• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 16.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Some innocuous songs, some R-rated ones.

Why We Rated This for Ages 16–18

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  It's a mixed bag here. One song idolizes the gangsta life and all the negative things associated with it, but another song is a sweet song declaring "I'm not the kind to be running games, I'll make it simple and plain…I want you, like trees to sunshine/like bird to the sky." The "N" word is used several times. Women are referred to as "bitches" in one song.
• Violence:

  A few songs have violent references. "Dirty New York" celebrates the gangsta life ("I'm gonna rap a n---a up in a box and send it to his folks") and talks about guns and killing quite a bit. Other hard lyrics on the album: "I'll slice you with my razor," "I came a long way to see you now I wish you were dead/I want to shoot you down now for the things you did," and ""Go and die/Go and quench (destroy)/Put am for reverse/Go and kill/Go and die."
• Sex:

  Sex isn't really the problem here. The title of "No Sex for Ben" is worse than the song.
• Language:

  In the songs that do have swear words, there are a lot of them -- everything from "f--k" to "s--t" to "motherf--ker" to bitch. Some songs don't have any foul language at all.
• Consumerism:

  Car brands, alcoholic beverages are mentioned by name. The idea of making a lot of money is important in one song.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  A few references to drinking, smoking, and doing drugs (pot and cocaine), but it's mostly in passing and not bragged about: "Get smoked up," "I smoked the finest," and "blow in the drawer."

What Parents Need to Know

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