The Paper Route [ENHANCED] [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Mack 10

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Priority Records
• ASIN: B00004XSM0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #153,124 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's the "Dope Man" What did you expect, September 7, 2000

By	Nick M a.k.a- FMC (BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

One word, "DOPE". Mack 10's fourth album is hotter than ever. You wont find yourself flipping through the songs to get to the Hot Trax on this Album. Mack knows how to keep it real from start to finish. From the "WestSide" gang feat. in "Nobody" to the dirty lyrics of Too Short to the original voice of Mack's new wife T-Boz. This record Features some of the hottest players in the rap game today. I have to say that I honestly belive that the paper route is mack 10's best album to date! I didn't think he could do it, but he has! The Dope Man did it agian!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Continual Slide, October 24, 2000

By	Huy Pham (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

Mack 10 seems to have lost it. Like Ice Cube with War and Peace, he tries to sound hard with an edge but you can tell he's trying too hard. He seems to have lost his hunger along with Ice Cube after the Westside Connection album. This is probably 10's worst album has he continues to fall. WC's the only hope for the old Westside Connection. Mack 10's gangsta believability is very very questionable after putting out a pretty lousy album here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars He's done better--let's hope this isn't a falling-off point, August 15, 2001

By	sav-man (USA) - See all my reviews

Hmmm..."From The Streetz" hits hard, "Hustle Game" features GREAT production work by EASY MO BEE, "Tha Weekend" has a pretty cool hook from ICE CUBE, "Pop X" has a nice, underground-ish, ALKAHOLICS-type sound (not to mention a great XZIBIT cameo)and "I'm Dope" is a fun drug metaphor song (dope horns, too--pun intended! Ha ha ha!). Unfortunately, the rest of this seems rushed and just doesn't have enough juice. It seems like he tried to reach too many markets. "Tight To Def" shows that R&B isn't the Chicken Hawk's thing. The southern collaboration ("For Sale" with THE YOUNGBLOODZ and BIG GIPP) just doesn't do it for me, either. "Keep it Gangsta" is underdeveloped and too simplistic, and the beats on "Spousal Abuse" (interesting topic, though), "Nobody" and "Pimp or Die" rob the lyrics (especially WC's) of their potential impact. Since this album came out, though, MACK 10 has signed with CASH MONEY and admitted in an interview that he had his differences with PRIORITY (on which this CD was released) and that they didn't know how to promote him right. This could explain the slapdash quality here. My advice? If you're a MACK 10 fan, buy it, but if you're a novice who wants to get to know MACK 10, buy his first CD (1995's "MACK 10") and THE WESTSIDE CONNECTION'S "Bow Down" CD instead. WHY do once-cool musicians always let the money change them? As BILL COSBY once said: "there's no guarantee for success. But the guaranteed way to fail is to try to please everybody." Think about it.