Album three of my Ludacris discography revisiting brings me to 'Chicken-N-Beer' that I originally had at 2.5/5 but quickly I've realised I was way too harsh. This has more of what the previous albums are missing. 'Southern Fried Intro' has an energetic and fast spitting Luda over enjoyable high tempo production. The lethal 'Blow It Out' sees Ludacris take shots at his haters including Bill O'Reilly who cops it on 'Hoes in My Room' as well. 'Splash Waterfalls' is good for a minute, but then it drags on a lot and feels like a long song. It's a missed opportunity with the likeable sample. On the other hand, 'Hard Times' is longer but flies by. 'Hard Times' and the Kanye West produced 'Stand Up' have some of the best production Ludacris had received or produced himself up to this point in his career. 'Diamond in the Back' features some nice soulful production too with Ludacris' laid-back delivery suiting the instrumental well and 'P-Poppin'' has dope funky production. So, just over half way, and the production is a winner. The tail isn't as strong, but still features good moments including the closer, 'Eyebrows Down', that has some of the more interesting introspective and storytelling verses from Luda up until this point in his career. The penultimate song, 'We Got', with its cough kick drums, is another good rap song. The weaker moments are, as mentioned 'Splash Waterfalls', and to a lesser degree 'Teamwork' and 'Hoes in My Room' but they aren't skips. It's worth mentioning the skits that don't hit. 'Rob Quarters Skit' about a wannabe ageing rapper isn't bad, but the rest, including 'Black man's Struggle Skit', that is just a man struggling on a toilet, is the attempt at humour we're given. Some versions also have 'Act a Fool', 'Blow It Out (Remix)' and 'Southern Hospitality (Remix)'. 'Act a Fool' from the film, '2 Fast 2 Furious', goes hard. 'Southern Hospitality (Remix)' features UK rappers Ms. Dynamite and Maxwell D and they don't mess up the great production. 'Blow It Out (Remix)' features 50 'Snake' Cent and he jumps in for the third verse. He raps completely differently devoid of the energy of Ludacris. The original is better. This isn't amazing song after amazing song, but I definitively underrated this. Overall the production is the most enjoyable from his first three albums. There is just something more to a lot of these songs than on the previous album, 'Word of Mouf'. There are more songs with replay value, the few of the best are probably in Luda's tpo 10, and there aren't as many average moments. Beats: ★★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★★ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Southern Fried Intro, Stand Up, Hard Times, Diamond in the Back, P-Poppin', We Got, Eyebrows Down, Act a Fool, Southern Hospitality (Remix) Songs ordered (best-worst): Hard Times ★★★★☆ Stand Up ★★★★☆ Eyebrows Down ★★★★☆ Diamond in the Back ★★★★ We Got ★★★★ Act a Fool ★★★★ Southern Fried Intro ★★★★ Southern Hospitality (Remix) ★★★☆ P-Poppin' ★★★☆ Blow It Out ★★★☆ Blow It Out (Remix) ★★★ Screwed Up ★★★ Hip Hop Quotables ★★★ Hoes in My Room ★★★ Teamwork ★★☆ Splash Waterfalls ★★ Rob Quarters Skit Interactive Skit T Baggin' Skit Black Man's Struggle Skit

M.I.A.'s sound has never been my cup of tea. I love a few of her songs, but generally many have been skips. '100% Sustainable' and 'Puththi' are examples of skips on this album and it is again a mixed bag. I do though enjoy the songs with more of a conventional sound like K.T.P. and there are more of these than her previous albums that I've checked out. I've been unsure what to rate this. I don't love everything, but it's all still fairly engaging and the album feels more like ten minutes than thirty-three minutes in running time. Between a 3 and a 3.5 out of 5. Best Tracks: Beep, The One, Popular, K.T.P. (Keep The Peace), Marigold

I like Bun and many of the features on this guest filled project, but there are tired, old southern hip hop topics, none of the production is great, and nothing moves me too much. It's an easy, enjoyable listen at only 34 minutes, but there isn't anything that's memorable. Best Tracks: Hesitate, Dueces in the Wnid

I forgot how annoying 'DJs' are on these kind of mixtapes. FFS! It's annoying on Snoop's recent tape, but it's taken to a whole other level here. Who thinks it's a good idea to have this corny, irritating guy screaming all over the songs? It almost ruins it. This is him at the end of 'Bruh' - "I got my mojo back. Oh, behave!"... What a clown. I'm not feeling the opening songs much but it improves from 'Street Cred' to have a number worth repeating in the second half of the project. Lyrically, there isn't much that stands out. I've bemoaned at these rappers who haven't sold one mg of drugs for 40 years still spitting about it. Pusha T is the biggest offender in hip hop. It's boring. The production has some high moments and Jeezy flows well as he always has. I don't like enough tracks enough, or think any of them are amazing to give this a higher rating though. Best Tracks: Plug On Em, I Ain't Gone Hold Ya, How Deep, BIG SNO, One Hunnid

As someone who ranks peak Simpsons as the greatest show of all time, garbage like this annoys me. At least the Plusaversary has some decent jokes. The show has fallen off but with horrendous, waste of time shorts like these, it is really ruining its legacy. Disney truly is evil.