with a hip hop culture looking to fill the void of the next thug in line to fill 2pac's shoes no one will be able to fill them perfectly. however there are a few who could be worthy enough to try on his socks. one of these is trick daddy dollars. with the release of his debut album, "based on a true story", trick was highly overlooked. a year later trick daddy returned with his 1998 sophmore debut "www.thug.com" obviously the south had been feeling him but it wasn't until the club banger "nann n----" was released that fans wanted to know who this gold glistening toothed thug from the MIA was. and frankly it was about time. on this bounceful/thug classic trick covers this craziness of thug life ("so what" "for the thugs") the more sentimental side ("hold on" "livin in a world") politically ("run n----") and of course had time for the women ("i need a playa remix"). and on top of that he supplied the album with guest artists but not an imbalance of them that would outshine trick like so many artists fall victim to. trick introduced us to the sassy young trina on this album who is now a major act. OK OK OK. so trick is not replacable with pac. TRUE! but he sure seems like he's doing a great job of keeping the legend's thug life alive and not fake. this cd wasn't watered down by one theme, it had many which made it lovable. in any event, if you're looking for diversity, buy this album, i repeat, BUY IT! (man i would've loved to see a pac n trick collabo)

TRICK BE REPRESENTING HOW LIFE REALLY IS IN THE MIA.PEOPLE THINK MIAMI IS ALL BOUT SOUTH BEACH. BUT I'M HEAR TO TELL YOU IT AINT. ONE TIME FOR CAROL CITY,TWO TIME FOR FLORIDA AND THREE TIME FOR THE DIRTY SOUTH.WE BE OFF THE CHAIN DOWN HEAR IN THE BOTTOM

www.thug.com is a modern day classic. There are so many amazing tracks on this album with very little filler. I bought this album off the strength of Nann and was never disappointed. "Hold on", "Change My Life", and "Suckin, F*****" are other standout songs. This CD puts the later Trick efforts to shame. Trick Daddy was at an all time creative high during this album and the results are one fantastic song after another.

This Album is one of my all time greats and it's even better seeing him represent in person. Trick Daddy performed in Columbus,Ga. and I was loving every minute of seeing him and let's not forget MISS TRINA perform, Thanks for keeping it real with the crowd.

The song ''So What'' is a tight song,Thick Daddy knows what kids my age like to hear, there's thougth I rather kick back and listen to. Trick Daddy is the man.