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Originally scheduled for March 2005, Styles P's long-delayed sophomore album wasn't worth the wait. Here, the least flashy but usually most consistent member of veteran Yonkers, New York trio the Lox falls back on weak R&B choruses (from Gerald Levert, Jagged Edge, Mario Winans) and faux-anthemic, sub-Swizz Beatz production ("Who Want a Problem" and "Favorite Drug").

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This MC "capo" of Cam'ron's Harlem-based Diplomats clique constantly fills the usual empty space between bars with loony catchphrases ("Fly with the stars / G4 flights, 80 grand large"), and these flamboyant ad-libs almost overshadow his competent, if overlong, third solo album.

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As products of the thriving mid-90's New York City underground rap scene, Juggaknots performed at the famed Lyricist Lounge, freestyled on Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia's tastemaking local radio show, and had their 12-inches stocked at record store nexus Fat Beats. They also released an excellent debut album, 1996's Clear Blue Skies.

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Despite Chingy's love for sneakers, freaky girls, and packed dance floors, the most memorable songs on his third album are decidedly buzz killers: "Pullin' Me Back" is a gloomy breaking-up-is- hard-to-do anthem crafted by superproducer Jermaine Dupri, and on the surprisingly candid "Cadillac Door," the St. Louis rapper laments lost friends.