I think this is one of those albums that if you heard it before the plethora of similar hip hop albums released around this time, that maybe you would think more of it than vice versa and it would have a higher overall rating than it does. Having heard so much boom bap/jazz rap from the early/mid 90's era myself, while a really good album, it doesn't reach the brilliant heights of others, largely from a standout point of view. While there are plenty of great tracks there isn't an amazing track or two present here which let it down. Overall though, it's a highly consistent record and well worth a four out of five. Best Tracks: C'Mon wit da Git Down, Heavy Ammunition, Attack of New Jerusalem, Whayback, Dynamite Soul

This begins well, the first four songs are great, but I've never loved the middle to second half of the album enough to call this a true rap classic that many tend to. For only eleven songs, the standard needs to be touch higher for four outta five stars. 'Testify' (annoying repetitive overpowering sample), 'Love Is...' (stock standard song, nothing great about it), and 'Real People' (best of the three but similar to what I said about 'Love Is') don't grab me enough. Best Tracks: The Corner, GO!, Faithful, They Say

I love Ne-Yo's debut 'In My Own Words'. After one listen this didn't impress me a huge amount, but after listening to it again it has grown on me. I still don’t think it's near 'In My Words' though as a number of the songs' production leaves something to be desired. Nevertheless, it's solid and has only a few tracks that I don’t like. The best stuff I love but there are a number I'm not feeling a lot. Best Tracks: Because of You, Do You, Go on Girl (Apparently Michael Jackson's favourite Ne-Yo song)

A diverse album if nothing else. I'm not sure Mims knew what type of album he wanted with this. It has a few rock/pop-inspired tracks, R&B/pop tracks, a couple southern/snap type tracks and one or two general east coast beats. Lyrically Mims isn't great but enjoyable enough to listen to at the same time and this album is better than I expected as all I've heard from him previously was 'This Is Why I'm Hot' which was fairly weak. You'll probably have to like R&B/pop rap to enjoy this at all due to the choruses. Overall, song for song though it's mostly reasonable-good pop rap. Best Tracks: On & On, Move (If You Wanna) (Reminds me a bit of Wayne's 'A Milli'), Chasing Sunshine, One Last Kiss

I don't know if this deserves its very low rating in other circles. It's all fairly non-offensive hip hop. There is nothing I hate with a few tracks worth going back to backed up with good production. As a rapper, Mims doesn't stand out from the crowd, but again, there is nothing terrible about the lyrics or his voice. Best Tracks: It's Alright, They Don't Wanna Play, I Did You Wrong