This was one of the first R&B albums I feel in love with from the man who rose to fame after writing Mario's 'Let Me Love You'. It's just great all the way through with some great melodies, contagious memorable hooks, and while I don't rank Ne-Yo up with the best of the best vocally, he can still hold a note. Best Tracks: So Sick, Sign Me Up, Get Down Like That, Sexy Love, Let Go, Time, Get Down Like That (Remix)

Not bad. It's short enough to not get boring and the quality never slips too low either during the ten songs. Unlike many other mainstream female rappers, Foxy doesn't resort to slutty lyrics either. Enjoyable enough without reaching great heights. Best Tracks: The Chase, I'll Be

I actually enjoy this more than the more heralded 'It Takes a Nation'. This is party due to Flav not saying YEAH BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY about 50 times through the album and the production is more my thing being a few years more modern. It's still not brilliant but a fairly consistent album with a few stand outs and Chuck D's performance is awesome as usual. Best Tracks: Can't Truss It, I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Niga, Move!, Bring Tha Noize

After the intro and the lackluster first track, 'Hang On' (which I'm really surprised people choose over 'My Soul') , I really enjoy this album. Most of the beats have a darkish theme to 'em that matches Sha's lryics well. He spits some stuff you can think about with lyrics that flow on and keep you interested and most songs are good hip hop. On the other side of things though, it does feel maybe a song or two too long and he repeats himself which is a problem particularly when it's your debut album. I could understand people finding this too long and a tad boring, but as mentioned Sha's lyrics are good enough to maintain my interest as are most of the beats. Best Tracks: My Soul, Do It For The Doe, Move Back, What's Wrong With That? (Wake Up the World), Good Day, I Believe, Have You Seen Him?, Sometimes.

Naughty By Nature are my favourite group and contain one of my favourite rappers in Treach. He doesn't get spoken enough in 'best rapper' conversations in my opinion and it's a surprise he never has had a go at a solo album. I've never had a problem with Vinnie but Treach does standout out of the two. On to this album, and track for track, I wouldn't say this album has the greatest amount of their best songs. I've made a top 10 of NBN songs and only 'Uptown Anthem' made it, however, song for song it is outstandingly even, does still contain some great tracks, and is an album where you don't feel the need to skip a track at all. The production is great also and having heard lots of other early nineties hip hop the production sounds ahead of its time in a sense, and is still great to listen to today. Beats: ★★★★☆ Bars: ★★★★☆ Best Tracks: Yoke The Joker, O.P.P., Guard Your Grill, Pin The Tail On The Donkey, Everything's Gonna Be Alright