Latifah is utterly charming throughout, a really engaging performer dropping decent rhymes. The album absolutely pulses whenever DJ Mark the 45 King and Prince Paul are on the boards, dropping classic samples and beats. The drawbacks - inclusion of fashionable house track (a thankfully short lived phase in hip hop), some sub par guest lyricists in Quasar, Daddy-O and DJ Mark (no rapper, he). Overall, more good than bad and a noteworthy album.