Jim Jones Album: “Pray IV Reign [2/24]”

It seems like Jim Jones has gotten worse (instead of getting better) with each subsequent release. Don't get me wrong, Jim Jones has a few songs that I genuinely like (Summer With Miami, Ballin, Certified Gangstas and a few others) and he's also a very interesting and charismatic guy in interviews and such. But in my opinion the guy just cannot rap. I mean come on, even souljah boy showed some signs of improvement. Jim Jones' delivery is one of the most boring of all time and his flow is severely lacking. His lyrics are very uninteresting and he doesn't try to inject any energy into them at all to at least give a facade of being good.

When I was listening to the album all I could think about is when will it be over? It seemed like an eternity until I got to track 7, Precious ft. Ryan Leslie, and it just made me wish this was a Ryan Leslie song featuring Jim Jones because Ryan Leslie finally breathes some personality and life into this album. It's a few other songs that make the cut like This Is For My B's and How To Be A Boss which keep this album from being a complete waste of 48 minutes. I liked Pop Champagne until I saw the very unmanly video with a bunch of guys pouring champagne on each other and into each others mouths and sliding across the floor. The song quickly lost it's appeal and it's just not the same listening to it anymore. The 2nd single NaNaNaNa is one of the worst singles in recent hip hop memory ranking up there with Do The Ricky Bobby in having absolutely no redeeming qualities about it. Thankfully by the time you get to this song the album is over.

I feel NY is slowly starting to get their swagger back but not with Jim Jones though. While it's a few songs that are worth the time the album is largely forgettable and extremely pedestrian. This is easily his worst album and even though we know he's not a lyrical juggernaut we know he can do better than this.

So lame the only hot track is "How to be a boss" and you gotta buy the whole album to get it

i thought he would have done better since he signed to the majors

but slim thug almost out solded him on a independent label

Jimmy gets worse every album. He aint that good of a rapper anyways but i rep dipset so ive always listened to him. If you became a fan after ballin and want new material, dont waste your money on this garbage... go get On my way to church... legit album. Jones if you knew whats good you would come back to the set.

Crime Pays May 12 2009.......KILLA!!!!!!!!

Jim Jones returns with his 5th solo album, and maybe his best and most balance work to date. I have 4 of his albums (I don't own "Harlem's American Gangster") and 2 I'd give 4 stars (this one and his "Hustler's P.O.M.E.") and I'd give his first 2 albums 3.5 stars. Not the best lyricist, he has a style different from most but he does a good job with it. Of the 16 song on here, 1 is a classic, 1 I skip, 3 are ok, the other 11 are good. Guests are real heavy and are on every song but 2, a lot have his Byrd Gang counterparts, including the eerily similar in voice and style to Jay-Z, Noe. Production is prety good as well. Chink Santana and Ron Browz ech do 3 songs, No ID, Track Slayerz, Ryan Leslie, Magnedo 7, Young Yonny, Tripe A, Dangerous LLC, Illfonics and Young Seff all do 1 song. For fans of Jim or the DipSet I'd say pick up this album.

#1 - 8(f/ Starr)

#2 - 8 (f/ Chink Santana)

#3 - 8

#4 - 8 (f/ Ludacris & Noe)

#5 - 8 (f/ Noe & Chink Santana)

#6 - 10 (CLASSIC -- tight beat)

#7 - 8.5 (f/ Ryan Leslie - song for the ladies -- nice beat)

#8 - 8.5 (f/ Oshy -- upbeat track for the ladies)

#9 - 7.5 (f/ Oshy -- another track for the ladies)

#10 - 6.5 (f/ Oshy & Juelz Santana)

#11 - 8.5 (f/ Starr)

#12 - 7 (f/ Rawanna)

#13 - 9 (f/ Mel Matrix & Noe -- tight beat)

#14 - 5 (f/ Juelz Santana & Ron Browz)

#15 - 8.5 (f/ Rell, Noe, Starr)

#16 - 8 (f/ Brittney Taylor who provides an annoying chjorus)

Joseph Jones -- b. Bronx, NY moved to Harlem, NY

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