Nore was once again let down by his partner with this release, as Capone got in trouble with the law before this album went out, just like he did with their debut, 'The War Report'. 'The Reunion' kicks off with Carl Thomas singing one of my favourite songs, Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come', made kind of relevant I guess as the rappers add in some vocals at the end about it being a long time since they've dropped. From there the quality is fairly consistency and Nore makes up for his poor solo project prior to this album in which he admits was "half-assed" on the DJ Premier produced 'Invincible'. - "Yo, yo Melvin Flynt drop, my whole collasso stop / I can't believe I fucked up and made a half-ass album / My excuse is, my pops just died, and I ain't wanna make music / My pops just died / My fans stuck with me, my shit still went gold." Everything is better on this. While I don't find the rapping from Capone or Nore amazing, Nore is more engaging to listen to spit and is helped by the slightly better production and the extra voices including Nas' on 'B EZ' where he steals the show. The following 'Gunz in the Air' is one of the catchier moments as well thanks to the hook and energy from the MCs. If you love and two rappers and/or the well received 'The War Report', you'll get more out of this than me. There aren't any great songs and there are some songs like 'Full Steezy' that drag on. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Invincible, Y'All Don't Wanna, All We Got Is Us, B EZ, Gunz in Da Air, Don't Nobody

"Yo, yo Melvin Flynt drop, my whole collasso stop / I can't believe I fucked up and made a half-ass album / My excuse is, my pops just died, and I ain't wanna make music / My pops just died / My fans stuck with me, my shit still went gold" - 'Invincible' by Capone-N-Noreaga I didn't hear those lyrics until after I already rated this album, but it's pleasing to see that I'm on the same page as the artist. Despite having some celebrated producers on the credits like the Trackmasters, Neptunes, Mannie Fresh and Swizz Beatz, this album has some weak cheap sounding beats that feel right at home in what was an average period for mainstream hip hop in the late '90s/early '00s. It has a mixture of some conscious themes like on the opener, 'Sometimes', gangsta rap and storytelling thug tunes seen on 'Cocaine Business (Hysteria)', that for whatever reason isn't on Spotify. Nore just isn't a good enough rapper or writer. It surprises me he was able to have a moderately successful solo career. There is nothing impressive here to go back to. Beats: ★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★ Hooks: ★★ Best Tracks: Gangsta's Watch, Play That Shit

On this album there is no song as catchy as 'Breathe', that her second and final album has, but this is more consistent. Some of the best songs on here', Hit 'Em Up Style (Ooops!)', 'All You Had to Say' and 'Swingin'', are also on her second album, so I don't recommend it as much, but there are still lots of good moments that maybe give Blu a chance to shine a little more vocally. Best Tracks: Hit 'Em Up Style (Ooops!), U Must B Crazy, I'll Find a Way, Swingin', All You Had to Say, So Blu

Hugh Grant steals the show here in his role as the billionaire 'villain' obsessed with the movie star Danny Franscesco (Josh Hartnett). Not that this is great inspiration, but he gave off Jimmy Savile vibes to me. It's not necessarily too much of a bad thing in a film like this, but none of the main agents are given any depth of character at all. We learn virtually nothing about Sarah Fidel (Aubrey Plaza), J.J. (Bugzy Malone), and even the lead, Orson Fortune (Jason Statham). It tries to tell a story with some intrigue but most won't be surprised by the twist. For a movie with Statham, the action leaves a little to be desired as well, as does the dialogue, such as Sarah's cringe sex jokes.

This movie plays as an interesting time capsule for the mid-'60s with the racism and sexual uprising themes, but there is too much going on and trying to be pushed by the writers/director in only 2 hours. In the end, many do not feel important to the plot and it feels like the film could have been much shorter. There is some great acting and entertaining scenes, but it all doesn't gel together well. It's one of those movies that I would like increments of 0.25. 3.25