Ruthless for Life是
MC Ren的第四张个人专辑,同时也是最后一张以Ruthless厂牌的名义发行的专辑。
专辑由全新的制作人制作,并且有许多嘉宾客串,包括了
Snoop Doggy Dogg,
Ice Cube, Eightball & MJG和RBX。
“...MC Ren作为一个后来居上的
Gangsta Rap艺人,成功的利用沉重的鼓点和极低的贝斯音武装了自己。虽说一名N.W.A的前成员的风格变成No Limit厂牌下的那种风格是十分可怕的,但是Ren很好的避免了这一情况。虽说Ruthless for Life这张专辑的歌曲略显薄弱,歌词也有些陈旧,但比起
N.W.A那种传统的风格已经好了很多。所以总的来说,Ruthless for Life这张专辑使MC Ren重振雄风——这张专辑给了MC Ren一个展示当代音乐的机会,而不是久经风雨的说唱老兵的那种回忆式的专辑,一定意义上,这是MC Ren最好的个人专辑了。”(...MC Ren reconfigures himself as a latter-day gangsta rapper, complete with stoned beats and loping basslines. It's sort of disconcerting to hear a former N.W.A rapper trying to position himself as a member of the No Limit posse, but Ren does this fairly well. There are a few weak tracks on Ruthless for Life and all of his ideas are a little shopworn, but it does sound better than another collection of hardcore post-N.W.A hip-hop would have. So, Ruthless for Life does revitalize Ren -- it gives the opportunity to sound like a contemporary rather than a washed-up veteran. And that, in a way, makes it one of his better solo records. )
Ice Cube) (4:16) (Produced by Bobcat)
Snoop Dogg, RBX) (4:40) (Produced by L.T. Hutton)