• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 13.

• Is it any good?

  2.0

• Common Sense says

  OK hip-pop with a few mature topics.

Why We Rated This for Ages 13–14

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  Lots of talk about life in the hood and misfortune (father in prison, abuse, unplanned pregnancy, poverty), but the heavy topics aren't glorified ("My momma told me find a man to take care of me/And he does buy me things, but he beats on me/I come to her for a little advice/She tilts her head up with a black eye" and "Is my life set up for failure ya'll/I can care less what the people say to ya'll/We break out in rage, ventin' all the hurt inside/Who am I, to tell you what you failed to realize/The voice that you hold within you, the voice that you are, the voice of the young people").
• Violence:

  Not an issue.
• Sex:

  Some minor sexual innuendo with a mention of teenage and unplanned pregnancy.
• Language:

  "Ass" (once), "haters," "hoppin' on my grind since butt touch potty." Deluxe version has one has "motherf--ker." Also, the "N" word is mentioned once.
• Consumerism:

  Loreal, MAC, Duncan Hines.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  "My mother she was a crack fiend" and "with a bottle of something good."

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