House, R&B, Soul & Rap > 0-9 House, R&B, Soul & Rap > 2Pac > West Coast Rap > Rap > East Coast Rap

Advantages: nice chill out sounds... not like 2pacs usual heavy beats
Disadvantages: songs are very similar

...i was 14 and i still think that it is a brilliant album! The songs are all in the wow factor especially still i rise! this is by far the best tune on the album! The fact that i can still listen to this album for hours proves that it is timeless because normally ill have an album and be sick with it by next week! unlike 2pacs other albums, this album is light and fluffy and not too hard core although it still holds the 2pac edge! The outlaws are brilliant ...
...is! I would recommend this album to anyone who loves 2pac but be warned it is not as heavy as most of the others... for those of you who are not familar with 2pacs music, the songs on this album have soft beats and are quite harmonic as well as the rapping and background vocals. ... Read review

Advantages: One of the best 2pac albums created, it also makes you think about his death
Disadvantages: I do not believe that there is much wrong with this album just brilliant

This is one of the best but one of the last albums 2pac ever created. The lyrics created are touching and appeal to all of his friends, enemys and to the rest of the world. This album does not just explain about 2pacs enemys but it also helps explain the theories behind his tradgic death. Does the album mean he is alive or being reincarnated into one of 2pacs heros. The name makaveli comes from 2pacs hero who wrote many poems and stories about faking ... 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