With all the big name artists that release records it's generally someone you've never heard of that you enjoy more, and this is an example of that. I find this album to be a hour of consistency, which probably as another review mentions contains some of the best stuff towards its conclusion. There are some interesting and original tracks where Blacastan talks about life from the point of view of a dice in 'The Dice Life', and the life of a cassette tape in 'The Life of a Tape' which lyrically is something fairly different and similar to what Nas did with 'I Gave You Power' on It Was Written where he spoke about life from the point of view of a gun.
Tracks such as 'Best That I Can' and 'How Can You Be So Sure' are among the best and feature a nice contrast between the hard beats and lyrics compared to the emotionally sung hooks. The only real negative for me are that there is too much of the same sound throughout the album, which isn't a surprise as it is mostly produced by one producer in ColomBeyond.
Best Tracks: Crate Diggaz, Best That I Can, Returnin' to Nam, Diamond, Anything Less, How Can You Be So Sure, Crac House, The Life of a Tape, The Real (Remix)
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