It was going to be hard for Chrisette, who is one of my favourite R&B artists going around these days, to continue her run of three very good albums, and unfortunately, I think the run has partially ended here with this being her worst album yet. I don't like R&B that is one paced-like a Frank Ocean for example-too many of these songs are, and the ones that do build up like 'Snow' are scarce. The best part of the album is the title track to 'Supa', and it would be even better without 2 Chainz on 'Charades' who provides a forgettable verse. As was the case on her previous album, the skits are unnecessary. Lyrically, it's basically a continuation of old, with 'conscious/women power love songs'. A solid album, but I don't think it lives up to her previous projects, and except for maybe 'Snow' and maybe 'Visual Love' to a lesser extent, nothing touches her best songs from previous projects. Best Tracks: Let Me Win, Snow, Visual Love, You Mean That Much to Me

This apparently had one of the worst, if not the worst, first week sales Def Jam has ever had. Knowing that, it is no surprise that a second album has not since eventuated. It isn't a horror to get through, but overall it is just really generic. You've got many autotune hooks, some autotune rapping, a lot of tracks about chicks, a rapper who sounds like many others and southern/snap inspired beats that aren't too special. Best Tracks: The Nasty Song, Life, Ride, Give It Up

'Fly Like an Eagle', 'I Believe I Can Fly' and 'Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)' are fantastic songs and offer variety from soul, R&B to boom bap. Aside from that, the Coolio track, 'The Winner' is decent. 'I Found My Smile Again' by D'Angelo is a nice 6 minutes, but I don't find that his music goes anywhere. The songs end as they begin. The title track and 'Givin' U All That I've Got' provide some decent breakbeat/dance music. Elsewhere, 'For You I Will', 'I Turn to You' and 'All of My Days' are worthy R&B tunes, with the latter being the better song of the three. The final song, 'Buggin'', is Bugs Bunny rapping... Would anyone listen to this more than once? 'Basketball Jones' is another almost novelty record with Chris Rock shouting out comedic lines between Barry White's singing. The instrumentation is quite nice, it could've been a better song. Like most soundtracks, this is a mixed bag and it doesn't feature enough supreme moments for a higher score. Best Tracks: Fly Like an Eagle, I Believe I Can Fly and Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)

While The Game is a better rapper, I think the same sort of things can be said for Shaq and his albums. He is a student of the game, has a good ear for beats and surrounds himself with the right people. He really did get the best of the best. A case in point is 'Game of Death' that features a great Rakim verse that pushes Shaq to spit fantastically as well. Then you've got Biggie, DJ Quik, Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, Trackmasters, Darkchild, Easy Mo Bee, etc, and that makes for another more than decent album from Shaq. The production seems to be more sample heavy than his first two, and has a slightly softer sound, but it mostly still maintains that east coast boom bap sound. Quik doesn't let us down with the funky 'Strait Playin''. Being a huge Michael Jackson fan, it is weird hearing Biggie's 'Unbreakable' verse on 'Still Can't Stop the Reign'. For an album with 15 songs (minus the interludes) this is a lot more consistent that you'd expect. 'Big Dog Stomp' and the extra songs that hardly feature Shaq are the only ones I'm really looking to skip. Best Tracks: Still Can't Stop the Reign, Strait Playin', Best to Worst, Legal Money, Edge of Night, Game of Death

I listened to this after giving his previous two albums a listen and being surprised with what I found, but this is a bit of a drop off. Given that this is from '98, it isn't surprising that the production is a bit more poppy than this previous more boom-bap orientated albums, particularly his first two. The opener, 'Fiend '98', samples the much used and recognisable 'School Boy Crush' by Average White Band and Eric B. & Rakim's 'Microphone Fiend'. Sampling classic hip hop and mentioning rappers in bars was a common theme on Shaq's previous albums and it continues here. Next, 'The Way It's Goin' Down' amps up the funk. I can't find a producer list but it sounds like Dj Quik worked his magic here. 'Voices' then opens up with the little man in Shaq's head asking him why he always misses free throws. One of the likable aspects of Shaq's rapping was that he was always willing to poke fun at himself. The following 'Fly Like an Eagle' is another decent track with Trigga and Shaq trading bars, but the beat feels a bit more monotonous than what has come before. From there, the amount of pop rap and R&B hooks increase. 'Go to Let Me Know' is decent. 'River (Interlude)' is just emotional crooning by an R&B singer. 'Heat It Up', featuring Bad Boy's Loon, sticks out like a sore thumb. The production on it is so '98 and Bad Boy. It's the worst song here. 'Pool Jam' features another recognisiable sample and continues the run of weak tracks. It picks up from 'Make This a Night to Remember' that is a decent pop rap track and leads into the best song on here, 'Blaq Supaman', and the best run of tracks the album has. The beat is hard, Shaq comes correct and the chorus is catchy giving off a strong 'Tha Shiznit' feeling from when Snoop raps, "In the back of the limo, no demo, this is the real / Breakin' niggas down like Evander Holyfield." The next three songs follow that, providing hard beats and are among the best songs, and it finishes off decently. The middle of the album hurts this, but most tracks are decent-good. It's a product of its time, with the production not being as strong as what he has on his previous albums, but the producers and featuring artists he worked with on this album isn't quite as strong as what he had before. He had plans to release a follow up, 'Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1', but it seems to have been cancelled fairly late into its creation, with promo copies released, so this is the last we got in terms of Shaq's albums. He didn't write with the rhyme schemes of Em, or flow like Rakim, but all of his albums are hated on way too much. He had a good ear for beats, and despite his limitations as a rapper, he was entertaining. Best Tracks: Blaq Supaman, 3 X's Dope, The Bomb Baby