-De La Soul - AOI BIONIX
-Busta Ryhmes - Genesis
-DMX - The Great Depression
-Royce Da 5'9 - Rock City
-Red Man And Methodman - How High Soundtrack
-Big L - Harmlems Finest (Freestyles)

Well to start off, De La Soul. De La is comming back from with thier second installment of AOI, and it's gonna be pretty hard to top ooo in the charts. First off, De La keeps the beats all smooth and good for your car, and has good pace, not too fast, not too slow, and most importantly, keeps every song different, and nothing gets repetitive. Well one thing gets repetetive... the reverend do good skits. I won't even explain that, just skip it when you come across it. If you're not into old school rap, like about stories and crap, then skip this cd. Most songs are seen childish to some hardcore hip hop lovers, mostly those who like cage. De La ryhmes about girls loving thier body, to keeping it real with god. Some songs I love, just because the beats is up there. I recommend listening to Pawn Star and Watch Out. I give this cd a 6/10.

Next up is Busta Bust, with his new shit Genesis. I was disapointed, I'll give Busta the credit for Break Ya Neck, Cuz you fucking blast that and you can't stop your head from movin, but his other shit is all freaky and techno like. Its not as much hip hop as a rap/rock hybrid with no instruments. Wierd beats, not traditional. I recommend this shit to anyone who likes Violator, cuz its Busta. I give it a 4/10.

DMX always amazes me. I was expecting shit to be same on his new album, but damn it ain't all we right here wanna bes. Shit gets real although to sentimental for me, For example Miss You and When Im Nothing, not that its deep, cuz X is deep, its just too light, like r and b, doesn't match his style to well. Damien 3 is tight, and school street and bloodline anthem is great to listen for aggresive sports like football, lax, hockey, ect.. I give this album an 8/10.

Fuck You Nickel Nine was what I was thinking when I heard Royce Da 5'9's new album. Damn. DAMN. I was expecting somethign very real and true cuz royce is all underground and shit. Well basically FUCK THAT IDEA. Royce goes with a west coast sell out im commercial rap attitude which rips his style so bad. I'll give credit to two songs... Life and My Friend, keeps it real, aint that commercial shit, I think hes just appealing cuz this cat wants money. I give a 3/10. Man what happened.

Red Man And Method Man How High Soundtrack. Just pure genius, not only is this movie gonna be the shit, but this soundtrack's mad tight. With some old hits as well as about 6 new ones, it keeps it going. Returning is Party Up, DMX, N 2 Gether, w/ Limp Bizkit, Da Rockwilder, MM and RM, and Whats your Fantasy, Ludacris. How High Is new shit and mad tight, Who Wanna Rap keeps it real like back in the early Wu Tang Days. I give this shit 8/10. Its worth the $.

Big L is still spitting, though his quality is still 3rd class. It sounds like someone taped this with a tape recorder, like off the street. Even though it clocks in at 35 min, alot of stuff you can listen to over and over, not like Necro where its buy it and sell it, I' got to give props on Back 2 Back, with Jay Z, shit sounds rehearsed its so good, and Jay Z just gives it that high quality feel, keeps it smooth for 4 min, and hard pack jsut adds to the cd, with 10 songs its a decent investment, 7/10

Reviewed by: illbillrocks