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

It doesn't sound like Timbaland put his best of anything into this. Everything just feels average. I don't feel encouraged to give this a third spin to really set my favourite songs in stone like I normally do. Best Tracks: Phat Rabbit, Keep It Real

When I first saw the tracklist I was surprised by the 9-minute song lengths. What they've done is sequence it as the normal version of the song followed by the slowed version as one track. It's an odd way to structure an album. T-Rock provides a verse a song, but this is all fairly generic gangsta/horrorcore hip hop.

I don't know what people see in Meek Mill at all. He has a grating, yelling way of rapping that isn't the least bit appealing, and he doesn't open his mouth enough when he raps as he mumbles through his bars. Clash Magazine calling him an icon is a push. Rakim is an icon. Nas is an icon. Meek Mill though? And then there is Ross who hasn't changed his flow for God knows how long. Quick bar, pause, quick bar, pause. Repeat. Then there are the features like BEAM on 'Go to Hell', the outdated autotune Vory on 'Dead Last' and the almost always wack Future. Shaq on the remix of 'SHAQ & KOBE' is the most enjoyable voice on here. Nothing comes close to hitting on a high enough level at all here and most is skippable. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★ Hooks: ★★ Best Tracks: 800 Karats, Fine Lines, Millionaire Row, SHAQ & KOBE (Remix)

This is another worthwhile album from Patrice who continues to make some great genre-mixing music 9 albums in. I don't think anything here touches his top 10-15 songs, but there are still high enough highs and at only 25 minutes you won't get bored. Best Tracks: SENTINEL, SUN IS OUT, NO WANT, UNDEFINED