in 2005. Both were received favorably by critics, yet the praise was again qualified as it had been with Shock Frequency's reception: the compilation of old material (which mined Shock Frequency heavily) and the collection of new music both seemed throwbacks to simpler times, with lyrics that concentrated on fun and a smooth flow rather than the trickery and internal or polysyllabic rhyme schemes of virtuoso rappers following in the wake of Biggie or Pun. A.D.O.R.'s Tru Jewelz and Videotape was released in 2008. Discography The Concrete (Atlantic, 1994) Shock Frequency (Tru Reign, 1998) Animal 2000 (Tru Reign, 2000) Classic Bangerz, Vol. 1 (Tru Reign, 2003) Signature of the Ill (Tru Reign, 2005) Tru Jewelz and Videotape (Tru Reign, 2008) References American male rappers Living people Atlantic Records artists Rappers from Manhattan Five percenters Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians