Earlier in the year (2023) I was revisiting Busta's discography and I got to this and stopped after having it originally rated at 1.5/5. After he dropped his new album, 'BLOCKBUSTA', I've decided to finish the job. The opener is okay with Busta rapping well, but the repeating, "make some noise", is annoying and ruins it. 'Til We Die' tries to get the listener amped the f... up and works well. 'Do That Thing' has production that sounds like something from 'The Big Bang' album. 'Make It Look Easy' has a '90s feel with 'Blues and Pants' by James Brown being sampled that was on so many '90s rap songs. 'Grind Real Slow' is kind of a sexy. There is an enjoyable feature on 'King Tut' from Reek Da Villian that is the standout track. 'Love-Hate' is a decent pop rap tune. All in all, this is better than I remember it being and it was an improvement from 'Back on My B.S.'. The main issues are the sequence from 'Wine & Go Down', 'Movie' to 'Crazy', that are skips, and that it's almost all forgettable. I gave this a number of listens and there is nothing that sticks with me but the consistency is okay. Beats: ★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★☆ Best Tracks: Til We Die, King Tut

"R. Kelly turnt up, I'm still a fan." - Cancel Deeez Nutz I first heard Glasses Malone on his underrated collab album with Mack 10, 'Money Music'. From there, he dropped some more than decent projects so I've continued to try to check out new music he drops. There are some "cheat code" samples like Glasses basically rapping over the 'Big Poppa' instrumental on 'The Loc', but the production is fairly good from top to bottom despite dropping off somewhat in the middle of the album. Lyrically, it won't be for everyone, as the quote at the top of this review indicates, that comes from the title track where Glasses is pissed off at the sensitivity of people these days. Elsewhere, 'U.S.' is racist and ' Sumn IV Bitchez ' is homophobic that will turn people off so he is pulling no punches in the booth. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Cancel Deeez Nutz, Palm Trees & Roses, Fed Up, Tale of Whitney’s Plug, Tha Loc Cancelled (Intro) Cancel Deeez Nutz feat. LA Giantz 80 Kanye Should Have Never Married (That Bitch) feat. Suga Free & LA Giantz 70 ’21 Stimmy Flow 64 Fed Up 80 Sumn IV Bitchez feat. LA Giantz 60 Jim Dandy 54 My Nyk Cortez feat. Mr. White Dogg & LA Giantz 44 Ced’s Cermon (Interlude) feat. Cedric the Entertainer Palm Trees & Roses 76 U.S. feat. Joey Westside, D Smoke, KAM & Martin Luther King Jr. 40 Mr. California feat. Nakina 70 Tale of Whitney’s Plug feat. Samuel L. Jackson 74 Tha Loc feat. The Notorious B.I.G. 84 Torah feat. LA Giantz 73 Walk Off (Outro) 57 Sundayz ‘N L.A. feat. LA Giantz 70

The first verse is atrocious. Open your damn mouth when you are rapping...FFS! Kanye was rapping worse verses on some of his acclaimed albums but now that the world is against him, everything he does is trash to some. The line everyone is so hilariously offended by is a way he has found some humour in amongst the shit storm. The last quarter of the song is the strongest. It's a shame more isn't done with the instrumentation change though.

This really isn't that bad. I'm not hearing the off beat complaint. Flip raps fine. As usual, Z-Ro contributes strongly. My main beef with this is some of the features who rap with that artificial/autotune wack voice, plus the mumbling of some as well. The second track, 'Do Yo Big One' is one of the worst moments. 'Up Up and Away' has I think the exact instrumental as another song that I can't think of at the moment. Flip doesn't make amazing albums, but this is another pretty consistent release, and it would be a lot better with more rappers I liked as features. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★ Best Tracks: Time Ain't Go Wait, Up Up and Away, The Originator, I Miss My Mama

This is a decent 7 track EP/album from the former Tupac collaborator. Nothing will knock your socks off, but the beats, almost entirely by Scottzilla, are all solid and Noble spits some lyrics that catch my attention, such as those about his association with Pac. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best Tracks: Pac, Yak & Fatal, Back Pocket, Henny & Yoga, Talkin My Talk