Mostly produced by Phonk Beta and Lynch himself, everything sounds too similar. It's a difficult album to get through and then to want to play again to get a better grasp of its qualities as nothing is very memorable. Lyrically, it's not as graphic as lots of other Lynch music. Skits are attached to the start or end of tracks that should almost never happen as it ruins the replayability of an album. Best Tracks: Die (1 by 1), Thatz What I Said, On My Brief Case

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