Diamonds and Pearls Part 2! While Purple Rain is one of the greatest albums of all time, overall, '90s Prince is my pick of the Prince eras. The sound here follows on from 'Diamonds and Pearls' and features some of his best songs, particularly the higher tempo tunes. '3 Chains O' Gold', with it's hint of Bohemian Rhapsody influence, and multiple change ups, is amazing. The opener is tougher than leather with Prince getting his rapping going. 'The Max' is another banger a few songs later as is 'The Continental' and the closer. There are some average moments, I don't love 'Blue Light' - 'Sweet Baby', but the high moments are fantastic and make up for the couple of poorer moments. Best Tracks: My Name Is Prince, The Max, The Continental, 7, And God Created Woman, 3 Chains O' Gold, The Sacrifice of Victor.

I was never into the TV series so went into this knowing very little about the Lost story. I'm not even sure if this is based on the plot of the TV show or not. This game is fairly short, only taking about 5 hours to finish, it looks fairly good and the plot keeps it moving along. The gameplay isn't anything extraordinary and too much of it is frustrating. For example, the spot you have to be in to pick up a particular item is too specific. Not recommended unless you love the Lost universe. Gameplay 2/5 Graphics 4/5 Sound 3.5/5 Difficulty 4/5 Originality 3/5

Surprisingly, despite Nas' great catalog of music, this is only 14 tracks long (about 60 minutes), when many more could have fitted on the disc. But I guess like most greatest hits compilations, it's released to get recent fans of Nas to buy it, rather than those who have heard everything from the past. An excellent collection of songs nevertheless. Best Tracks: It Ain't Hard to Tell, Hate Me Now, One Mic, Got Ur Self a..."

One of the Best Collections of Unreleased Material Who would have thought that some of Nas' best songs were 'unreleased'? At least seven of these tracks could be mentioned in the aforementioned category and while a few don't work, it is the best collection of unreleased material I've heard, for which some of these would have made Nas' intended '99 double disc release, however, early mp3 bootlegging put that to an end. What doesn't quite work for me is 'Poppa Was a Playa' (apparently ghost produced by Kanye West) which I know a lot love, but the hook is weak. 'U Gotta Love It' also doesn't have great production, but that is all I can complain about. 'Purple' is the pick for me from the disc, and on what I opened with, I actually slipped 'Purple' into my top 10 Nas songs when I made a list back in the day. As you can already tell from the rating, you can do worse than check this out. Best Tracks: Doo Rags, Nothing Last Forever, No Idea's Original, Purple, Drunk by Myself, Black Zombie, Fetus

When I acquired this album I was only starting to really get into hip hop and music, and it took a few listens to grow on me as this was quite different to what I'd been listening to. I'd heard ‘I Am…’ which was one of my first rap albums and I loved that, but from a production point of view, this is quite different as it was to the other stuff I was playing. It feels more like live instruments were used at times rather than the boards. Once I started to enjoy it though, it seemed/seems every time I listen to it I like it more and more, and now, while every track isn't brilliant, I don't find one song I don't enjoy. The album itself is a collection of different ideas. Much of the first disc is about race issues, where Nas calls out people including Kobe Bryant - “Little kids with they bus pass who look up to you, To do something for the youth, stupid spoof”. It feels like a prequel to ‘Untitled’. 'Sekou Story' and 'Live Now' also feature Scarlett, who is just Nas with his voice altered to sound like a female. Disc two is more varied in subject matter. The first half is really just a collection of random songs including a track about Rakim (produced by Nas), which created a bit of beef interestingly enough. Rakim was left wondering how Nas knew as much as he did about the legend. From the 'Remember the Times (Intro)' though, we get a run of tracks built around his relationship with Kelis that was going on at the time. And we also get a track with his father, and a song dedicated to his daughter Destiny, so that theme of family continues. Although I'm glad it's not, because I like most of this, I think that if Nas just had one disc of the best this album offers, this could be possibly contending for his second best album by a larger audience. It was actually released in an abridged fourteen track version, that may be more to people's taste and attention span. However, as I say with many double albums, when an artist gives us double the material, I'm someone who overlooks a bit of filler/low points for the high points of the album, so it gets a good rating because there is enough great stuff across the two discs. It is up there competing to be my second favourite Nas album. Beats: ★★★★ Bars: ★★★★★ Best Tracks: Message to the Feds, American Way, These Are Our Heroes, Suicide Bounce, Makings of a Perfect Bitch (same beat used on Kool Savas & Azad’s ‘All 4 One’), Streets Disciple, to name a few.