As Real As It Gets [PA] - Sworn Enemy

Advantages: biggie's best album by far
Disadvantages: his unfortunate death

...Although only releasing two albums in his career, Biggie has become a legend of rap and deservedly so. He was born on the mean streets of Brooklyn where he eventually met his demise. He was shot dead by on unknown gunman in Brooklyn in 1997 just a year after sworn enemy Tupac Shakur was shot dead in Las Vegas by, again, a unknown gunman. I used to think that I couldn't like Biggies music because 2pac hated him so much, but as soon as I heard him I remembered what I was missing out on. After being featured in The Source a major music magazine in America in the unsigned hype section P-Diddy signed him up on Bad Boy. His first album Ready To Die had rave reviews written about it and showed a small time thug from Brooklyn making it big. All his albums were released on P-Diddy's personal label Bad Boy Records and was released just before his... Read review

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Advantages: will still be playing it in a years time
Disadvantages: none!!

...I am an avid fan of Eminem and have been for a long while, i have all of his previous albums and they just keep getting better and better. Now i'm sure there are people out there who have their doubts about his lyrics and language, the only thing i can say to these people is listen to the lyrics, i mean really LISTEN to the lyrics I am not a fan of many other rappers and am not a fan of the rap genre particularly, i have always been brought up on angry bands with a stoy to tell such as Stiff Little Fingers etc. This is why Eminem is so good as he really has a story to tell and it go's a lot deeper than shooting people and being nasty to women. this is especially true with this album, there are many songs on the album which tell a story about the society we live in today, covering various topics from the Iraq crisis to the current... Read review

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Advantages: Best Hip-Hop album of 2003-Good beats-Witty ryhmes-Good value for money
Disadvantages: A lot of profanity

...Get rich of die tryin' is the first album by 50 Cent aka Curtis Jackson. 50 had a hard upbringing and has found a way of expressing himself through music. The album contains 19 tracks including the best song of 2003 - In Da Club. Eminem who signed 50 appears on a few tracks. This is a true urban classic with quality beats and hard hitting lyrics. The songs include diss' to number enemy Ja Rule and his own path to fame. The inlay over of the album shows his blinging jewellery and original tattoos. The boy has talent and a great mc. His songs contain gun,drugs and crime references regarding 50s life which would not be suitable for the younger listener. On the whole this is a quality album and will be listened to conitinually... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful