Vocally, Mack sounds like a mixture of Too Short and Eazy E. Most of the lyrical content is about sex and the beats, that is the best component of the album, feature some funk and classic soul samples. It's an easy listen (especially if you remove the interludes), but there's nothing memorable. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best Tracks: Danger Zone, Mystery Lover, Something to Ride 2

E-Roc is noted as a Christian rapper, but it doesn't seem like a strong theme throughout the album. His faith is mentioned, but in general, it feels more like a general conscious hip hop type of project. He reps Jesus in a subtle way than most Christian artists. The best song feels different to anything else with more energy and catchier song-writing that stands out. It gives me D.I.T.C. vibes. As I suspected, the producer of the song, Super Menn, didn't work on any other songs. Then you have songs like 'Rhymeology' where the instrumentation sounds quite amateur, so it's a mixed bag. A decent project. I enjoyed playing this through a number of times. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Shotgunz & Scriptures, Endless Skies (Godcore Mix), I Am

This is a below average rap album from A-Train who is another on the long list of rappers who didn't make it to 50 years of age. 'Ya’ll Niggaz Ain’t Ridaz' has 'Ambitionz Az A Ridah' drums that is worth mentioning. There is some decent g-funk production on songs like 'What U Thought This Was?' and the DJ Quik sounding 'Groove, Step, Slide'. At times when he is trying to spit a little faster it doesn't sound natural and effortless like the best of the best. Best Tracks: What’s Laccin’?, What U Thought This Was?

There are some misses here including the opening two songs, and the production is very mid '00s with some of it sounding a bit cheap as was the case around this era of mainstream R&B. The highs are nice though and if you like slow jamz you'll get something out of this project. When the album gets more upbeat the success rate drops off apart from 'Bump' that isn't a bad track. The final song features a quick eight bar phone-it-in verse from Jadakiss and the other feature listed is Jazze Pha who only offers a short intro and an adlib from what I hear. Fabolous offers a little more with his raps on the Special Edition of the album. Best Tracks: Breathe, No More, Bump, Hurt You Bad, Missing You

Young Bleed's follow up to his consistent debut, 'All I Have In the World, Are... My Balls and My Word', begins really well with the good opening two tracks being quite different from one another offering variety. In all of my playthroughs of this, I come away with the same feeling though; which is that the album falls away. 'No Disrespect' is the first to drag on. Then 'Give and Take' doesn't do enough and 'Bounce, Mob, Skate' gets boring too. The song shows no differentiation between the verses and the chorus, and the chorus lacks energy. As is often the case with hip hop albums, the final track is more of an introspective/conscious song with some nicely sung vocals making it the best of the second half. Best Tracks: Bless Em' All, I Couldn't C' It, A Husla', My Own