when i first heard this album about five years back, i didn't know what to think. the beats by erick sermon were amazingly rich, yet subtle. The lyrics that keith came with were revolutionary. It always used to amaze me  when he'd string words that i had never heard in rap music, let alone daily  conversation, with words that he obviously created using two already  existing words. I'd be in sixth grade after school listening to keith  murray w/ a dictionary at my side. Keith is easily one of the best in the  rap game, and it is a shame that he has to spend time in the pen. Check out  escapism, i'd recommend that you shell out sixteen bucks for that track  alone. This disc is easily one of my three favorite cd's of alltime, so if  you don't have it i'd suggest that you buy it immediately.