My apologies to the previous listeners who have loved this, but the rating is about to drop. I gave this three-four spins and nothing really grabbed me. I've said it many times, but I wish Televangel worked with a different kind of rapper. Sleep is fine, showing an ability to be lyrically for the lyric-heads out there, but these "my mind's always loaded" type of cliched underground rappers get old and there's not much to separate him from so many others. When he quotes Nas' 'Nas Is Like' bars my ears pricked up. It's an easy listen, with a stronger second half in my opinion, but I won't be going back to it. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Create a Player, Incorruptible Saints

I knew this was better than 'Magic 2' after about two songs and have since gone back and relistened to both other 'Magic' albums and this is better by far. Like 'KDIII' was compared to the other two 'KD' releases, (but more so 'KDI'), the production is so much better and there are fewer dull moments. The last song is one of the weak moments, largely due to it containing content we've heard from Nas on a number of these Hit/Nas collaborations already and that it ends with boring shoutouts, but also by having the least likeable production on the album. Elsewhere, 'Never Die' would be better without Wayne. Nas raps with coherence and Wayne, as is often the case, doesn't. I could've also done without the humming that concludes 'Fever', but there's nothing else I can be critical of. The production is more bangin' than 'Magic 2' that elevates this to another level and it's more consistently great than 'Magic'. I'm shocked to see the overall rating here being lower than the aforementioned albums. I love the small moments such as the callbacks like the "Represent, Represent" sample on the opener. I still don't think Nas has made many, if any, songs throughout these six Hit-Boy produced albums that are contending with his career best tracks, but this is basically consistently one 4 out of 5 (or higher) song after another, and the first 4 songs rival his best 4 song run on an album. For me this is the best 'Magic' release and 'KDIII' was the best 'KD' release. Third time lucky again! Beats: ★★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Fever, TSK, Superhero Status, I Love This Feeling, Based on True Events Pt. 2, Jodeci Member

"Economy is falling, deficit in the red/people worried about the president gettin' some head" - 'Still Here' Spice started with a number of worthwhile projects with songs to go back to, but the quality slipped a couple of albums prior to this one and it continues to here. It begins oddly with some middle eastern influence on 'Work It Tonite', that sounds fine during the verses, but doesn't all come together. You could say that it sounds overproduced. It improves from there, to the conscious 'Still Here', where Spice basically just lists everything wrong with the planet, and there are other moments of consciousness on songs like 'Nature to Ride' that is one of the other stronger cuts. Most of this okay, I can play it through without hating life, but nothing matches what's on his better projects. It doesn't go beyond the stock standard g-rap from the mid '00s with much of the production leaving something to be desired as do the hooks. It sounds like he stopped getting the better producers he used to work with. Beats: ★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best tracks: Still Here, Nature to Ride, Kizz My Azz 1. Work It Tonite 44 2. Cutthroat Game 58 3. Still Here 70 4. Behind Closed Doors 54 5. Gangbang Music 60 6. Reckless Eyeballin' 56 7. Nature to Ride 66 8. Kizz My Azz 69 9. Pimp Pizzle 63 10. Cutthroat Game, Part 2 64 11. Boomin' Pistols 60 12. Thug World 60 13. 1 in a Million 62 14. I'm a Boss 63 15. Behind Closed Doors Pt. 2 47 16. Pimp Pizzle (Radio Mix) 60

Looking at many reviews before I pressed play on Diddy's new album, I thought it was going to be two hours long, but the duration isn't an issue. The problem is that there isn't any great music. The songs at the bottom of this review are decent but still aren't anything to rush back to, and then songs like 'Homecoming', and 'Tough Love' in particular, among others, are just boring. I can't believe I'm typing this, but I like French Montana's verse on 'Another One' and it's actually a highlight. Unfortunately 21 Savage does his best to ruin it with his wack and annoying rapping and adlibs. The lyrics are cliched at times, but for what is essentially a producer album, even though Diddy has lots of assistance on the boards, the production is the main focus and I expect more. Much is fairly standard alternative R&B whereas his last proper album, 'Press Play', has some inventive sounds. Also, on 'Stay Awhile' Diddy calls himself the "greatest rapper that ever lived"... C'mon man! Finally, respect to Mary for the R. Kelly lyric shout-out on 'I Like'. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars/Vocals: ★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best tracks: What's Love, Stay Awhile, I Like, Space

I got through the free two hour trial of this and felt disappointed when it ended so I thought it was worth purchasing. The ability to smash through most objects and have them break into Lego pieces, the way your vehicles change seamlessly from one into another depending on the terrain (ala 'The Crew 2' but here it's automatically done), and the humour from the characters in the story mode and around the world add to its playability and charm. It's best described as a kidified/kart Forza or any of the many open world driving video games. As can happen in this genre though, the extra tasks and exploring the world/s (here there are four) gave me more enjoyment than the races. Even though they are in different worlds, the tracks felt too similar to one another, and although I lost some races, it felt like catch up was on. For example, in a three lap race, most races felt like I was around the middle of the pack for two laps, but then I'd hit the lead towards the end and maintain it. Maybe I just learnt the track, but it felt a little like the game was letting me win. The weapons are powerful and don't require much skill by way of aiming that helps with the goal of winning. After purchasing the game, the credits came up sooner than I thought they would. This happens after all of the races are won. As I enjoyed them more, I'd already fulfilled most of the side quests (many of which are very short), so it would come even quicker for some. I still need to achieve a gold medal on everything and locate all of the hidden objects, but there could have been a little more content in the story mode. There should also be a need to upgrade your vehicles but I feel like you could complete this, particularly the races-maybe not gold on all extra tasks-with the stock vehicles. The game has come under fire for the in-game currency. As mentioned, I completed all of the races and most side-activities in storymode and only had enough in game cash for about six vehicles as they are $10,000 each. It's a bit much for a game targeted towards the younger audience. Online games have worked well most of the time but I've had it freezing on me as it loads into a game too. There have also been mostly AI players too. Overall, this is a fun game that is worth picking up if you like the genre. Gameplay 4/5 Graphics 3.5/5 Sound 4/5 Difficulty 4/5 Originality 3.5/5