do feel though that some of these beats could be turned into something great if a more capable lyricist and rapper was on them as opposed to Rick, who is a rapper who needs a plethora of guests on his albums. It's a shame that often good rappers choose or are getting poor beats and vice versa for good beats. It's worth checking out particularly if you have liked anything else from him, but I just find him slightly boring over a whole album. Best Tracks: Free Mason, Maybach Music III, Live Fast Die Young, Super High, Aston Martin Music

I've been on a few hip hop sites reading reviews and comments on this album as I usually do, and I feel the general consensus is that while Rick is improving he still lacks lyrical skills and that the production is good-great. One of the producers of the album even said they used some of Biggie's stuff as inspiration. Me personally though, while the production is the best part of the album it isn't brilliant and Ross is fairly boring throughout which brings it down. You may spin 'Deeper Than Rap' a couple of times but it doesn't have a huge amount of replay value. Best Tracks: Magnificent, Usual Suspects, Valley of Death, In Cold Blood

I think that the reason that this was released was almost purely to promote the MMG concerts to be held in November. It is basically Ross spitting a verse over recent big songs and then you are left with the rest of the song. So for example, Ross has the first verse on 'Clique', and then you hear Rockie Fresh and then Kanye's original verse from the song. When Ross isn't going to win any technical rapping awards, he certainly isn't the first rapper that comes to mind that I want to hear over other artist's beats. It isn't a terrible release, it just seems fairly pointless.

Another uninspired pop-rap album from Nelly where the best moments are the guest stealing songs such as Nelly Furtado and Trey Songz on 'All Around the World' that feels more like a solo Trey song than Nelly's. Best Tracks: Rick James, Headphones, All Around the World

The actual production on most of this is very likeable, albeit with some uncreative sampling (eg. 'Poo-Putt Platter' - where DOOM hasn't added anything to the sample at all), but the annoying tedious skits, that are attached to most songs and make up the middle of the album, make this harder to listen to than it should be. As I've mentioned in previous reviews, I've never thought much of Daniel Dumile on the mic. All of the features are more enjoyable to listen to rap than him in my opinion, but it isn't too bad. Best Tracks: One Beer, Deep Fried Frenz, Rapp Snitch Knishes