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Title: Total lack of creativity or inspiration...
Review: BEP's first album, Behind the Front featured creative beats & rhymes. Each album that followed seemed to have less and less of the genius of their earlier outing. With Monkey Business, the process is complete, and this album is completely devoid of what once made BEP one of my favorite hip-hop acts. The rhymes are childish and self-congratulatory, which is fine if you splice in something intelligent here and there, but that is not the case. The beats are rarely inspired, and I found myself repeatedly thinking "wow that sounds like a poor knock-off of producer such-and-such." The only highlight for me was the track featuring James Brown, and even he isn't enough to get this album more than one star.
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