This was one of the first CDs I bought. I purchased it after hearing 'Hip Hop Hooray' whilst playing NBA Live 2000 on the PlayStation-every single track on that game goes hard btw. From there, not many, if any, hip hop groups have overtaken them as my favourite rap crew. They were great at crossing over poppy hooks with fire rapping, particularly from Treach who even the legendary Eminem is wowed by. I've written this in reviews for their albums but I feel the production skills from Kay Gee were advancing the genre from what many others were creating in the early '90s as well. The crossover skills are demonstrated on multiple occasions here on the aforementioned 'Hip Hop Hooray', 'O.P.P.', 'Feel Me Flow', 'Clap Yo' Hands' and 'Craziest' to name some. They also wrote some songs with a message like 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright' and there is also the great Tupac dedicated non-album track, 'Mourn You 'Til I Join You', that I played non-stop back in the day. For ages, when I had this album I didn't know who the song was about. The remixes also add something to the originals as well and maybe it's because I heard these first, but I probably prefer the remixes. *Written in 2K19

I dislike the chorus on 'Bring Me Down Pt. 3', and the chick tune 'Kinky' and 'When Dud U Get Hot' are weak, but otherwise this is a really strong mixtape and the first thing we've heard from Saigon since the long-awaited 'The Greatest Story Never Told'. The beats are probably a tad more generic than the album, but overall I don't hear a lot of difference. Well worth checking out if you like the guy. Best Tracks: I Am 4 Real, Say Yes, Mr. Cool.

Not quite worth the hype of waiting almost half a decade for, but this is still a solid release from Saigon. My favourite part of the album is the middle portion where 'Preacher' to 'Believe It' just flow on to each other and he does the six-minute songs pretty well. There are too many slow moments though. Just Blaze doesn't give his best throughout the whole album. Best Tracks: Clap, Preacher, It's Alright, Believe It.

This album is lyrically a touch cliched and a disappointment on this is DMX's first verse on D3MONS which to me sounds lazy, but I like enough of the beats and MGK ain't a bad quick flowing rapper. The production varies between softer pop rap beats and harder southern/trap-influenced beats such as those on 'Wild Boy'. Best Tracks: Wild Boy, See My Tears, Runnin’, Invincible, On My Way, Half Naked, Almost Famous.

There are certain artists who get clowned on, and MGK is one of them. There is this stigma with being a rapper with lighter skin that means they are judged more harshly by many. While Eminem has attributed the colour of his skin to help him become successful, which few could argue against, when it comes to some rap fans, it often works the other way. I've seen users attacking MGK's rapping talent like he is horrendous. I don't hear it. When he spits with more pace here, on songs like the 'El Diablo', 'Hollywood Whore', 'Floor 13' and others like 'Rap Devil', I think his flow is quite enjoyable to listen to. The album begins well with the aforementioned tracks that have darker production before we get the many female sung hooks that have always been common on MGK albums. 'Glass House' and 'Waste Love' are the best of them. Apart from the beginning of the album, after the first listen I was underwhelmed but there isn't much I don't find something in. The only thing I dislike here is the punk-rap closing song, 'I Think I'm Okay', and 'Candy', to a lesser extent. Best Tracks: El Diablo, Hollywood Whore, Glass House, Waste Love, Roulette