"You the type to run out of kitchens when pots boil" Gunplay has delivered plenty of bangers throughout his career, and there are flashes of that here. ‘Really Him’ is an immediate standout that is ridiculously catchy from the first listen, and the kind of track that made me want to pause the whole album and run it back on loop. While not much else on the project wows, there’s still enough energy and grit to keep long-time fans satisfied. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Heaven for a Gangsta, Ain’t No Love, Really Him, Foot on Ya Neck Heaven for a Gangsta (feat. King Paso) 80 Microwave Food 70 Ain’t No Love 80 Really Him 95 Motion (feat. Smoked Out Lazy) 64 Risk Takers (feat. Trap Gawd Lito & Ricco Barrino) 70 Nameless (feat. Blake Apollo) 63 Opp Down 50 Foot on Ya Neck 74 All Blues (feat. Smoked Out Lazy) 60 No More Assalamu Alaikum 64 Ain’t a Game 70

Here there are tales of hood romance, (the good and the bad), gangsta rap, and what seems to be hating on rappers who all act hard and all say the same thing. 8-Off/Agallah reminds me of Chino XL at times with his voice, delivery and some of the production too, although his content is quite different. There is likeable variety here even if not every song hits the mark. The absolute best for me are 'Ghetto Girl' and the thumping closer, 'Catch a Body'. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Kick Down the F---in' Door, Ghetto Girl, Only Live Once, Propa Swerve, Fakin' Moves, Catch a Body

The first two songs are bangin' trap with the second track, 'Do Better', being the easy pick from the EP. 'Drifting Away' pulls it back a notch with some softly sung female vocals and lighter instrumentation that still works. The next two are okay, with 'We Belong' being the worst on the project and then it finishes decently with more sub-throbbing music. EP's are always hard to rate. If there was this consistency over a longer album, I'd rate it higher, but for only 20 minutes, the quality needs to be higher. Still, I enjoy this and have been loving 'Do Better'. Buck stays in his lane and if the beats bang, he sounds great. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: U-Turn, Do Better, Still Rollin' (BloodMoney)

Firstly, the younger version of Brad Pitt’s character looked unconvincing. It’s surprising that for a film lasting over two hours they can de-age characters, but they didn’t bother to de-age him properly for the brief moment we see young Sonny Hayes. At times, the race commentary feels like it’s aimed at people with no knowledge of F1, which breaks the immersion. Real commentators wouldn’t explain things that way. Brad mentioned in interviews that this was something they were trying to balance and I get that it's not easy to cater towards the newcomers and F1 enthusiasts. Still, the idea of a lesser team being able to challenge the front-runners adds an exciting “what if” element to the sport. If only F1 worked like that in real life. I appreciated some of the script choices, like showing the FIA seemingly targeting a smaller team which felt grounded. It would’ve been great to hear more lines from the actual F1 drivers, though, rather than just seeing them in passing. Overall, while it does fall into some of the usual sports movie clichés, there are enough fresh twists, engaging moments, emotion, and solid racing scenes to make it worth a watch.

This begins well. I've always like Will's 'Wild Wild West' and then Enrique Iglesias' classic, 'Bailamos' (We Dance) is likeable pop. After that, nothing is great. Dre's and Eminem's 'Bad Guys Always Die' is one you'd expect more from given what they were putting out at this time but it's just not that interesting despite trying to interchange and tell a story. The next track that catches my ear is 'I'm Wanted' that has some nice bounce and hardness to the song with a catchily sung hook. Slick Rick's 'I Sparkle' is okay, but again not touching his best solo work. Many songs are poppy R&B that don't go beyond decent. Faith Evan's 'Mailman' is probably the best of them thanks to her vocals. Overall, there are few tracks to go back to. Best Tracks: Wild Wild West, Bailamos, I'm Wanted 1.    Wild Wild West 90 2.    Bailamos 80 3.    Confused 64 4.    Keep It Movin' 60 5.    Getting Closer 60 6.    Lucky Day 66 7.    Bad Guys Always Die 64 8.    Mailman 70 9.    I'm Wanted 72 10.   Hero 60 11.   Chocolate Form 12.   I Sparkle 66 13.   The Best 54 14.   8 Minutes to Sunrise 70 15.   Stick Up 50