If Jay-Z is like a smooth mellow shot of Maker's Mark, then Mad Child is like wolfing Bacardi 151 and Swollen Members follows it with a smooth Prevail chaser. If you like the burn, this machine is beautiful.

While most of these songs probably can't stand out alone, the project on the whole is a great addition to an already great catalog of one of hip hop's finest artists.

No Love Lost is too inconsistent to leave a lasting impression, and falls short of greatness.

York is an interesting and often times bizarre album.

This Generation is a solid album.

Scott Mescudi may be many things and nothing all at once but he's definitely not the "same lame old same thing."

Hotel California fails to deliver on any of the hype it had leading up to its release.

Whether he does fast angry raps like "Domo23" or revealing personal songs like "Lone," his music is never not fascinating.

Amalgamating these with pop choruses makes the listening experience too scattered and ultimately leads A Moving Picture to stutter from frame to frame, and it doesn't help that the experience bows down to every chart formula around.

It's an album with no direction, no cohesion and a striking lack of energy.

From the dance beats to the cross-pollination of guest artists to the old pop samples, Global Warming is a big dumb album that feels so calculated and market-tested that it is not much fun to listen to.

I Am Not a Human Being II flashes moments of brilliance, but it's far from his best work.

Home might be a bust as an instrumental hip-hop album, but it is very successful as a piece of well-crafted electronic music.

The Solution doesn't differ from the previous instalments at all. If you're a fan of either artist then it is certainly worth picking up.

There are also some genuine standout tracks, and all in all, A$AP Rocky and his team deserved the critical and commercial acclaim that will inevitably flood their way.

The fact that he duplicates his melodic inflections from previous albums in detail shows just how formulaic his music has become.

It's a decent but underwhelming album, and one that inspires apathy more than adoration or disgust.

Reloaded is a brilliant album but it is one that requires a certain mood.

Most poeple probably have those two tracks ["Love Sosa" and "I Don't Like"], and there isn't anything else on here that warrants buying this or taking the time to find a torrent of it.

There's at least one cringeworthy line in nearly every song.

It seems cliche to say it, but Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head has a little bit for everyone.

He's an unusual flavor, but one that should still be considered a delicacy--even if it just might be bad for you.

There's far more good here than bad, but there's definitely a sense of familiarity to Diamond in the Ruff.

This isn't an immediate album. It's one that will take a few listens, but your patience will be rewarded.

To be honest, this just doesn't really feel like a Game album--there's a distinct lack of drama, of real hyperbole, of genuine excitement. It tends to come across as a resume.

While O.N.I.F.C. doesn't break new ground musically for Wiz, certainly not lyrically at least, his flight won't be grounded any time soon.

Wu-Block isn't a necessity, not for the Wu, not for the Block, not for hip-hop, not for the fans. And yet while it may be nothing more than a stopgap for all involved, it makes sense, not in theory but de facto.

It's about as weird and wonderful as you'd expect from a guy who looks like he's been living on a commune for the past ten years.