It has taken quite some time for Gunplay to release this debut album. After hearing songs over the years I was looking forward to this because he can bring a lot of energy to his music. The lead-up mixtapes were disappointing though and it has kind of followed on here. There are still some dope songs here but it's lacking anything as strong as 'Bible on the Dash' or with the energy of 'Bogota'. Best Tracks: Just Won't Do, Be Like Me, From Da Jump, Dark Dayz, Leave Da Game

This is a very run of the mill R&B album. 'Get Ready', that sounds like something else I've heard that I can't think of at the moment, is dope thanks to the instrumentation and serene vibe it creates. The GOAT, R. Kelly improves the remix of 'Hell Yeah' to make it one of the better songs here. 'In Those Jeans' is also one of the better ballads where Ginuwine sings quite passionately. Elsewhere, many songs don't differ much from beginning to end, there aren't a lot of overly catchy hooks and after a few spins there is nothing I'll be coming to. Best Tracks: Get Ready, In Those Jeans, Love You More, Hell Yeah (Remix)

This is worth checking out if you enjoy Ginuwine's last album, as it's quite similar. The two upbeat tunes though don't work as well in 'Batteries' and 'Kidnapped', and I'm not feeling the ballads quite as much, although there are still some good ones. 'Break' is one such track as it builds up nicely and is great toward the end. Nothing much groundbreaking though... Best Tracks: Break, Frozen, Why Were Fighting, Heaven, How Does Your Heart Forget, First Time

There ain't a lot not to like throughout Ginuwine's 6th album ('Apologize' is seen as unofficial). It's packed with solid modern R&B tracks with catchy choruses and good production. The rap features work pretty well also with Bun B on 'Trouble' and Missy Elliot on the one real uptempo club track on the album produced by Timbaland called 'Get Involved'. However, the best songs come from your standard R&B template with emotive lyrics and contagious choruses. Such tracks are 'Orchestra', which is my pick from the disc, with 'Touch Me' and 'Open the Door' being others. On the other hand there are some tracks such as 'Used to Be the One' and 'One Time for Love' which may not be on the playlist for long but all in all A Man's Thoughts is a good mature R&B album with enough tracks with replay value to be one of the better ones I've heard in a while. Best Tracks: Orchestra, Show Off, Open the Door, Show Me the Way, Lying to Each Other, Touch Me, Last Chance

This begins well. 'This Can't Be Real' has nice soulful production, the Jake One produced 'It's Over' is outstanding and 'Still Got Love' with Isaac Hayes's 'Ike's Mood I' sample is another soulfully produced track. Then it runs into some problems. The 'Roc-A-Fella Billionaires' beat isn't to my liking, I think that the 'The Way We Were / Try to Remember' by Gladys Knight & the Pips sample is overused on 'When They Remember' and 'Take It to the Top' with Curtis goes for a pop sound and isn't anything to write home about. The next three songs aren't bad, but all come and go. Next, the beat on 'Baby Don't Do It' is almost identical to 'Don't Do It' from 'The Recession'. Jeezy does his thing better on it though. 'Nuttin' on Me', 'Walk Wit Me' and 'Lights Get Low' then give this album an injection of needed pace with some bangers, and 'I Cry' finishes the album off well. There are many soul samples featured throughout this album and Freeway does his usual thing, but there isn't enough content that is attention-grabbing, particularly throughout a large portion of the middle of the album. Solid though with a few memorable tracks, similar to his debut. This one just has a couple that are next level memorable songs though for me to give it a higher rating than Free's debut. Best Tracks: This Can't Be Real, It's Over, Nuttin' on Me, Walk Wit Me.