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

Starts quite slowly, with the first three songs lacking anything memorable in the beats at all, then heats up around the banging 'Holy Ghost' and the catchy 'Me OK' before finishing solidly until it completes. In the mix, The Snowman goes missing on 'Beautiful' which we hear more of Game than Jeezy - of late it has been Game who has been accused of being outshined by guests-and 'Beez Like' is ruined by a childish hook, which isn't something I'd expect to hear from Jeezy. Overall, this is similar to most of Jeezy's other albums for me. A couple of standouts to put in a top 10 Jeezy playlist in the whip, but too many ignorable songs otherwise. Best Tracks: Enough, Holy Ghost, Me OK, Seen It All, Beautiful, No Tears

I didn't expect to like this much at all, as his last album only had a small number of tracks I enjoyed, and furthermore his first album is consistent but nothing much stands out to me on it. With this album though on the first listen only a few tracks stood out so I kept listening to them and discovered other tracks I have liked, and after many listens although some tracks sound quite similar there ain't much I don't enjoy now. It's got pretty good beats, catchy choruses, and Jeezy introduces featuring artists at a good time and they all work well. Despite the similar-sounding beats throughout the album, I would comfortably say that this is his most enjoyable album so far. One of those bangin' albums. Best Tracks: Crazy World, Amazin', Hustlaz Ambition, Don't You Know, Vacation, Everything, Takin' It There, Don't Do It, Put On, My President.

There are plenty of solid tracks on Jeezy's third Thug Motivation album, but after enjoying 'The Recession' immensely, almost from front to back, less grabs me on this album. There just aren't as many bangas, which has always been Jeezy's largest strength. I also don't understand some of the love 'i Do' has received either. It sounds a bit like it's trying to be an 'Int'l Players Anthem' type track, but it doesn't work very well despite the high profile features. It's all alright, but I definitely couldn't rate this higher than a three. Hopefully it'll grow on me like his previous album did. Best Tracks: What I Do, O.J., Nothing, F.A.M.E., Never Be the Same