This has comfortably the best run of tracks I've heard from anything by J-Kwon. Erryone knows he doesn't have the greatest skills or pen but I'm enjoying the beats on this album (more so the first half or so of it) and some of the catchy choruses. Vocally though it's like he is trying to sound like Lil' Wayne throughout much of this album, he even does that Lil Wayne laugh during 'What You Heard About Me' and he also uses some autotune. One of the most heard things anyone says in rap to up and comers is to be yourself. Subject wise it won't be a surprise that it is all gangster and brag rap also. The gangster side of things has increased more than he has done in the past. It's hard to recommend J-Kwon but I've surprisingly found enough I like. Best Tracks: Close Your Eyes, What You Heard About Me, I'm Shinin', Just Don't Kno, Just Livin' My Life, Tipsy '09

After the unfunny intro, where J-Kwon tells us why he didn't buy a beat for the 'Intro', (to spend money on kush among other things), the two standouts, 'Hood Hop' and 'Tipsy' get the bass going. The strength with these tracks is the bangin' production. Most of everything else isn't as bad as some others will have you believe, there are some reasonable beats throughout it, but it isn't special either. Best Tracks: Hood Hop, Tipsy

Being a fan of the films I was looking forward to this and it stays true enough to the films following the storylines which is great to see. Most of the levels are rail shooters with the ability to duck for cover. These are pretty fun offering an increase in difficulty level after level - except toward the end that I'll touch on later - with different enemies and parts of the environment being able to be blown up or ripped to shreds by bullets. They also mix it up enough and don't go on forever meaning that boredom isn't an issue. Other parts of levels are QTE which are unforgiving early on with one mistake meaning death. Playing this on the computer I found this difficult at times, however with controllers being easier to use than a keyboard in this respect, I don't think people playing the console versions of this game would have too many problems. After the early levels though, there is an upgrade that can be unlocked that means not pressing the button in time doesn't result in death. The third type of levels are with the old bow and arrow. This is when the stealth comes into play. Enemies need to be taken out quickly or bang! Rambo gets a bullet between the eyes if he is spotted. In the early trailers the visuals were criticised for being PS2 like, and they aren't great, with mainly Rambo looking a little bit weird, but everything is clear and some levels offer some nice visuals and scenery and are levels above anything on PS2. As I touched on earlier, the difficulty goes up astronomically toward the final stage. The jump is way too high. I completed all of the levels on the middle difficulty, but I had to change it for the final one. The main difference between these difficulties is that with the middle difficulty level, once Rambo dies 5 times the level must be restarted. Whereas for the easiest difficulty, the retires are unlimited. I ended up dying 13 times once I finally completed the final level. In saying that, higher scores mean more unlockables and skills to use, so the better you are the easier it becomes, and similarly, the player can always replay earlier levels to skill up for the harder levels toward the end. Overall this will not win any end of year awards but it's a bit of fun, and for what it is is made well. It's disappointing that it's a rail game with fixed movement though. I feel like the First Blood levels would have made for perfect stealth levels a la MGS. Maybe the developers could have made it like Die Hard Trilogy, with each film offering different genres of gameplay. Gameplay 3.5/5 Graphics 3/5 Sound 4/5 Difficulty 4/5 Originality 2/5

The quality of this never-ending series has slipped a long way since its heyday, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a show so well-written and rewatchable for the first 10 or so seasons. It's relatable for kids who watch it, but also, as I grew I noticed and related to other characters, dialogue and plot points. Some Favourite Episodes: The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson 22 Short Films About Springfield The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace Homer Loves Flanders King-Size Homer Homer Badman Bart on the Road Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious Behind the Laughter Homer Goes to College The Homer They Fall Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble" Homer's Enemy Brother from the Same Planet The Cartridge Family

Looks like I'll be a fish out of water here. I don't find the production to be good enough to give this a great rating, and vocally I don't like Jay-Z enough either. Some people say he makes rapping sound so easy, but for me, it's more that he seems like he ain't putting much effort into it. Although, this is more of an issue on future Jay albums than this one. I like the first half of the album a lot as it has some classic songs, but every time I listen to this, I find that in the second half it drops off considerably as the best tracks below suggest and as survivor games of this album demonstrate also. 'Ain't No Nigga' alone is one of the worst songs on a classically acclaimed hip hop album as well. It's horrendous. It's still a good album, but I'd never mention this when talking about the '90s classics as the consistency isn't here. Best Tracks: Dead Presidents II, Feelin' It, D'Evils, Can't Knock The Hustle