Bang Or Ball

15 months after he released "Paper Route" Mack is back, on Cash Money. When Mack 10 signed to Cash Money after owning his own label, I thought what the #&*% is going on. I did not get the album for about 3 years because I don't really like much of Cash Money's stuff, but when I got it and listened it turned out to be my favorite album of Mack's I have (I don't have his first 2 albums) just slightly better then "Da Hood" and "Paper Route". His lyrics are the same, about hustling, gangsta $h!+, and some dirty songs. There is 14 songs, of which Manny Fresh produced (and very well) 11 of them, the other 3 were by Ron, Dr. Dre, and QD3. There is 1 near classic, 3 ok songs, 1 that I skip, and the rest are very good songs. Guests are plentiful (like his "Recipe", "Da Hood" and Ghetto Gutter and Gangsta" albums), on 10 of the 14 songs, and the whole Cash money roster is on here, as well as some others. A must have album for Mack Dime fans.#2 - 9.5 (great beat by Dre)#3 - 7.5 (f/ lil wayne & BG)#4 - 7 (f/ manny fresh & baby)#5 - 8.5 (f/ WC & Ice Cube w/ Butch cassidy doing the hook -- good beat)#7 - 7 (dirty song f/ manny fresh)#8 - 8.5#9 - 8.5 (f/ mikey & Manny fresh)#10 - 8#12 - 8 (dirty song -- f/ E-40 & Skoop delania -- good beat)#13 - 8.5 (good beat -- about making money)#14 - 9 (f/ Scarface & Xzibit -- good beat)#16 - 9 (f/ Baby, Lac & Stone -- good beat)#17 - 5.5 (f/ BG -- my least favorite on here)#18 - 8 (f/ turk)D. Rolison -- b. 8/9/71 -- Inglewood, CACheck all my reviews

Great

Great album with great tracks

I bought this album when it first came out. I had my doubts because Mack 10 joined Cash Money Records for this album, and man were my doubts right. You can definitely see Mack sold out on this album (probably needed money since The Paper Route was a bust). This is definitely Mack 10's worst album of all time, and I don't think I've listened to it more than once. If you want a good Mack 10 album, avoid this one and stick with his self titled album (Mack 10), Based on a True Story and The Recipe.The beats on this are fairly weak, the lyrics are trash and the only redeeming quality about this album is with the Westside Connection reunion track. Other than that, skip it.

I have to say that after my last purchase of a Mack 10 CD, "The Paper Route" I was a touch gunshy about being burnt for (money) again.(...).Mack 10 seems to have returned back to the funky beats, and flowing rhymes that made me a fan in the first place. His new connection comes across loud and clear in this new offering. My two favorites at this moment are "Connected For Life" and "Let It Be Known".I'm diggin' "Connected" because the track reunited the Westside Connection, and that beat is just out and out swingin'!I would say to any fan of Mack 10, don't jump ship yet. Let this man prove he's one of the concrete ruler's of the West Coast genre. The Dirty South beats you'll hear, just spread the Gangsta' Boogie beat even further! Whatever you do, add this one to your Christmas wants, it'll be well worth the slot on your wish list!

This album is hot and Im glad it was cause with mack 10's sick gangsta flows and cash moneys hot producing team in particular mannie fresh you should hope that they can produce a good album together, I think suprisingly that cash moneys style of music suits mack just as good as Ice cube and wc styles in west side connection. Other then featuring all the usual cash money suspects, it also features big name artists such as ice cube, xzibit, scarface, WC and Butch Cassidy and it also has a song produced by dr dre which is a very creative rip off of the bee gees song "staying alive" (I know it sounds gay but trust me its not, its a disco song made gangsta), some of my favourite songs on this are-Hate in yo eyes-Let the thugs in the club-work-no dick at all

The only thing I can say about this album is damn. This is hot. When I heard Mack 10 was signing wit Cash Money, that was like a shocker to me. Another West Coast artist signing wit a New Orleans click. But anywayz Mack 10 is a perfect fit with Cash Money and will help them shine once again. As for the album it has phat beats. It's about time Mannie Fresh brought in some tight a** beats. Mack 10 can rap good over Fresh's beats. Dr. Dre also throws in a beat for "Hate In Yo Eyes". Of course we have other Cash Money artist on the album such as B.G., Big Tymers, Mikkey, Lac, Stone, Lil' Wayne, and Turk. West Coast artist appear also: X to the Z, E-40, the remaining 2/3 of the Westside Connection, and Butch Cassidy. Also Scarface is on there also. Mack 10 has done it again.

MANNIE FRESH STR-8 SHOCKED ME. I KNEW HE GOOD DO BEATS BUT YO THA FOO STR-8 TOOK IT TO THA NEXT LEVEL. DO DA DAMN THANG MURDER (...).. WIT E40 AND THA TITEST BEAT DOGG ABOUT IT.. THA LP IS STR-8 HEAT.. I AM VERY GLAD MACK REALESD IT AROUND THA HOLIDAYS IT IS A LUVLEY LP.. HATE IN YO EYES IS A DRE CLASSIC BEAT WIT THA CHORUS. I AM ON DA WEST AND I GOT LUV 4 CMR HOPEFULLY THEY REALESE THA HOTBOY LP.. BUT YEA THA LP IS HOT I PROMISE U WON'T BE DISSAPOINTED MACK DID THA DAMN THANG 4 SHO.. IF U GOT A SYSTEM BUY THA LP. IF U GOT NO SOUNDS IN YO RIDE DON'T BUY TILL U GET SOME SOUNDS. 1LUV

Everything was great

"Bang Or Ball" ist Mack 10's fünftes Album. Anders als seine vorherigen Alben hat er das Album nicht auf Priority mit seinem eigenem Imprint "Hoo Bangin'" veröffentlicht, sondern auf Cash Money.Dabei hat der berühmte Cash Money-Produzent Mannie Fresh bis auf 3 Tracks das gesamte Album mit seinen heißbegehrten Beats versehen und die nach "Hittin' Switches" wohl beste Mack 10-Single bis dato produziert, nämlich "Connected For Life", auf dem die gesamte Westside Connection (mit Ice Cube & WC) vertreten ist. Die anderen beiden Singles sind "Hate In Yo Eyes", mit einem ordentlichen Beat von Dr. Dre & "Do the Damn Thang".Auf dem gesamten Album rappen natürlich immer wieder die anderen Cash Money-Künstler wie Lil Wayne, BG & die Big Tymers, sodass Mack 10 leider nur wenige Solos hat.Das Album ist aber absolut abwechslungsreich und man kann es von vorne bis hinten durchhören.Der Track mit Scarface & Xzibit ist auch sehr hörenswert, für ihn hat Ice Cube & 2Pac Produzent QD III den Beat geschmiedet.Leider ist das Album so gut wie gar nicht West Coast, aber trotzdem sehr "Gangsta" und ein absolutes Muss. 5/5