+ Production - Lil B Best Tracks: Game

This has some brilliant G-Funk beats that Dr. Dre would have been impressed with back in the day, lyrically it is about something with a political/conscious emphasis, Paris has always had a voice and presence on the mic that I have always enjoyed, there is variety throughout the tracks and it's great all the way through. The one thing you could say about the increased funkified production compared to his rawer previous work, is that maybe they downplay the lyrics a bit, but I like them too much for that to be an issue. Beats: ★★★★★ Bars: ★★★★★ Best Tracks: It's Real, Guerrilla Funk, Bring It to Ya, Outta My Life, Whatcha See? & the remixes

[SPOILERS] To me, this seemed like it needed a closing act. When the credits started to roll, I was asking myself, "Is that it?" Eddie gets out of prison and it all just falls into place. There is no resistance from the gang he is getting revenge on. Some of the character decisions seemed odd too. The old inmate protecting Eddie and the wife wanting nothing do to with him being the main two. Was it explained why the inmate/guardian angel cared about him? Did I turn away for a second and miss something? And I get that the husband didn't protect his wife, but it wasn't like he was off drinking with the buddies and ignored her call. The cast is strong, the grimy setting/cinematography works well, I like the theme of vigilantism and it's entertaining for what it is, but it seemed like an incomplete movie. I must admit though, I didn't really think Eddie's son would get those shells!

[SPOILERS] I never saw a synopsis or anything about this minus the poster, and after the first portion of the film, I expected this to be a dramatic love story about a woman with terminal cancer, but it did end up going places I didn't expect which is perhaps its main strength. One thing that was never made clear was how the main character, Jimmy, got access to the pickup car for the antagonist's child. That whole plan was put into place with incredible pace and almost no explanation. The way a hardened murderous criminal also got such a soft heart was hard to believe. On the same character, I don't get why, when your son has been kidnapped, you don't believe he had been hit by a car or why as a father you'd question anything he says after he just went through that ordeal... Then there is also the feeling that the kid is on his deathbed with his mother, and now father killed. Jimmy also seemed bulletproof. Closer to a 3.5 than a 2.5 but it has some plot and characterisation issues in my opinion.

This is one of those many 3 out of 5 albums for me this year that overall I enjoy most of what's on offer but there just ain't anything that blows me away. It starts off well with the first two tracks being quite good, the hook brings down the first track a lil though and 'Let the Music' is one of the best tracks on the album. From there as mentioned below nothing grabs me until 'What's Crazy' but then 'Cold for That' and 'Endure (Remix)' are all pretty good and track ten 'Don’t Sleep (Remix)' would be my pick from the disc. As mentioned there are plenty of solid tracks but there isn't much I would play again in the future for this to earn a higher rating. Best Tracks: Hip Hop’s Cool Again, Let the Music, What’s Crazy, Endure (Remix), Drugs (Outside Remix), Don’t Sleep (Remix)