The first three tracks are enjoyable with classic funky Quik beats. Other tracks like 'Whatsha Wan Do', 'Ohh!', 'The Appeal' and 'Fuck Y'all' are okay but nothing really does a huge amount for me. Hopefully the next Dogg Pound album with Kurupt & Daz is an improvement on this disappointing release.

So Meth & Red finally return for a sequel to 'Blackout' from ten years ago. First off I'll say I like this a bit more than their debut. I found 'Blackout' to be overall fairly boring musically and I rated it 2.5/5. Method Man & Redman though are always entertaining to listen too with Meth growing on me all the time and Red was one of the first I discovered when I was getting into the genre and has always been a favourite. I've listened to 'Blackout! 2' a few times and it's one of those I've had differing opinions on with each listen. On the first listen I really enjoyed most of it, the second not so much, the third listen I again enjoyed a fair bit of it and now as I listen to it as I write the review I'm leaning towards not so much. So the rating has differed a couple of times in my head. There is nothing excellent on this album and if there is something I like to some degree there is an average-poor song afterwards which puts it down. There are plenty of okay-good tunes that I will list below but nothing much to play over and over again which makes an album fairly redundant. If I was rating track for track most would get a two or a three out of five for example. To summarise I'm still giving this a 3/5 because there are enough tunes I enjoy but overall there ain't nothing brilliant and some filler. Best Tracks: I'm Dope Nigga, Hey Zulu, City Lights, Mrs. International, Father's Day, Dis Iz 4 All My Smokers.

I hadn't been anticipating this much, and I must say that I've been surprised at some of the artists that Kanye has attached himself to of late. Keef comes to mind along with others such as Kid Cudi who I struggle to see anything special in. It's somewhat ironic that Chainz has a song called I'm Different', when this album is anything but, as there is very little here if anything that we haven't heard before. While there is a fair bit of trap rap here, the best stuff are the more soulfully produced tracks such as 'Stop Me Now' and 'Ghetto Dreams'. An okay listen, but nothing, be it Chainz, or the beats, stand out for repeated listens. 2-2.5/5 Best Tracks: No Lie, Stop Me Now, Ghetto Dreams, I Feel Good

R&B Disc - 4/5 - 'One', 'Come Back To Me Shawty', ' Lights On', 'Better to Know' and 'Better Than Sex' are great R&B tracks. The rest are okay. Rap Disc - 2.5/5 - A few good songs such as 'I Salute', 'Get Low' and 'Alter Ego (Outro)' (which is an interesting one.) No songs are horrible but there are not enough good ones. I like the idea of two discs with different genres, Tyrese/Black Ty just needs to be more consistent cause there is some good stuff on this. Maybe a solid 12-13 tracks of both genres on one CD would be a better idea. Just like when R. Kelly plays with hip hop, R&B seems to be his strongest genre and what he knows how to do with more success.

Bobby's second album, Special Occasion, is more consistent throughout, but this has some great R&B tunes. Tim & Bob have done a brilliant job with a lot of the production. Well worth checking out for R&B fans. Best Tracks: Slow Down, Give Me a Chance. Tell Me, My Angel (Never Leave You), Want You to Know Me, Come Touch Me, Thank You Lord