House, R&B, Soul & Rap > E House, R&B, Soul & Rap > West Coast Rap > East Coast Rap > Rap > 1990 to 1999 > up to 5 GBP

Advantages: great songs
Disadvantages: the way he talks bout kim in his trackz

1 of the best eminem albums ever this is a great hiphop album and i absalutelly love it i think it is a great cd and that it is worth what ever you pay for it the best track on the cd is if i had it is a great song and a funny 1 aswell it is a track were eminem talks about all the things on his mind and doesnt hold back the rest of the songs are great appart from track 7 when he talks about killing kim and putting her in the water and letting her ...
...do it i think that this is the only bad song on the cd and the rest of them are just clasic tracks i think think this cd is a great cd to liston to and it keeps me occupied for agest i would give this cd a 10 out of 10 rating coz its great. ... Read review

Advantages: Great dance tunes, original beats and instrumentation
Disadvantages: none

...and full of attitude. Da Real World is Missy’s second album, the first being the brilliant ‘Supa Dupa Fly’, which itself was an album of hip-hop/soul that had a sound I for one had never heard before. Ever since hearing ‘Sock it to me’ in 1997 I knew this was a sound that was going to be big, and it was. The Timbaland-inspired skippy beats and unusual synth sounds were (and still are) heard everywhere. Producers everywhere ...
...to make it big. Da Real World is a cross between the more soulful 'Supa Dupa Fly' and the harder, more pure hip-hop album, 'Miss-E So Addictive'. It is a combination of beautifully sung soul songs and hard-hitting rap tracks. 1. Intro. The album starts with a big intro, an electronic voice telling us all that the sounds of Missy and Timba are not from the year 2000, but from the future, from the year 3000. 2. Beat Biters. We are then thrown into ... Read review

Advantages: Colourful video, risque lyrics
Disadvantages: Gets boring toward the end, not a patch on the orioginal version

...nothing to do with flies, supa dupa or otherwise. Since hearing the Missy Elliott version of the song, I have of course realised it's by her. I've also seen the video, which is fine, with the blow-up black bin liner outfit, and plenty of body parts seeming to undergo a strange blow-up process at the drop of a hat. It's all a little surreal, with a bright coloured (stark primary colours especially) Teletubbies-style landscape. I got a little bit ...
...sure if it was the video, the song, or both. The lyrics are a tiny bit rude, but, to be honest, only a tiny bit - things like "can we get kinky tonight?" and "when I play my yoyo". Funny that, I've read a lot about Missy being a sexually-upfront feminist icon, but "can we get kinky tonight" sounds a little on the polite, even perhaps a little submissive, side. Maybe that's just my take on it. So, overall, The Rain (Super Dupa Fly) is not my kind ... Read review

Advantages: Lots of variety
Disadvantages: A few weaker tracks

"Certified" is the fourth album from the Mississippi rapper David Banner. I thought that I had to go back seeing that I enjoyed his latest 2008 release, "The Greatest Story Ever Told" so much, so I thought that I would see similar quality from this 2005 piece, which has him do both the rapping and a fair proportion of the production. 1. "Lost Souls" To get things going we drive straight into some straight Dirty South rap. I found that he was effective ...
...wislt managing ito integrate his influences of Rock into things with some guitar work too. **Three Stars** 2. "Treat Me Like A" (feat. Jadakiss) I still don't get how Jadakiss keeps thinking he can on some Crunk beats, but he does it once again as Lil' Jon does the production, and aside the parts which Jada takes up, it is a strong Hip Hop cut for the clubs. **Four Stars** 3. "Gangsta Walk" (feat. Three 6 Mafia, Marcus, 8Ball & MJG) On this one ... Read review

Advantages: Consistent quality
Disadvantages: One slip in quality

"Me Against The World" is the third album by the West Coast Rap legend 2Pac who was killed in 1996 as a result of a fatal shooting. The album came a year before this and has him rapping in what has been called a "nothing to lose" persona as he raps during a difficult time in his life as he was shot five times late in 1994, and was in prison for the release of the record. Despite all this, he was able to top the charts with his music, even with him ...
..."Intro" 2. "If I Die 2Nite" Heavy in bitter alliteration, this one has 'Pac's attitude for the whole release summed up as he really just doesn't care what happens to himslef, as he lives each day for what it is, and knows there's no point in pre-planning anything. **Four Stars** 3. "Me Against The World" Giving him a littel sample of G-Funk with a synth-based prodcution to hand, this one has the artist come with adesperate track, where he describes ... Read review