Another unknown worthy West Coast release, so much so, that O.Z. wasn't even in the database. While there isn't much original here, OZ is a good quick rapper who sounds a touch like one of the Bones at times, and the beats are quality G-Funk that was popular in the mid '90s. Best Tracks: OZ, All I Really Want, Runnin They Mouth, Recognize and Realize

The first half a dozen songs are mostly made up of solid east coast beats with fire rhyming. 'Numerical Slaughter' is a twist on Papoose's earlier 'Alphabetical Slaughter'. You can probably guess what the difference is from the titles. While some of the bars are debatable, '3rd Eye' features more of the depth of political content that Cube should've had on 'Everythangs Corrupt'. 'BAG' is another decent one where Biggie is sampled. From there it switches to pop-rap. 'The Golden Child' and 'Precious Jewel' are about Pap's newborn child and his wife, Remy Ma. The former is fairly sappy but I don't dislike it. My main issue with it is that Remy doesn't sound sentimental. Papoose does, Remy doesn't. Then 'Discipline' has links to Papoose's upbringing. To finish the album 'S.H.O.O.T.E.R.' and 'Mash the Gas on 'Em' take it back to the album's earlier sound but aren't as strong. As with his past projects, the rapping is mostly fire, he is a great rapper but on the whole the beats aren't noteworthy or unique. With producers like DJ Premier, E-Dubb, Pete Rock, Statik Selektah and Ron Browz providing beats the sound we've got here doesn't surprise. Beats: ★★☆ Bars: ★★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Underrated, Numerical Slaughter, 3rd Eye, God MC

Papoose can spit. Everyone knows that. On his best songs he has bars, a dope flow and commands attention with his voice. But some of the beats on this probably would have felt dated if this dropped when it was originally supposed to six years ago. 2.5-3/5

When I started to get into music more around 2004 I remember listening to Gigolo a fair bit. I'd been getting into Kells, who produces and is a feature on two of these songs ('Gigolo' and 'You'), and I enjoyed that pop rap tune back in the day. So years later I finally come to check out the album. Nick isn't much of a rapper, but is comfortably listenable, however, he does perhaps try to sound a bit too hard at times, as he does on the album art when you look at what he does for a day job, but most of this is about the chicks. The beats aren't too bad either, with a few featuring some well-known samples ('Attitude'-Newcleus' 'Jam on It') and Nick had a good idea in keeping the album to only twelve songs. The weakest portion of this album is 'My Rib' to 'Main Girl' that fail to be worth listening to twice, but the rest is alright if you can stand pop rap. Overall, it's a pretty generic pop rap album, but if it was by Alan Smithee and not Nick Cannon, it wouldn't have the horrendous rep it does from some. Best Tracks: Gigolo, You, My Mic, Your Pops Don't Like Me (I Really Don't Like This Dude)

This kicks off fairly well. 'the enTRAPreneur' builds up well with the beat kicking in halfway through. 'Look Like' is hard as nails and my pick from the album. The following 'Better Tell 'Em' is another favourite. 'MLK BLVD' and the lead single, '1 Time' are fairly hard as well. On the contrary, 'White Keys' is weak. I don't like the chorus and the chorus on 'Mr. Pyrex' is also average. 'The Real MVP' is your usual sappy John Legend featured affair. Aside from that, it's all decent. In terms of quality, it feels somewhat like Rick Ross' recent 'Port of Miami 2', however, this has some better high moments. 'The Recession' aside, where I rate nearly every song, this is basically the level of consistency Jeezy has given us throughout this 20 odd years in the industry. Best Tracks: the enTRAPreneur, Look Like, Better Tell 'Em