With the amount of features here, it feels like a No Limit album that always had a large amount of verses from others than the primary one. The album art is terrible and some of the skits attached to the end of songs fit that theme feeling like something from the mind of a 12 year old boy.
The opener, 'More Dangerous', samples 'Warning' by The Notorious B.I.G. and is helped by Busta's energy on the hook. 'Future Sport', with Redman kicking the song off, is hard not to bop the head to and with Joe Hooker's chorus, it feels a little like some of the songs he was on on Black Rob's debut. 'Play Around' feels even more like them. I'm surprised Hooker was a go to for Diddy to get on hooks for a while. He isn't a great singer. 'Girlfriend', 'Looking for a Lady', 'Everything', and to a lesser extent, 'Chicken Heads', provide some R&B/pop rap feels.
'4 My Niggaz' is the song that caught my attention most on the first listen. The samples from 'Trans-Europe Express' by Kraftwerk, 'Al-Naafiysh' by Hashim and 'Computer Game' by Yellow Magic Orchestra make it sound original and like nothing else on the album. If only the hook wasn't lazy.
I spun this a few times and there isn't anything that is hard to listen to. There is nothing Lil' Cease does as a rapper that makes him stand out. There are many features, but to be fair, particularly for the second half of the album, many are just used on the chorus. Much of the production, that is very sample heavy, is hard to dislike.
Beats: ★★★
Rapping/Bars: ★★☆
Hooks: ★★☆
Best Tracks: More Dangerous, Future Sport, Looking for a Lady, 4 My Niggaz, Don't Stop, Everything
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