I don't consider myself to be a hardcore D& B head but, after being introduced to Size and Reprazent through masterpieces like "Hero" and "Brown Paper Bag", his newest work, "In the Mode", proved to be a large disappointment. Where older CD's like "New Forms" showed a certain creative genious in the choices of beats, vocals, and Jazz tracks; "In the Mode" comes off as soulless and manufactured. Many of the songs, like "Who Told You?", were almost overrun with vocals that became really annoying after only a few seconds. They also seemed to lack the same thought shown in earlier works. It was almost as if he were asked to sit down with a drum machine and make things up off the top of his head. There were a few high points like the dancable "Lucky Preassure" and, "Mexican" but, there weren't quite enough to make me feel better about wasting my money.