The biggest problem with this is the repetition. For some reason, they game makes you repeat the same tracks over and over again. Aside from that, it plays fairly well and I would say, based off memory, is easier than the previous games in the series. I like the risk vs reward in this as well related to taking the chance to go through the gates or not.
As I revisited this, I was wondering why I hadn't rated this higher as the first number of tracks are great, but it drops off a bit. It's all good boom bap, but the real high moments to match Rakim's best are sparse.
Best Tracks: Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em, No Omega, In the Ghetto, Step Back, Keep 'Em Eager to Listen
[spoilers] After the first half or so of the film, I expected this to be a cleverer crime mystery than it became, but it all just falls into place for the protagonist. He guesses the passcode for a phone (I hate when that happens in a movie because I've tried this in real life and it never works), there are the perfect videos on the phone that he steals based on a hunch that ends up having zero merit, seeing the same two cars in the videos leads our protagonist to the perpetrators, and the ex-wife of the missing child has a brother who works for an insurance company making it a breeze to find the address of the owner of the car. From there, it then becomes a stealth/action closing act. An entertaining and emotive thriller that keeps you in the dark for a while but it's not as great as it promised to be.
Same old formula from Twista. Some reasonable hardcore hip hop with ferocious spitting, although these are even a step below his past material, surrounded by pop rap and other songs with so-so production. He needs to try something different. A whole album with the same producer doing hardcore hits.
