I love rakim and all, but he's kinda crusin half the time here, and when Rakim cruises, he sounds like that guy on the street that just raps for about a buck or two so he can get a coke and some chips. This album is pretty much half 5 star material and half 1 star material and i'm going to have to say it does NOT work well as an album. Plus the skits are AWFUL.