Some of the worst "Hip-Hop" out there.
592766
This is by far the worst album have purchased in about 10 years. Definitely part of my negative response is
due to the fact that SO many people have bought this album and reviewed it as being great.

The beats are standard 808-style drum patterns and drops. Boring, repetitive, hooks and loops.
Standard "club" beats and sounds, the only place where this album sounds good is the same place where you think its a good idea to pay 11 bucks for a drink and take that skeezy girl home.

The lyrics are by far the worst I have heard on such a hyped album. Completely unimaginative.
THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE! Nothing intelligible as a clear thought on this album.

DO NOT BUY. THIS IS A TERRIBLE ALBUM AND WE SHOULD DISCOURAGE THIS TYPE OF PRODUCTION VALUE!

go find some decent albums. the new game is good. the new ice cube is good. Elzhi is really interesting and fresh.
1647835
There is not much positive aspects here on this album here. In fact, what was really the point of this album to begin with? Most of the best tracks already appear on the featured artist's solo albums, let alone atleast 2 years before this was released (example: "You Can Be Blind" appears on DMX's&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Great-Depression/dp/B00005O6IR/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Great Depression</a>&nbsp;which came out long before this album). Most of this album sounds just weak and uninspired. Listening to Foxy Brown on both tracks she appears on, you can tell she was getting lazy. Speaking of which the tracks "Stylin' (Remix)" sounds horrible (hell the origonal version isn't any better). Also the song is way too long as Baby, Loon, Young Gavin, and Noreaga all get a verse in that song. "Nothin' (Remix)" would have sounded a little better, but the song is completely cluttered with everyone trying to get their verse in, even P. Diddy. As for Noreaga, I felt that he was popping up at random times on this album dropping a weak verse here and there (see Love Her's "How It's Gonna Be"). Foxy and Noreaga aren't the only ones who sound bad, Sco Da Criminal sounds garbage on his "thugged out" track "I'm Here".

Only tracks I felt were good were Styles' "Good Times (Remix)" with Method Man and Redman, W.C.'s "Wanna Ride" with MC Ren, and Ice Cube (which already appears on&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Ghetto-Heisman/dp/B00007BHA7/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Ghetto Heisman</a>&nbsp;LP), Kelly Price's "Take It To The Head" featuring Keith Murray (who does a good job), and Elias Farah's "Impossible". I recommend you download those previously named songs, or better yet, since this is sold for a penny, buy it for that price if you care to hear all the songs on this album. Peace.
3096411
Sorry folks, but there has to be at least a few bad reviews of these guys. Here's why: Mindless are pretty original but they aren't talented musicans! They suck!!! Take away the programed drums and all you have is Jimmy Urine's voice, the band's only asset. Which is to say that he can rap and squeal,- pretty much standard in today's nu-metal scene.
So why are there so many MSI fans? Their gimic is that they combine all these styles- punk, rap, and various beats to make a sound that hasn't been mass-produced yet. Their problem is that they can't pull off a decent rendition of any of them. Add poor sound quality and you get a Cd that's interesting for a few listens but wears thin before you realize it has no substance.
4866054
4th Disciple and RZA (to no suprise) laid it down with the instrumentals at a level that warrants overhwelming praise. As dope as the beats were, I'm extremley hesitant to label this work as a classic album. The main reason being, the lyrical perfomance was absolutlley gastly. Every memeber, with the exception of Killa Sin, exzhibited sloppy flow and weak delivery throughout the entire album...I mean every song! Killa Sin is the only emcee out of Killarmy that I can tolerate and appreciate. I want to call the rhymes themselves sub-par, but the flows were so off that I could never even focus on what they're saying. It's as if they deliberatly flowed off beat. To put it simply, every beat was sick and all of the verses (once again, except Killa Sin's) were terrible. It's really a shame because I often find myself wanting to listen to one of the beats that 4th and RZA, for reasons I'll never understand, so generously bestwoed upon the Killarmy emcees in 1997, but I can't bring myself to press play on my ipod because the flows, to put it bluntly, ruin the song. As irritated and dissapointed as I am by Dom Pachino, Shogun and the rest of the emcees (except you know who) I still recommend peeping this album. It's still dope and I would call it a must buy, but the instrumentals were trashed. That's the only reason I haven't bought it. The best way to gauge the quality of this album is to go listen to it. So do that and pass your own judgement.
4914405
I've listened to rap on and off for quite a few years. I started on Slick Rick, Public Enemy, Paris, Kool G Rap etc.. and moved along with whatever the new style was, but what the hell is this garbage. I didn't realize that I could've made a huge rap album by playing my casio keyboard and rapping as slow as possible about the same thing over and over. I get the point, women are hos, you have lots of money, your car is nice and you have lots of bling or ice or whatever it's called. This crunk crap is so played out that even the DJs at our stations are getting bored playing it.

I front a rap group in Gretna called Crunk Crackers. It's me(MC Steamroller), J ABs(Bossman), Kroll(DJ Funkenschlong) and Burns(Keyboard B Money Flat Spuds McKenzie). We crank out some covers of old school jams like "Steppin to tha AM" by 3rd Bass and "Escape from Babylon" by Paris. Then we bust into our crunkriffic new jams. We walk around stage in with giant goblets, yell "Yeah!!" and rap about how women all like us cuz we have money. We have a song we based off "Laffy Taffy" called "Bit o' Honey" which just subs that in for laffy taffy. We've learned from groups like this that you shouldn't respect women or try to get an education. Just spit rhymes and we'll be rich. We're living the dream boyeeee.
3173303
ok let me start off by saying ive been a fan of eminem since his first release and have bought all the cd's and even this one without listening to samples. As a avid fan of all types of music i am generally open minded and give things lots of spins before i judge how i feel about a release. Well after listening to this album a few times i came to the decision that not only is this the worst eminem cd i have ever heard it is also one of the worst rap cds i have ever heard. I'd say out of the 20 songs presented on this disgrace that only 4 were decent. Those 4 would be Same song & dance, Stay wide awake, Beautiful, & Crack  A Bottle. I wish i would of previewed this before and for making this mistake and buying the worse rap cd of 2009 if not ever im going to be selling this cd as soon as possible so i can get somethin out of it. I think 2 dollars for this cd would justify the content that is put on it. Well enough rambling i don't really understand how any of you people can think this cd has any value and obviously are half way deaf. Thank you.
3044056
BLAH!!! This album is absolutely horrendous!!! If you want to get this weeks new releases, go get the foxy or aaliyah, but don't cop this joint right chea. OUT OF 16 TRACKS, ONLY 4 SONGS ARE LISTENABLE. Everything else is just sushi. I blame everything on whack production, thats about it. Kurupt comes raw as usual and the extensive lists of guest appearances is elephantine sized. I guess he decided to go mainstream but did a horrible job trying to accomplish such a task (stick to gangsta sh! t buddy). He's rugged and raw and thats how its supposed to be for the westcoast artist but instead developing commercial tracks that are nothing close for mainstream radio (i.e. Its over). Literally, its over. But wait, get that Death Row release of the Dogg Pound tentatively titled "2002" on july 31, hoping for more pre-death row fall out material on that album, hotness. But if you are still contemplating on purchasing an album with DPG ruggedness, get that DPG album that was released in May. That album is hott. But this?! I don't even know why Kurupt released such a stupendous album. His last album, "the streets is a mutha" was a much worthy effort accommodated with magnificent production, an overall DPG classic. This album, DOWN THE SEWER with Master Splinter!!!!! I wish i copped that Foxy instead :(  . . From a guy who purchases CD's everyweek, i hope you take this review into serious consideration especially upon purchasing this hideous album. Take care my fellow rap heads. FO SHO DO!
2767061
When you listen to 'Heaven's Movie', and 'The Gift', and then listen to his most recent releases, there is an obvious difference in the quality of the music itself, as well as that of the recording.  Everything after The Gift sounded like it was recorded in somebody's basement, or on a karioke machine with the echo turned up, slightly.  It's not appealing to the ear.

I grew up listening to Bone, and even though Ruthless screwed them, or whatever, I have to admit that when Bone was signed with them, all of their albums at least sounded professional.  DJ U-Neek made beats that fit Bone's style, perfectly.  They were on top of the rap game.

Bizzy's vocals and lyrical content on this album are on point, but unfortunately, that's not enough to constitute a solid release.  He should really work with DJ-Uneek again instead of his current beat man, who's beats don't even come close to complimenting his style.  And, as aformentioned by pretty much everybody's else's review, he badly needs some decent production on his records.

I gave this album 3 stars just because I've been a loyal Bone, and Bizzy fan for so long, and I'm not going to jump ship because of a few mediocre releases.

Bottom line, this album was definately a disappointement, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone new to Bizzy Bone; only to the die hard fans looking to add to their collection.

...Oh yeah, and he should grow da hair back.  You can't loose your trademark- keep it real.
4902011
I bought this on the strength of the previously written reviews, which I felt were misleading at best.  One guy called this "instrumental (save for one or two raps, and some funny interludes)" which is a grave disservice to those of us who like instrumental music.  There are vocals, talking, raps, conversations, and those bad hip hop, sampled 'drop in voices' on 10 or 11 of the 16 tracks - if you like instrumetal guitar, pass for that reason alone.  Add to that the totally overused, unoriginal bad scratching sound ruining several cuts including the, "flat out power soloing of "Mistaken Identity" " - which incidentally is quite a laid back cut overall, with slow , drawn out soloing, not power soloing.
The comment made about, "There's moments of pure shred joy here" might be literally true, but they are so few and far between you'll fast forward all over the place looking for them.  Try again Vernon, maybe with a real drummer this time.
1727419
I'm essentially writing this review because when I saw on amazon that the average rating for the album is 5 stars I felt like people had to be warned.

Both the lyrics and the beats are hit or miss. In fact, when both the rhymes and production are on point, you end up with excellent songs like "Caught Up," which is unfortunately a very bright spot on an otherwise empty album. Most of the songs are horribly boring with lyrics that are lacking in creativity and flow and beats that sound like the garbage on the radio. Save for two or three decent songs, this is just underground garbage.

If you want a good album from 2008 checkout EMC's The Show or The Formula by Buckshot & 9th Wonder
2828273
Talk about a 60's lo-fi throwback.  I guess if you just can't compete in today's music world, why not try to make it as some sort of a roots revival type of group.  But the problem here is that it just doesn't compare well to anything that it seeks to emulate.

The production is very lo-fi, to the point of being painful to listen to.  The mix of musical styles (old Stones, early Beatles, The Kinks, along with other more obscure bands) doesn't quite blend well.  Quite simply, there isn't anything noteworthy about this song...the melody is flat, the vocals are annoying, and the musicianship is sub par.  Not really even worth a free listen, in my opinion.
662578
My girlfriend left this at my house and said, "Here, you might like this."  Found it tonight while I was cleaning, threw it in and my mouth has been hanging open ever since.  It's just... bad.  There's no other way to describe it.  I'm old... grew up on Black Flag, DK's, Circle Jerks, Misfits and the like.  I also dig Snoop, Cyrpus Hill, The Distillers, Queenadreena... a wide variety of things beyond the scope of this review.  Basically anything but new country and opera has its high points.

But this.

My god.  Lyrics are almost cool in places but if they hit on a catchy or cool phrase, they repeat it about 100 times.  This isn't song writing.  This is crap.  Repetitive. Boring.  Crap.  "I'm not done misbehave'n" constitues about 70% of the lyrics on the entire album it seems like.

The lead vocals are horrible.  I like good screaming... hell, you don't even have to sing to impress me.  But this is just annoying.

Tunes are almost catchy but the words are so insipid as to be offensively boring to even the most inexperienced high school punker.  Do yourself a favor... listen to the samples realllllly close before you buy this one.  Then pass and go buy the Misfits Earth A.D. or The Distillers Coral Fang or Peaches or QueenAdreena or... maybe a circular saw from the tool department.  Any of these will sound better.

I'm on the bonus track now... I'm not sure whether to sell this disc or put it in my skeet thrower.
4386312
When i heard Prodigy i thought it meant the techno band Prodigy not the rapper Prodigy. Whatever it is this is terrible. The title track Stuck on You is about as bad as it comes. I am really sick of the chipmunk voices in rap music. This isn't even good based on mainstream rap standards. He sounds like The Game but this music isn't catchy at all. If your as sick as i am of hearing rappers talk about how cool they are and they run the town check out Roots Manuva, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dangerdoom, or De la Soul or any of the Gorillaz songs thier associated with. Bus Driver is pretty good too. And The Alchemist sucks.
800049
Nice try, but too much of "trying too hard-ness" Too bad. The beats are not legit...If you really want some good Jewish hip hop, check out Chutzpah or Matisyahu.
173838
This is a disgrace. A collection of many hip-hop greats doing some previously unreleased stuff (Ice-T, for one), and a fairly dope mix it is. However, the sound quality is absolutely dreadful, at times unlistenable. Some tracks sound actually warped (treble and bass fading up and down). K-Tel Records used to sound better than this!!
What a shame! As well, some tracks are mislabeled (Ice-T does NOT appear on track 2, Coolio does!) and others are horribly butchered (Ice-T's "Play It On" with Smooth The Hustler is not only the WORST sounding track on the CD - shame, it's a fly track - but it's also censored to the point that nothing is understandable!!!). What a letdown. Put this stuff out correct!
Until then: avoid, avoid, avoid.
2120906
The only real redeeming feature of this otherwise desperately appalling album is 'GET IN MY CAR'. Ponder on this for a while, 50 Cent took issue with The Game because he was getting left on the side while Dr. Dre was churning out 'The Documentary' (a much better album and a fine first commercial release). 'The Massacre' is crap pure and simple, you only have to listen to 'Piggy Bank' to analyse how badly 50 cent misses Dr. Dre's magic touch and when Dre dos contribute the lyrics do not reward the fantastic production in fact I found my self ignoring the lyrics completeley and just settling in to the beat (listen to 'Gunz Come Out'). Scott Storch also puts a dent in the monument of dissapointment that 50 has constructed with 'Candy Shop' and 'Just A Lil Bit' but unfortunately it is not enough to enable me to let this album cling to 3 stars. Okay at best.
2501051
I could somewhat tolerate Fat Joe after this album. I liked J.O.E and Don Cartegena but after Pun's death Fat Joe lost his mind and has been downward spiraling into wackness starting with this album. Before I get to what's bad let me tell you what kept this album from frisbee treatment. My Lifestyle is okay. M.O.P saved Fight Club(also feat Petey Pablo) and Armegeddon left Fat Joe in his dust on Murder Rap. The rest of this album stinks. What's Luv feat Ashanti and Ja Rule is light fluffy pop garbage that is unworthy of the praise it got. We Clubbin feat R Kelly was straight garbage and the remix feat Noreaga, Busta Rhymes and Remy Ma is worser than the original. Fat Joe wasted a great beat by Alchemist with wack rapping on Definition of A Don. Opposites Attract feat Remy Martin is horrible! Get The Hell On With That feat Ludacris and Armegeddon is wack even though Luda's verse was alright. The Wild Life feat Prospect and Xzibit is boring. King Of N.Y. wastes reggae legend Buju Banton's talent and our time. On the track Still Real, Fat Joe claims that we don't know what pain is. After hearing this album we have the concept of pain mastered. More garbage: He's Not Real(and the interlude before it was pointless), It's Ok and J.O.S.E. Bottom Line: Jealous Ones Still Envy is one of the worst albums of Fat Joe's career. The beats were weak, the lyrics were lazy and the guest appearances add very little to this album. Avoid, Avoid, Avoid. I don't blame anybody who lost respect for Fat Joe after this album and his subsequent albums. He went out like a snake to save his career from inevitable extinction.