I think this is better than his 2004 effort, 'The Ridah'. It's slightly more consistent; however, there are still some average moments with more of a mainstream sound throughout the album than most of what he released before, some of the hooks could be better, and it never reaches great heights. It begins well enough but falls away from 'She Got Hydraulics on It'. One of the best moments is 'Cold of the Streets' that has elements of the production that reminds me of a well known song that I can't pinpoint at this moment. Beats: ★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best Tracks: Dyin' 2 Ball, It's Shame, Fake Ass Gangsta, Gangsta Girl, Cold of the Streets 1. Dyin' 2 Ball 70 2. It's a Shame 74 3. Gangster As I Wanna Be 64 4. She Got Hydraulics on It 50 5. Rude Boy 53 6. Fake Ass Gangsters 67 7. Character 54 8. Thug in Me 64 9. Candy 40 10. She So Fly 59 11. Gangsta Girl 70 12. Da Ghetto 65 13. Cold of the Streets 75 14. Thug Thang 66 15. East Bay G's 63

Being set on the Amalfi Coast of Italy there is some scenic eye candy to stare at, but it does feel different to the first two movies. Robert McCall seems more brutal and there is less we see that leads to the violence. The violence is well done but there isn't enough build up to it. It feels like the movie needed a longer running time to build more suspense and more of a dynamic between Robert and the villains for me. It all comes together too easily and quickly. Still a 3/5. I enjoyed it, but it's not amazing.

Mostly produced by Phonk Beta and Lynch himself, everything sounds too similar. It's a difficult album to get through and then to want to play again to get a better grasp of its qualities as nothing is very memorable. Lyrically, it's not as graphic as lots of other Lynch music. Skits are attached to the start or end of tracks that should almost never happen as it ruins the replayability of an album. Best Tracks: Die (1 by 1), Thatz What I Said, On My Brief Case

My apologies to the previous listeners who have loved this, but the rating is about to drop. I gave this three-four spins and nothing really grabbed me. I've said it many times, but I wish Televangel worked with a different kind of rapper. Sleep is fine, showing an ability to be lyrically for the lyric-heads out there, but these "my mind's always loaded" type of cliched underground rappers get old and there's not much to separate him from so many others. When he quotes Nas' 'Nas Is Like' bars my ears pricked up. It's an easy listen, with a stronger second half in my opinion, but I won't be going back to it. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Create a Player, Incorruptible Saints

I knew this was better than 'Magic 2' after about two songs and have since gone back and relistened to both other 'Magic' albums and this is better by far. Like 'KDIII' was compared to the other two 'KD' releases, (but more so 'KDI'), the production is so much better and there are fewer dull moments. The last song is one of the weak moments, largely due to it containing content we've heard from Nas on a number of these Hit/Nas collaborations already and that it ends with boring shoutouts, but also by having the least likeable production on the album. Elsewhere, 'Never Die' would be better without Wayne. Nas raps with coherence and Wayne, as is often the case, doesn't. I could've also done without the humming that concludes 'Fever', but there's nothing else I can be critical of. The production is more bangin' than 'Magic 2' that elevates this to another level and it's more consistently great than 'Magic'. I'm shocked to see the overall rating here being lower than the aforementioned albums. I love the small moments such as the callbacks like the "Represent, Represent" sample on the opener. I still don't think Nas has made many, if any, songs throughout these six Hit-Boy produced albums that are contending with his career best tracks, but this is basically consistently one 4 out of 5 (or higher) song after another, and the first 4 songs rival his best 4 song run on an album. For me this is the best 'Magic' release and 'KDIII' was the best 'KD' release. Third time lucky again! Beats: ★★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Fever, TSK, Superhero Status, I Love This Feeling, Based on True Events Pt. 2, Jodeci Member