Having been a big fan of fifty cent when he first burst on to the scene, and also a big fan of G Unit, i have to be honest, my interest has waned of late thanks to a couple of mediocre releases and an attempted cross-over into more radio friendly music. With the release of G Unit's anticipated sophomore album, it gives us a chance to see whether they really have crossed over, or if they remain true to the streets which raised them.
Starting with the cover illustration, it is a nice design and would definitely get you to pick it up if you saw it in the store. The album opens with Straight Outta Southside - a supposed ode to Sean Bell who was shit by police, but it doesn't actually make any reference to him, apart from once! It seems to be a cover of straight outta compton by NWA, but is nowhere near as good, a definite miss to open the album!
We then lurch into piano man and close to me, two decent songs but forgettable nonetheless. Finally there is a banger in the shape of rider pt II, which incidentally features Young Buck - the man who was kicked out of G Unit before the album was released. The album continues in a similar vein from hereon in, a couple of mediocre street tracks, with a real hit thrown in to separate them up a bit.
The main problem with T.O.S is the content, now I more than most, am a much bigger fan of G Units street hits, than I am off their party music, but you have to get the balance right. It seems to me that fifty cent has tried to take this album all the way back to the street, but that is at the expense of some real catchy tunes. He really needs to find where G Unit lies again - somewhere between club hits and street hits, if he truly doesnt want to be terminate on sight!
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