Like 'Legendary', I like this more than most. I don't enjoy it as much as the aforementioned album but it's still fairly enjoyable from beginning to end. Subject matter wise he doesn't mix it up too much, often enough, but still the production and flow are there which do most of the job. 'Hustle in My Blood' is a good opening track, 'What It Sounds Like' with the Con Funk Shun 'Let Me Put) Love on Your Mind' sample works well. 'Game Ain't Changed' sounds a touch like something from the '9 Lives' era as does 'Run From Me' and 'AZ's Behind This' but again are solid. 'Get Low' uses another sample used on a DMX track and is one of the albums best. 'Bonafied' is one of the weaker tracks and like on 'Run From Me' the featured artist Obnoxious doesn't add much to the track at all. 'The Reverand' adds something different to the album with choiristic/atmospheric production. 'Havin' My Baby' along with 'Get Low' and 'Hustle in My Blood' are favourites from the disc and then the album closes out with 'Do Me This Way' which is another solid tune. As with 'Legendary', some of the beats sound somewhat dated, particularly the choruses and sound similar to what AZ has done in the past, but everything is easy on the ear which is the most important factor. Best Tracks: Hustle in My Blood, Get Low, Havin' My Baby, AZ's Behind This, Game Ain't Changed, What It Sounds Like

I like some of this a lot. I think that a number of the more poppy songs are produced better than the generic hip hop beats, as AZ struggles with his beat selection on a number of songs. Best Tracks: I Don't Give a Fuck, Problems, Let's Toast, Love Me.

I don't think that this is his best rapping performance, but he got the beat selection more correct with a lot of soul samples being used throughout the album and fewer weak tracks. 'I'm Back' though feels out of place at track 10 with it feeling like it should have been an album opener. Best Tracks: Once Again, The Essence, Fanmail, I'm Back, Rebirth.

From the beginning, the beats are a bit of a let down on this album. 'New York' improves it slightly and features some excellent rapping, and then 'Can't Stop' steps it up again being a really strong track. However, then it slips back down. A couple of songs later 'Street Life' features a nice violin loop and gets the ball rolling again with 'The Come Up' featuring DJ Premier production. It isn't fantastic but it's a solid beat. 'Envious' is forgettable and then 'A.W.O.L.' features a 'Wildflower' sample that has been used on a number of hip hop songs before such as 'Unexplained' by Gravediggaz and Cassidy's 'On the Grind'. Fairly consistent I guess, but a few beats could've been better. Best Tracks: New York, Can't Stop, Street Life, Bedtime Story, The Come Up, A.W.O.L.

The Format isn't great from start to finish, (not many albums are anymore) but there are some great tracks here such as 'The Format', 'The Animal' and 'Sit Em Back Slow'. His rapping talent is outstanding especially on the tracks mentioned which is nothing new. He's still one the better rappers to do it. I like this a fair bit more than his last album, so if you like that you should definitely like this. Overall the few tracks I love go a large way to earning it its 3.5/5, the rest of them like 'Make Me', 'Get High' and 'Game of Life' are all good though also which make for a fairly solid album. Also, I just wanna say track 10, 'The Format' is one of my favourite if not my favourite AZ track, great production from Premo. It's AZ's 'Nas Is Like'. Best Tracks: Sit Em Back Slow, I Am the Truth, Animal, The Format