House, R&B, Soul & Rap > G House, R&B, Soul & Rap > Rap > 2000 to 2005

Advantages: Good beats
Disadvantages: Bad Language

The Documentary is the best West Coast street-rap album since DJ Quik's 2002 LP Under tha Influence. All of the G-Unit solo albums thus far have been aesthetically unified, a rarity in hip-hop; the tracks on The Documentary actually sound like they belong on the same album. Dre produces five of the album's 17 songs, applying his recent stripped-down cinematic style, and many of the record's other producers follow his lead. Superstar beatmakers like ...
...fitting their usual approaches into the album's fabric. The end result is a rich, triumphant sonic tapestry; you can hear every dollar that went into it. The Game is not a particularly singular rapper. His hoarse, guttural voice doesn't possess any of the relaxed menace of classic West Coast rappers; he sounds more like Tha Dogg Pound member Daz Dillinger than Eazy or Snoop or The D.O.C. He has an appealing confidence and an unforced lyrical toughness, ... Read review

Advantages: A great album bringing the west coast back on the map...
Disadvantages: Your going to hear these songs over and over!

...from the team behind The Documentary, some great lyrics from The Game, not alot to say on the lyrics on the political or moral arena again, but there is some great lyrics from Chuck who kills the beat once again! 'Start From Scratch' Feat Marsha Of Floetry - Produced by Dr.Dre and Scott Storch (4:07) 8/10 A great song with some fantastic 'floetry' on the vocals from Marsha, the song explains what Chuck would do if he could 'rewind the hands of ...
...changing some lines on a controversial unreleased tape made. Another great song overall and Dre pulls another great track out of the bag with a little help from Mr Storch. Rumour has it this track was recorded after his friend was shot and killed, you can notice he is actually drunk and almost crying during the beginning. 'The Documentary' Produced By Jeff Bhasker (4:11) 8/10 With some words from Dre mixed into this song, it has everything, fast, ... Read review

Advantages: Great lyricism
Disadvantages: Repetitive beats

...debut from Slick Rick. "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" comes three years after debuting with the beatboxer Doug E. Fresh as part of the Get Fresh Crew, who brought Hip Hop classics "The Show" and "La Di Da Di", which are both sampled through this record. Slick Rick is a rapper originally born in London, and moved over to the US at the age of ten, due to it occurrin at this specific age, you can tell that he is able to interchange between a British ...
...here Ricky D raps with great swagger and expressess how he feels about being abel to do what he does, and how people compleement him on it constantly. **Four Stars** 12. "Lick The Balls" I can't say that I really understood this one, or found a reason why the title was used, because the raps, aside from the chorus where far from where you you would think the theme of the raps are going. I think that this exposes he weaken in losing the plot when ... Read review

Advantages: Great beats. Classic West Coast rap
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker tunes

"Efil4Zaggin" ("N****z4Life" backwards) is the third album from the pioneering Gangsta Rap group, N.W.A. It is their third and final album of new tracks and has them performing on their first full-lengthed release without the aid of Ice Cube, therefore only having N.W.A consisting of Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, The D.O.C., Eazy-E and MC Ren. 1. "Prelude" (Intro) 2. "Real N****z Don't Die" N.W.A make you question all things about life which you probably ...
...talk about how you can't say that "n***a" has died, when such people won't have lived in comparison to how others do with so many priveledges. The title of this has been used more recently in the Dirty South, to descibes the 'Trill' gangstas of Texas, Memphis and Atlanta. **Four Stars** 3. "N****z 4 Life" N.W.A address the issues which had been with them since their debut as you hear various different people complaining about the levels of profanites ... Read review

Advantages: 'On Top of the World', 'My Life Your Entertainment', 'Dead & Gone'
Disadvantages: 'Ready for Whatever', 'Porn Star', 'Every Chance I Get'

...lyrics were written down on paper whilst TI was under house arrest on pending gun charges. After serving 1,000 hours of community service, TI shall be serving a year prison sentence. The initial arrest came a matter of hours before the Black Entertainment Television award ceremony, and he was charged for the possession of three unregistered machine guns as well as two silencers. Some may wonder why on earth he required these, and although clearly ...
...have prompted him to write some of the best music of his career. Luckily his millions of albums sold worldwide were enough to pay his $3,000,000,000 bail -- although only having little success in the UK. How was 'Paper Trail' received? TI's previous albums have all been relatively successful in their own right, however with over 500,000 sales in the opening week, 'Paper Trail' became his most successful debut to date -- even in the climate ... Read review