A lot of rap cds these days are thick in production, but thin on content. Well, Ludacris is the opposite, but not in terms of music. Luda's attributes are primarily length, while thickness isn't something he's known for. But who cares? Most rappers are neither long, nor thick. The fact that Ludacris is so long (we're talking a foot, buddy) more than makes up for his Sharpie marker thinness. Yeah, we cut (and I do mean cut, at least from my end), but I'm not about to put my man down because I never got paid; I never expected money. In fact, aside from some internal bleeding and an upset stomach a la George Michael, I'm quite satisfied with the experience I had. Luda is truly a man of the 21st century: he doesn't discriminate. That you can get with girls and guys alike just shows that you are open-minded, so I'll never put Luda down.

Its hard to dispute that Chicken N Beer was not his worst album. So with that said, Red Light District is much better. For better or worse, less skits and more music. Basically Luda is starting all over again. Back for the 1st time and Word of Mouf can be argued as his best, all depends on opinion. This one is not as solid as those 2 but not a disappointment like Chicken N Beer. There's no regular guests spots on this album all new faces. They do a good job, but I wonder what a Luda album with no guest spots would sound like. For the most part there are no songs that you just cant listen to but there is some filler, maybe 2 or 3 songs. He's not really rappin' bout the south all that much anymore, its more about how much money he has. Which is a lil' surprising because usually an artist starts rappin' about all his $, he loses all hunger and makes no good music. This album is an exception to the rule. All in all a solid album, worth the buy.

Ludacris is the best lyricist in the game who has never released a great record. There are two reasons why: 1. He cares too much about making club bangers. 2. He releases LPs to fast, one a year is too much. If he would take his time he could write something amazing, but he didn't on this record and I don't know if he ever will take his time. Red Light District has it's moments(like all of his previous LPs) and is perfect if you want to get hyped going to the club. If you want something deep and meaningful this is not the CD for you. If you want a completely solid effort from Luda you'll have to take the 3-5 tracks from each of his records and burn them on to one disc, because Luda may never accomplish this himself.

First of all, anybody who is writing about what you were before needs to stop. This is a disgusting habit many have gotten into and nobody really needs to hear about it. Anyway having gotten past that I do believe this is a solid album. The only thing is a few of the tracks don't hold up as well as they should. The raps on "spur of the moment" are lazy, it's as if they're in California enjoying a sunny day and forced to ad-lib for a joint on the new album. Of course "get back" is the street banger on this one, you can feel the rhymes and you can even tell he tried lyrically on this one (Luda's always been better at wordplay, check his lyrics for his first three albums.) "number one spot" is hot but way too loud, and "virgo" gets kind of tired when you listen to it on the nas album all day, and if doug fresh was so eager to have his 'actual' voice on it, couldn't he have dropped a verse? However we see a new side of Luda with the welcomed 'child of the night' and introspective 'hopeless' featuring trick daddy reminiscing over a dream. I also enjoyed 'who not me' and occasionally 'two miles an hour.' even though since I have the clean version the skits are absent, I'm still feeling the album. let's just hope he puts more focus on his brilliant lyrical wordplay on his possibly last def jam release 'release therapy' coming sometime this (fall?) here's hoping.

These "jokes" about Luda's, er, privates were funny the first time, but now it's just gettin' really old and repetitive. If I were whoever's doing that, I'd stop if I were you, 'cos it just ain't funny anymore and it's really annoying if you're someone who actually wants to read some real reviews.

This person has no life, like the person who reviews Chingy albums about 300 times each and gives them all 5 stars... That ain't even real hip-hop. Ludacris is considerably better than that and Red Light District is a good album - second best behind Word of Mouf.

Highlights:

Number One Spot

Get Back

Child of the Night

Spur of the Moment

Pimpin' All Over the World

Hopeless

Virgo