Is there nothing in DMX's vault? This is basically X's prayers with some spoken word features. The "original music created by Grammy-winning gospel songwriter/producer Warryn Campbell" is fairly basic. There have been lots, but this is near the top of the list for pointless posthumous releases. Best Tracks: Until I'm Gone

Why are there Fridays where nothing drops of interest and then you have over half a dozen projects drop on the same day that you want to listen to? I was looking forward to this one. While they go back some way, Mario has some of my favourite R&B tracks, and his voice is always pleasing to the ear. Before listening to this album, I was thinking that no track, for quite some time, had jumped out at me for a number of albums now as an instant favourite, but then 'Selfish' hit. It's great. Elsewhere, the second half of the album has most of my other favourites. Like some of his other more recent albums, there aren't a lot of top tier moments, but there is something to take away. Best Tracks: Keep Going (Aaaaahhhhh), Selfish, Love Ain't Perfect, Give It to You

This gave off Roadracers and Streets of Fire vibes. It's one of those style over substance movies. Everything about is forced. The acting is poor. Some movies that try to portray the main character as 'cool' really don't pull it off. Where I'm from, we shorten names, but here, you here the protagonist called 'Rusty James' every five seconds for whatever reason. To increase the word count of the script? It's annoying.

Termanology is a safe artist. You know when he drops that you'll get a solid project of boom bap with lyricism. Unfortunately, we don't get enough top tier songs though. He peaked early in his career with the amazing Premier produced 'Watch How It Go Down' and since then nothing has beaten it. This is another decent album, but as with many albums around this 3 outta 5 region, nothing is amazing. Best Tracks: Hustler's Soul, The Connect, She Got a Thing for Me, The Game Ain't the Same

This is listenable gangsta rap from front to back, where it seems like Mack was attempting to put other artists on, (none of them seemed to get close to hitting the big time), but there's nothing at all memorable, including Lil Jon's and Timbaland's production, who didn't bring their A-game. Beats: ★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★☆ Hooks: ★★ Best Tracks: Welcome to the Hood, Hittin Switches, Pay Back