He definitely isn't the only artist to do so, but MC Breed seemed to follow trends, as he seems to be looking like some version of Rick James on the album art. He got more gangsta with his last couple of albums as that genre popped, and here he comes with the g-funk, which was taking off around the time this was recorded (continuing with the west coast flavour of his previous album). I love g-funk, but this just doesn't have anything that original, and as I've said with other reviews of MC Breed albums, he doesn't have that x-factor as a rapper. After three albums that each improved, despite being his most commercially successful project, I think this is a step in the wrong direction. It's consistency okay, (there are lots of 3/5 songs), and even though he is jumping on g-funk, I see some creativity, but there isn't really anything memorable. On songs like 'Back Up in Ya!' the rapping doesn't match the quality of the music either. The album also starts and ends with a completely boring intro/outro which doesn't help its cause, and it isn't until track seven, 'One Time', where a song catches my attention that begins the best run of the album. This one just meanders through a little too much to rate it higher. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: One Time, Seven Years, The Deal Is Da Funk, Break Yourself

This was a 3.5/5 for me for much of the movie. The action is entertaining, (it's great to have an R rating when the violence in lots of these movies is unfortunately watered down), the movie never stands still for too long, it did well to make me empathise for Eloise (Phylicia Rashād) despite only having a few minutes on screen, Statham packs a punch, and most of the ensemble are great including Hutcherson. I would have liked to see Jeremy Irons have a bit more to do though. However, the way Adam Clay just avoids bullets and any damage from those who are trained to cause it, until the final disabled South African guy, (this was the best fight sequence), takes any possible realism out of it. It begins with Adam using stealth and taking out individuals who he easily could, but it becomes a little too much. Movies need to stop having highly trained military/law enforcement being unable to aim. At one point during the movie, another Beekeeper is assigned to kill Adam, but she does it in the most unsubtle and foolish way possible by ramming his car and shooting with the loudest gun possible rather than sneaking up to his stationary car and shooting him through the window. Some of the dialogue was average also and I wasn't a big fan of the Agent Matt Wiley character. His whole tone seemed off. Lastly, the other issue is that Adam takes out a lot of tactical police. At times he seems to try to spare their life, such as through aiming for their bullet-proof vest, but this seems to go out the window. Cyber hackers all deserve to die a painful death, but not if you kill hundreds of innocent people to get there. These actions make his comment at the end of the film about law vs justice invalid and means Adam isn't the likeable hero he should be. So, like many action movies, you do have to suspend belief, but I don't think it had to be so far-fetched and think it could have been better by tightening up some of the elements mentioned.

Maybe I ain't got it in me, maybe it's just time to end it. - 'Just the Memories' I give Nicki credit for taking some risks here. Most songs sound different, but not enough works. After what I think had the highest number of tracks with replay value with her last effort 'Queen', there is almost nothing here I want to revisit. The songwriting is poor and it all needed some more time spent revising. I mean, it's been album after album about licking her pussy. She has pretty much nothing left to say of interest. One listen in, like I think many people give albums, I would've rated this lower, but it did grow on me after a few extra spins to not be the complete mess that it felt like after the initial play. I understand there is a trend at the moment of filling an album with 100 short songs, but if anyone doesn't need to do this to make a consistently enjoyable album, it's Nicki, who doesn't have much to say anymore to fill 10 songs, let alone 22 songs. Beats: ★★☆ Rapping/Bars/Vocals: ★★☆ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Beep Beep, Fallin 4 U, Let Me Calm Down, Blessings, Last Time I Saw You 1. Are You Gone Already This tries to be emotional, sampling sample of Billie Eilish’s 'When the Party’s Over', but it doesn't work. The production doesn't do enough. It reminds me of Em's 'Walk on Water' 2. Barbie Dangerous Nicki borrows from Big's 'Notorious Thugs'/'Spit Your Game'. While this is nothing amazing, it would've been a better way to kick the album off than the soft opener. "These rap bitches you like is my sons" - How many times can she rap this line... 3. FTCU Samples Waka Flocka Flame’s ‘Fuck the Club Up’. Lyrically it's just more boring brag rap like the previous song that we've heard countless times now from Nicki. 4. Beep Beep There are some more interesting punchlines here and the production bangs. The best from the first 4. It's still no 'Chun Li' and being only 90 seconds hurts it. 5. Fallin 4 U A decent pop rap/R&B tune that gets better from the final verse when Nicki adds more energy. The line, "I'm number one, y'all go argue over top four", would've made more sense as, "I'm number one, y'all go argue over the next four". 6. Let Me Calm Down Unsurprisingly, J. Cole gives us the best rap feature on the album. Likeable production, no weird samples, good spitting and a decent chorus makes this one of Pink Friday 2's better moments. 7. RNB (Real Nigga Bitch) Can these autotune/artificial voiced rappers just F*** off already? And then there is Wayne...Jesus, Man! Open your mouth when you rap. The production is okay but Wayne and Tate ruin it ending the run of good songs. 8. Pink Birthday I don't have much to say about this. It's just there. 9. Needle I rarely like how Drake raps or tries to sing and this isn't one of those rare occasions. This would be decent with an artist I liked in his place. 10. Cowgirl Sonically this all sounds okay. The vocals are fine and so is the instrumentation. How much you enjoy the content of riding like a cowboy will be the determining factor of how much you enjoy this. 11. Everybody 'Move Your Feet' by Junior Senior is pretty much the song. It's interesting on the first listen to hear how Nicki interlaces her lines with the "everybody" sample, but there's no replay value. 12. Big Difference Boring and lyrically even more boring. You bitches ain't as good as me is the content. How many times can she put these bars on an album? It's such boring and repetitive brag rap. 13. Red Ruby Da Sleeze The change up and variation between the chorus and verses works and is the only good thing. 14. Forward From Trini The featured artists here just mumble too much and the production isn't good. 15. Pink Friday Girls I've never liked Cyndi Lauper's voice and this heavily samples her famous 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun'. 16. Super Freaky Girl One of the most likeable instrumentals but again the lyrics are boring. Perhaps this first single with the sample, (Rick James' 'Super Freak'), was the perfect forecast of things to come. 17. Bahm Bahm This one is kind of bangin' but not enough. 18. My Life Samples 'Heart of Glass' by Blondie for the chorus. It's alright. 19. Nicki Hendrix This would be decent without Future's abhorrent vocals. 20. Blessings This is the best song that begins a decent three song tail of songs that all have a similar sound. The featured singer is brilliant on 'Blessings', the drums thump, and the content isn't just about sex and how everyone is her sons as aren't the next two either with some introspection in the lyrics. 21. Last Time I Saw You 22. Just the Memories

This is more of a drama than a comedy. When Emma and Dave were arguing and Dave was saying that she needed to stop being an assassin to which Emma replied, "It's all I know," and then Dave said, "Take a class," that was funny, but for the most part, Kaley plays this so seriously that the little comedy there is doesn't work too well. The tone of it doesn't quite gel. And I never bought her in the role. She doesn't seem like a mum or an assassin. It never worked for me. It petered out to the end with a fight with the woman who was responsible for Emma being an assassin from a young age, but I feel like we needed a bit more of a backstory there to care. There are lots of better similar films. 2/5 at the most.

I would normally check out any new project The Game dropped as it was released, but here we are eight years later giving this its first listens. This was meant to be a soundtrack for a mobile game that never ended up being released. Lyrically, most is gangsta rap with some horrorcore thrown in. The best song is easily 'Get High' that sounds like it would have fitted perfectly on his album '1992' that was released a few months after this. 'Alameda' is another favourite, and is the one less gangsta and trap sounding track with its slow strings singing over the hook. It would be better if the chorus wasn't so long and wasn't just Game repeating "Alameda" though. 'Gutter' has obvious influence from Ice-T's 'Colors'. There isn't anything to get too excited about, but overall, at only 32 minutes, it's an easy album to get through, and given it's a soundtrack for a mobile game, it's better than I expected. Game changes up his style from song to song adding to the variety and engagement. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best Tracks: Get High, Alameda, Lights Go Out