This really isn't that bad. I'm not hearing the off beat complaint. Flip raps fine. As usual, Z-Ro contributes strongly. My main beef with this is some of the features who rap with that artificial/autotune wack voice, plus the mumbling of some as well. The second track, 'Do Yo Big One' is one of the worst moments. 'Up Up and Away' has I think the exact instrumental as another song that I can't think of at the moment. Flip doesn't make amazing albums, but this is another pretty consistent release, and it would be a lot better with more rappers I liked as features. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★ Best Tracks: Time Ain't Go Wait, Up Up and Away, The Originator, I Miss My Mama

This is a decent 7 track EP/album from the former Tupac collaborator. Nothing will knock your socks off, but the beats, almost entirely by Scottzilla, are all solid and Noble spits some lyrics that catch my attention, such as those about his association with Pac. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best Tracks: Pac, Yak & Fatal, Back Pocket, Henny & Yoga, Talkin My Talk

I prefer this album to Timbaland's and Magoo's debut. This one has a harder sound with more rapping on it. Magoo goes missing more so though with lots of features and he sounds a tad different here, not sounding quite as much as Q-Tip as the debut. Petey Pablo, who dropped his debut two weeks prior to this album dropping, that Timbaland produced a handful of songs on, is on four songs in a row. Sin, a feature on a couple, sounds like Biggie. 'All Y'all' has some interesting lyrics - "To all my ladies in lingerie, never underage, who stay gettin paid" - This line reminds me of Frank in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia making sure no one thought he was diddling kids. And then in the same verse you have some odd attempt at an Asian accent as he says, "Japanese girls even love my beats/They say, "Timbaland we love you/We love the dope things that you do." The "Indian carpet" sample in 'Indian Carpet' is a tad annoying. I think the weakest song is 'Love Me' that is a Tweet solo song as Petey only adds his voice to the intro. It's very slow and doesn't do enough. After that song though, it finishes strongly with a number of the best cuts on the album being featured. As with their debut, there is nothing brilliant, but there are a number of songs that aren't too far off. As a whole, it's not far from a 4 out of 5. Beats: ★★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★★ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: It's Your Night, Party People, Serious, Baby Bubba, In Time, Considerate Brotha, Beat Club Intro Drop 60/100 All Y'all 70 It's Your Night 77 Indian Carpet 70 Party People 82 People Like Myself 76 Voice Mail Serious 78 Roll Out 72 Love Me 60 Baby Bubba 80 In Time 83 Mr. Richards Considerate Brotha 88 Beat Club 77 I Am Music 70

Jeezy's new album is a consistent solid body of work for 29 tracks, but that's kind of also its downfall. There aren't any risks on here. There are too many similar tracks. Jeezy flows as well as ever, and for no features he does well to maintain my attention, but a lot of the content isn't memorable. It begins slowly for me with 'Trust No One' the first to catch my attention and it improves from there with enough bangin' tracks to make this worth a listen, but after a number of playthroughs, there isn't enough A1 music to rate this higher. Lots of good songs. Few to no great ones. A light 3.5 out of 5. Best Tracks: I Might Forgive: Trust No One, Don't Cheat But I Don't Forget: Titanic, Never be a Fan, Since Pac Died, Free Champagne

I went straight from listening to 'Tim's Bio: From the Motion Picture Life From da Bassment' to this, and this is the much better album. When Timbaland raps, he never says anything very interesting, including saying some goofy stuff, and boosting on the opener, "I ain't got to rap, all I got to do is talk on this track/And you will still buy it, you know what I'm sayin?", but he does a good job with the production, and while Magoo has an interesting voice (sounding like a more feminine Q-Tip), he spits some decent verses. The featuring artists add positively to the album as well from Ginuwine, Missy Elliott and others. In saying all of that, it's one good song after another, but there is nothing amazing. 'Joy', that would feel right at home on a prime Ginuwine album, and the dark vibing 'Writtin' Rhymes' are two of the better moments, but the highs aren't high enough for me to rank this any higher. Beats: ★★★★ Rapping/Bars/Vocals: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Luv 2 Luv U, Luv 2 Luv U (Remix), Writtin' Rhymes, Joy