Better than lots of VA compilations. The two DMX tracks are great, with 'Right / Wrong' being the lesser-known but the better of the two. He also has a dope song on the 'Exit Wounds' soundtrack with 'No Sunshine' that is well worth checking out. X, Em and Obie combined for the strong 'Go to Sleep' and then 'What's It All For?', that samples CkY's '96 Quite Bitter Beings', is hard as nails once it gets into the song. The other best moment for me is Big Stan's 'Hand That Rocks the Cradle'. Comp's 'Do Sumptin' is the weakest of the lot but is the only one real skippable tune, with the rest being decent-strong songs. Best Tracks: X Gon' Give It to Ya, Go to Sleep, What's It All For? Fireman, Right / Wrong, Hand That Rocks the Cradle, My Life (Cradle 2 the Grave)

Not bad and I'd say this is his most mature release. Still nothin' outstanding though and plenty of average tracks. If he wrote more songs like 'How We Feel' and 'Lovely Ladies' he would probably have more respect from the wider hip hop community. Best Tracks: Kick Drum, All Aboard (Ride It), Lovely Ladies, How We Feel, Roll on Em

Joe has some of the best R&B songs out there and this album features some of them. Many artists get worse in quality after releasing many albums but this is up there with his best. Apart from the best songs below, the others are solid also, with only a few exceptions. The production is great, coming from heavy-hitters such as, Tim & Bob, Cool & Dre, Tank, Bryan-Michael Cox and Sean Garrett to name a few. If you like artists like Bobby Valentino, Ne-Yo, or past Joe material, check out this album. Best Tracks: Get To Know Me, If I Was Your Man, Where You At, Let's Just Do It, Just Relax (samples Tribe's 'Electric Relaxation'), You Should Know Me.

What you expect from any Paris album is some great hard content, confrontational lyrics, an MC hungry and hard on the mic who never gets boring and some dope production. While not quite his greatest, this album ticks the boxes on all of them. It does feature a couple of skippable tracks but the subject matter, best tracks and interesting political speech excerpts including Jeremiah Wrights 'The Day of Jerusalem’s Fall' make up for that. While I don't agree with everything he says, you can just feel the anger through the speakers in 'Blap That Ass Up'. Let's hope it's not another five years before another album from P-Dog. Best Tracks (In Order): Get Fired Up, Acid Reflex, Don't Stop the Movement, The Hustle, Blap That Ass Up, One Gun, Winter in America, The Violence of the Lambs.

I like the beats here a bit more than 'Tha Block Is Hot' with the drums sounding more crisp and less cheap, but there are few high moments. 'Way of Life' has the recognisable 'Don't Look Any Further' sample that makes it stand out by a lot and everything else is average. Mannie Fresh works better with Mystikal than Wayne. Best Tracks: Way of Life, Gangsta and Pimps, Gangsta Shit, 500 Degreez