Master P - Ghet CDs • Vinyl Records • LPs • Music Albums

"Ghetto D," you get full-page hype on four upcoming releases, including P's *next* album, "The Last Don." As a rhymer and performer, however, Master P is a journeyman stylist dealing the same low-rider beats, plastic-keyboard hooks and life-during-wartime lessons of classic Death Row -- with little variation in tone or tempo during the album's 19 tracks and not enough apocalyptic dread to go around. The best moments come when P flashes his local roots. The wise-ass, sing-along chorus of "Weed and Money" ("Y'all live for bitches 'n' blood/We live for weed and money") sounds like a hardcore spin on the old Crescent City chant "Iko Iko," and the row

Though Master P's relevance was clearly slipping by 2000, with his die-hard fans and enormous bank account he kept trudging along, releasing yet another record full of New Orleans thug tales and Dirty South beats. Features the single "Bout Dat.