I like Silverchair from the Freak Show and particularly the Neon Ballroom days but I'm not liking this much. It's a little too soft compared to their older work. Some songs are okay but I'm not digging anything too much.

I like Redman on the mic and love Erick Sermon as a producer, but I can't get into this album a huge amount. It's an album that despite being just over 50 minutes has always felt longer to me. In saying that, what I like I generally love with 'Time 4 Sum Aksion' being one of, if not Redman's greatest song. It's a good album, but I don't rank it up there with the best of them, as for some reason on the whole it's never grabbed me enough. Best Tracks: Time 4 Sum Aksion, So Ruff, Blow Your Mind, Redman Meets Reggie Noble, How to Roll a Blunt.

I've never quite felt the huge admiration many have for Common, he is great on certain tracks but for me has never really held it down for a whole album. Overall this album mirrors those thoughts. 'The People' and 'The Game' particularly, which I heard before I heard the whole album, were sudden favourites and I expected more because I do like those songs so much. There is some other solid stuff mentioned below, but the albums kind of peters out. Still though, two fantastic tracks, a few good ones and a number of solid ones earn this a solid rating. Best Tracks: The People, The Game, Start the Show, U, Black Maybe

I played this through a few times and never really felt like I needed to hit skip or that it dragged on which is a positive. However, little stands out apart from the Eminem featured track and 'Glenwood Freestyle!', that I love. I've heard the production before, years ago, but I can't put my finger on the title of the song. The closer goes hard too. GRIP gives off a strong Kendrick Lamar vibe at times with the way he raps and his inflection. I can see what Em sees in him. Given the feelings I have about the project though, perhaps more variety in the production was needed. Best Tracks: Walkthrough!, Glenwood Freestyle!, Pennies...Exit Stage Left!?

There isn't a lot of brilliant material here, but it's mostly a nice smooth gangsta rap album featuring two of my favourite rappers from the west, Daz and Kurupt, who don't quite have the distinctive voices they developed as they got older, but Daz has always been a great producer and he shows some of his skills here. A borderline 4/5, with the opening track being a classic banga, but it just needed to transform 2-3 of the weak songs into better ones. Also, as other reviewers mention, the album drops off considerably in the second half, and also has a few tracks are a tad too long. 6-minute hip hop tracks are hard to pull off, and they do it fairly well with a few, but 'Reality', in particular, is one that should have been shortened. Best Tracks: Dogg Pound Gangstaz, Respect, Cyco-Lic-No