From front to back, this is smooth as silk! Highly recommended. Best Tracks: Contagious, You Deserve Better, Settle Down, Ernie's Jam

This is R. Kelly before he was a huge solo success and the album that led the way to the great '12 Play'. From reading R. Kelly's autobiography, he made this group because groups were the trend at the time but he does most of the work here. 'Born Into the 90's' is fairly similar to other early '90s R&B/New jack swing groups but has a fair bit of rapping in it and while all songs ain't great the best work well. *The grammatical error in the title annoys me. Best Tracks: She's Loving Me, She's Got That Vibe, Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)

I never really gave Slim Thug's previous album 'Already Platinum' a good listen to; after this I will. On 'Boss of All Bosses' while there ain't nothing extraordinary on this disc its fairly enjoyable from track 1 to 13 for me. What works? The production is nice, Slim Thug comes correct on the verses and it has features from the legendary Scarface and a fellow favourite of mine Z-Ro. On the negative side of things, there are some 'poppy' choruses, lyrically there isn't anything overly thought-provoking, but the beats are bumpin' so you can overlook that to an extent, and the one or two skippable tracks, particularly 'She Like That'. It also definitely drops off in the second half of the disc. On the whole, I'm largely a beat guy and I enjoy most of these and Slim's style also. Best Tracks: I'm Back, I Run, Thug, Associates & Welcome 2 Houston

This was the first I've heard of T-K.A.S.H, who I gave a try because he is signed to the Guerrilla Funk label owned by Paris, who is one of the best producer/rappers in hip hop history in my humble opinion. Rapping wise, T-K.A.S.H doesn't have anything too much out of the box or special in his delivery or flow but he does have a powerful voice to convey his strong messages. The production is done by Paris for this album and it's probably not as 'funky' as some past Guerrilla Funk material on the whole, but on certain tracks, it still has his signature style. Overall, Brains All Over the Street is a strong album from beginning to end and more than worth a listen if you are into conscious/political hip hop subject matter. Best Tracks: Dead Man Walking, Pardon Me, Good Morning America, Sign Language

The reason I got this was probably like most, the Michael Jackson features which are among the best tracks, particularly 'Why'. While there are some other okay tracks the rest of the songs aren't as good and the boys don't have brilliant voices. Many of the slow tempo tracks don't have a huge amount of vocal build-up or musical change to keep you interested. Amongst all the slower type tracks the few more uptempo ones like '24/7' and 'Gotta Be You' work pretty well though and are the type of new jack swingy type R&B that the mid-'90s were known for. Worth a listen if you are an MJ fan and/or a fan of mid 90's R&B, but as the overall rating suggests, there isn't a huge amount on offer here. Best Tracks: Why, 24/7, I Need You, Gotta Be You