After hearing this album you will be asking yourself why Stezo has put out so little music. The beats produced by Stezo himself are easily some of my favourite pre '90s hip hop beats and there ain't nothing wrong with Stezo on the mic either. Not everything is brilliant but the best are great with a certain funkiness to the songs and that feature nice sampling. This also features an instrumental type of song that we saw on many '80s albums like 'Chinese Arithmetic' from 'Paid in Full' for example that I rarely was interested in. However in this case 'Jimmy's Gettin' Funky' is to my liking. Check it out along with Stezo's 'Bop Ya Headz / Shining Star' also for some more quality funky Stezo. Best Tracks: Bring the Horns, Talking Sense, It's My Turn, To the Max, Jimmy's Gettin' Funky, Going For Mine.

Hardly a song on this is close to being average. An extremely consistent, high-quality project. It features some cliched topics that are prominent in underground hip hop like criticising mainstream rap which Prolyphic does on 'On the Side' where he begins with "I was never a huge fan of Pac or Biggie". However, there are enough engaging topics here with sound songwriting present. The beats by Reanimator are great and are more than just 16/8 bar loops with extra elements added to some songs as they progress. I feel like if Prolyphic had a more unique/powerful voice I could score this even higher. Beats: ★★★★ Bars: ★★★★ Hooks: ★★★★ Best Tracks: Artist Goes Pop, Way That I See It, Ugly Truth, On the Side, Sleeping Dogs Lie

I got this album when it came out, having no idea who this artist was. With a name like Professor P, I think I was thinking of large Professor or something and it made me get this. With that though, it took me a while to listen. I'm glad to say I was impressed. Professor P is a Swedish rapper but you can't really tell from his voice, so that shouldn't turn people off who don't like rappers outside the US, and musically what you get is an album with some jazzy beats and many of them take you back to the golden era of boom-bap '90s hip hop. Vocally I like him also. He reminds me a fair bit of Prolyphic from 'The Ugly Truth' album, and while he doesn't have an amazing flow, he sounds hungry over the beats which make the disc an enjoyable listen. Check it out.

This was one of the first CDs I bought. I purchased it after hearing 'Hip Hop Hooray' whilst playing NBA Live 2000 on the PlayStation-every single track on that game goes hard btw. From there, not many, if any, hip hop groups have overtaken them as my favourite rap crew. They were great at crossing over poppy hooks with fire rapping, particularly from Treach who even the legendary Eminem is wowed by. I've written this in reviews for their albums but I feel the production skills from Kay Gee were advancing the genre from what many others were creating in the early '90s as well. The crossover skills are demonstrated on multiple occasions here on the aforementioned 'Hip Hop Hooray', 'O.P.P.', 'Feel Me Flow', 'Clap Yo' Hands' and 'Craziest' to name some. They also wrote some songs with a message like 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright' and there is also the great Tupac dedicated non-album track, 'Mourn You 'Til I Join You', that I played non-stop back in the day. For ages, when I had this album I didn't know who the song was about. The remixes also add something to the originals as well and maybe it's because I heard these first, but I probably prefer the remixes. *Written in 2K19

I dislike the chorus on 'Bring Me Down Pt. 3', and the chick tune 'Kinky' and 'When Dud U Get Hot' are weak, but otherwise this is a really strong mixtape and the first thing we've heard from Saigon since the long-awaited 'The Greatest Story Never Told'. The beats are probably a tad more generic than the album, but overall I don't hear a lot of difference. Well worth checking out if you like the guy. Best Tracks: I Am 4 Real, Say Yes, Mr. Cool.