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Not His Best BUT DONT SLEEP!

Anuro3 | New York | 02/05/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ok this may be the weakest of all of his releases however his mic skills are always on point and Jeru is one of the best emcees to touch the mic I believe. So lyrically its a hot album. The skits are mostly whack and many of the beats need help but upon repeated listening you may find like I do that the album still bangs regardless of the negatives. Im tellin you dont sleep on Jeru and overlook the albums negatives!"

What happened?

Benjamin S. Tam | Pleasanton, CA USA | 01/30/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Man, when I first got this, I listened to tracks 2 and 3. Man, I thought they were tight. Especially True Skillz. Man, the lyrics were on point, but since when did this ex Dirty Rotten Skoundrel never come correct on the mic. But, I was like, ok, even though Premo isn't backing him up, beats like the one on True Skillz showed a lot of promise. That beat had my head nodding. Then came about every song after that. Lyrics, still with fury, but, what happened with the beats. Those did not mesh well with Jeru and they actually wouldn't even mesh with Jay Z or MC Hammer. They were some of the worst beats I've ever heard, and I've heard plenty. I don't know what he was thinking, but man, it killed the mood that tracks two and three (true skillz) provided. My cd is scratched now and I'm not too dissapointed considering the two songs that don't play right have the worst beats. If you want to hear great lyrics over wack beats, get this. If you want all around good quality, then I'd say hold off. Sorry to Jeru, who's a legend, but this pretty bad. The reason a three is because lyrics were correct."

Jeru ????

K. J. Hannon | New Jersey | 11/24/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Hands down, lyrically this is the same Jeru. Crazy over the head esoteric lyrics, with the style that's all his. But, the beats on this one are, no doubt "LACKIN'". Whatever beef he has with DJ Premier, he better squash it fast. There's too many wack rappers (50 cent, Eminem, Lil' Jon etc.) He has the skills as demonstrated on "Logical", "Queens" and my personal favorite "Rap Wars". He should have made that track longer. But overall it's Aiight. A far cry of what I'm used to by him."