Id give it a 3/5 out of 5
75% overall Idk. Tracey Horton could be at blame or Rakim's lack of effort. All this hyped built and for this and u could be extremely disappointed at first listen. But after a few spins, its not a bad album. Just couldve used more soul and at least ONE premo beat....I mean cmon! Rakim couldve made this album SOO much better but he was probably tired of putting people off so he just went on and released SOMETHING to keep the fans mouth shut. Thats wat it seems like to me. Just something to keep us from complaining. If Ra was to really do this in a classic manner, we wouldnt see its release until '11 or '12. Sad. Rakim couldve done so much more.