NORE's fifth studio album. Rhythms are performed by Swizz Beatz, The Alchemist, Oz, Deacon, Tony HeathCliff, Hazardis Soundz, Algado, Dame Graese, Kyze Beats, Boola and Dakari. The guests are Swizz Beatz, J. Russ, Three 6 Mafia, Jadakiss, Kurupt, Capone, Final Chapter, Deacon, Styles P, GLC, Kanye West, KC, Peedi Crakk and Tru-Life.
13 tracks, 52 minutes. The record continues to skip between awkward tracks and good tracks. Most of the CD is made up of bad tracks, with a ridiculous and cheap production, on which Nore spits mediocre hardcore (the first three tracks, including the reggaeton cut with Three 6 Mafia; "Green Light", "Pop a Pill", "Paternity Test", "Eat Pussy" and "Shoes"). Some songs are average. Dame Grease brings a pretty good cheerful jazzy boom bap sound, Nore's style is wobbly and interrupted, while the beat doesn't quite fit Styles' rap, which doesn't perform well. Kanye West ends up in a poor Boola beat that won't go down in history.
"The Rap Game" has a decent beat that Nore plays worthily on. There are rare notable choices, often due to the beats: Hazardis Soundz does an honest production in "Cocaine Cowboys", where Nore delivers hardcore, while The Alchemist provides the best rhythm of the edition for "Drink Champs". Also worth mentioning are OZ and Deacon, the album's worst producers: they are credited with three rhythms, one scarcer than the other. The first is the boom bap reggaeton with which they ruin the track with the Three 6 Mafia. The second is "Pop a Pill", a low-level digitized ultra-fast production, on which Nore spits badly. Finally, they are the authors of "Eat Pussy": the rhythm is like a landfill, incredible garbage and the execution of the boys does not help, the track is to be skipped immediately.
Despite the names on the tracklist, this is not a good album. Never essential, one of the worst ever made by Nore. All the while, you wait until he ends up washing your ears of this mess. Distributed by Babygrande, it reaches the top 15 among rap records, #31 in the hip-hop chart and #34 among the independent releases, and marks the end of Nore's career as a relevant rapper.
Rating: 5/10.
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