Great lyrics and beats. Let down by violence and misogyny.

3/5

3/5

4/5

5/5 - harmonicatastique

3/5 - it was good in parts

Solid 5 - beautiful. The bonus of Art Garfunkel’s moustache on the cover photo just adds to the experience.

“$h1tehawks at the Diner” I want to buy the vinyl version and melt it into an ashtray apposite for this gravelly-voiced, unfunny and dull effort. Would make it onto my list of 1000001 best albums. I suppose you had to be there.

Loved this. Have heard it so many times. Moody, lovingly crafted and delivered.

Great lyrics and beats. Let down by violence and misogyny.

4/5 - great album, enjoyed it. A bit derivative at times, and the falsetto grates at times.

He was no Maya Angelou. He had some derivative tunes and some ability to rap. He rose above mediocrity by dying young. I have dropped a point for the use of gunfire as music, but more unacceptable is the glorification of the thug life and warping minds (intro to Outlaw). The backing music sounds so dated, which never is the case with great music. It could have been worse, if the Fresh Prince had been killed in a drive by shooting we would have idolised Jazzy Jeff.