A good debut solo album from Consequence, which feels like it could have been a feature in Kanye's College Dropout trilogy at times. The beats perhaps aren't as good but the concept of trying to get a job and rap, and that Consequence has a similar voice do add to that feeling. While it finishes a touch slowly with 'Callin' Me', 'Uncle Rahiem' and 'Grammy Family' being the worst cuts on offer, I still feel like it deserves a high score as there ain't anything I don't like, and the best here is real quality. Best Tracks: Don't Forget 'Em, Uptown, The Good The Bad The Ugly, Night Night, Disperse

The first two tracks are good rhythmic bangers and among the best tracks on the album. From there the tracks in the middle of the LP are generally good, but nothing great, and then it finishes well with what is my favourite track on the album in the vocoder R&B/rap track in 'Echo'. From memory and the rating I have given 'Welcome to the Zoo' this is a vast improvement and quite a different album. Best Tracks: Untamed Gorilla, What It Is, I Got It, Echo.

A fairly safe album, lyrically and vocally being an average west coast release, with Domino technically as a rapper being likewise. The G-Funk beats are good, but if you've heard plenty of the genre they won't excite you too much.

A good album from one of the most well-known rappers ever, but I don't think this should ever get spoken about with the best of the best in the genre. All the skits make this feel really sluggish, and while there are a handful that aren't too far away, I think 'Who Am I (What's My Name)?'] is the only absolutely brilliant song here. It's one of my favourite songs of all time so maybe it's just hard for the rest to live up to it... I can't deny some of these beats are brilliant though. Lots of fun but I don't go back to a lot of it often. Best Tracks: Gin and Juice, Murder Was the Case, Serial Killa, Who Am I?, Ain't No Fun, Doggy Dogg World, Pump Pump

Snoop is back and unlike his previous couple of releases he is also back to filling his album to the brim, just 25 seconds shy of needing a second disc. To me, this album feels like a cross between some of his recent albums in 'Tha Blue Carpet Treatment', 'Rhythm & Gangsta' and even a bit of 'Ego Trippin'' with the more experimental 'Superman' that features Willie Nelson. There is some soul and jazz influence on some tunes that R&G had, and the harder more raw stuff sounds a bit like the stuff Snoop had on Blue Carpet Treatment. While there are some bad songs, there is less complete filler compared to what Snoop has created in the past. However, and while again there isn't anything really great, it does have some songs to go back to. Also, given its length, it does a fairly good job of maintaining my interest, compared to some of Snoop's previous albums such as 'Blue Carpet Treatment' that dies toward the end. Worth a listen if you have found something useful from Snoop in the past 5-6 years. Best Tracks: Wonder What It Do, My Fuckin' House, I Don't Need No Bitch, Gangbang Rookie, Raised in da Hood