Mac Mall keeps a reptile on a leash, in a cover reminiscent of a famous LL album for his second LP, the most commercially successful. The artist's rapping is fine, it's regular, slow, soft and at times listless on a generic West Coast funky production that does little to accentuate the merits of this style. The guests, mainly from the Bay, converge in the second part of the CD and bring some freshness, while the music chosen by Mike Mosley and other guys, including Ant Banks, Cold 187um, Prodeje of South Central Cartel and especially Khayree, the great co-star of Mac Mall's debut album, sounds a bit faded. The rhythms aren't bad, however, there's little noteworthy, due to rusty, dry and hard downtempo drums, questionable g-funk synths, random electronic keyboards, some good strings, and ballad vibes. Relativity packs a record that isn't essential for listeners far from the West Coast rap. 6/10.
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