I heard their last LP, and this is pretty much same sort of thing. A few good songs like 'Take It Slow' and 'Dangerous' to name a couple, but most are all songs you can live without hearing. Most tracks are ones that are good for the club or pumping out of your sub, but if you are just listening to it and the lyrics closely it ain't anything. Chemically Imbalanced also doesn't feature the few top tracks that their previous had.

75 minutes is way too long for this album. It's not necessarily that bad, but it just doesn't keep you interested for half the duration let alone the whole thing. It begins reasonably with the Scarface themed track and then 'West Coast Geez' but there is just nothing that good on offer here. Best Tracks: Cocka Roaches, West Coast Geez, Blind Livin', Ain't Nobody Fuckin' With Me, Sum Dem Murder.

I love Killer Mike on the mic, have since I heard him as an OutKast feature many moons ago, but the dude just can't get with beats I love for a whole project. I like a lot of this, but there's nothing that wows me. In the past, I haven't been a massive fan of EL-P's sound which continues here, and I don't love his voice either. 3.5-3 / 5. Best Tracks: Banana Clipper, A Christmas Fucking Miracle

This is surprisingly pleasurable. It starts off well with a banger in 'Get Money' featuring Rick Ross. 'Born An O.G.' is quality largely thanks to Luda who is on fire. From there the pop rap starts which makes up a fair bit of the middle part of the album. The good thing is though most of them work, particularly 'Love Somebody' and 'Mine'. Tracks such as 'Zone', 'This Nigga Here' and 'Loco Wit the Cake' are your standard southern rap tracks, all are listenable but nothing original. Overall, Ruthless is nothing overly different than many other albums but it features some good tracks and there isn't one bad track which makes everything listenable throughout the 52 minute playing time. Best Tracks: Get Money, Born An O.G., Love Somebody, Mine, Wifey Material, Make a Toast

Nahum Grymes' second album feels more like an album than his debut 'Back of My Lac' did. It's much more consistent throughout and it doesn't take time to grow on you. His last required a forced listen after I liked this one to realise it was decent (3/5). While 'Round 2' doesn't feature a track as addictive as 'Bed', it still contains good choruses, which is what you want from an R&B album, good beats and build up in most songs. Overall, IMO this is a very high-quality R&B release that can be played right through with plenty of great tracks to hear. Best Tracks: Fall, Don't Go, Sing 2 U, Forever Ain't Enough, Fly