Reviews
8 out of 10 - "...Eloquently maps out life's foundations: laughter, tears, joy and pain, and marks the Jigga as the complete rapper...", Ranked #7 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Dig the planet's most charismatic egoist flowing like Cristal....Punk record of the year? Fo'sheazy!", 5 stars out of 5 - "...The sonics here are relentlessly ear-catching. Almost every tune sounds like a hit...", 3 out of 5 stars - "...Drenched in slinky, '70s soul samples this time round, the hooks, and inevitably the hits, just keep on coming.", Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001"., Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002.", "...Jay spits his outlaw boasts and pimp-slap toasts with the same cooly obstreperous flow that's always gilded his thug-life cliches..." - Rating: B-, 5 discs out of 5 - "...Like a bookend to his forst album 1996's REASONABLE DOUBT, or the second key on a double-bolt lock. Only better...he is our cleanest poet, rethinking space...", Rated As Vibe's "Best Album" of the Year, 2001., Ranked #12 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001"., Ranked #4 in Nme's 50 "Albums of the Year 2001".
