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It took
two years to follow up the great
, and while that doesn't seem like much to most folks, in pre-release interviews
was apologetic and promising this album will be followed up next year; no long wait. After a couple of spins it becomes apparent that
is a very good album but short of being one of his best. The problem seems to be
's over-anxiousness to get back in the game and prove he's still vital. This attitude makes for one hungry, down-low beast of an album, but the overall product isn't as well crafted as
and even if the redundant numbers are shuffled skillfully into the play list to help hide them, they are there. Luckily the highlights are all hard winners, sometimes with that
wit and sometimes with his gargantuan, intimidating attitude. The good-timing
finds the rapper working some "this is your captain speaking"-type airline talk into a polished bud smokers anthem, while
with
is just about the most fun you can have while threatening a rival crew.
is
at his trashy, strip-club best while both
and
have inescapable hooks with high-profile guests --
, respectively -- giving their all. The skits with the character
are back and still funny, and at 15 tracks it's a pleasingly tight album, at least when compared to the over-stuffing that ran rampant across
full-lengths in 2006. While it's not as ambitious or astonishing as the last one, if
's plans were to hold it down and keep the longtime fans happy,
is a success. ~ David Jeffries