For his first album under his distribution deal with
Universal Records
,
South Park Mexican
seems quite comfortable with his increasing popularity, rapping like a veteran here. It's nice to hear him handling most of the album's rapping duties after his previous release,
The Purity Album
, seemed more like a compilation issued under his name. The production is a bit more polished here than on previous
SPM
albums, and the rhymes flow much more fluidly than ever before, making it arguably the most well-crafted
album to date. If there is one major problem, though, it involves
's level of comfort -- he almost seems too comfy here, knowing that he's finally crossed over into major label territory. One somewhat misses the inspired efforts of older, rawer albums such as
Hustle Town
. ~ Jason Birchmeier