This CD appears promising from the outset. Good background beats in most of the songs make you want to listen to it. However, Nelly has lost his 'new flavour' touch that he had on his first album. His lyrics are amazingly repetitive, and I must say upon closer inspection, even the beats sound quite similar. The only song worth listening to was "Splurge" because it demonstrated his talents as a rapper, singer and had a promsing guitar beat in the back that sounded very unique. All in all, I found the CD much too 'Mainstream' for someone who is a fan of quality rap music. It gets the attention of the popular music culture, and Nelly looks to be trying to remake his first cd for some easy money.