Powerballin'
by Chingy
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Nov 16, 2004
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14

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  1. DarrinS
    Jan 27, 2005
    1
    I simply CAN NOT believe the lyrical content that people put up with days. Rap used to be about one-up-manship through the skills of storytelling. But today, its about one-up-manship through aestetic means, such as who has the best car or the best "ho" or who has the brightest chain, and no one exemplifies this characteristic more than chingy. Crap, this is crap. I can only pray that I simply CAN NOT believe the lyrical content that people put up with days. Rap used to be about one-up-manship through the skills of storytelling. But today, its about one-up-manship through aestetic means, such as who has the best car or the best "ho" or who has the brightest chain, and no one exemplifies this characteristic more than chingy. Crap, this is crap. I can only pray that hip-hop will soon be taken back by the underground, or at least rappers that rap about things that matter. I dont care about his freakin "26 rims". Why would i want to hear a rapper brag about things that I cant afford, and that nobody in the streets can afford. Please, rappers, stay true to the streets.… Expand
  2. StevenT
    Nov 26, 2004
    2
    This is horrible, bland, over-commerical rap of the worst sort. Chingy appeals more to adolescent females than gangstas. And his voice still sounds like an army of cockroaches crawling across a tile floor.
  3. DRanged
    Nov 19, 2004
    1
    Pathetic commercial pop rap!We have artists liek Talib Kweli,Gagstarr,Common and Dilated Peoples who don't get recognised for their art.Having heard this album,I was disgusted.Chingy is clearly and obviously unskilled as an MC,has poor,contrived lyrics and tries to sound illiterate.

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. RapReviews.com
    60
    It's not that the album isn't good, it's that it pails in comparison to "Jackpot."
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  2. Blender
    80
    The lack of pretense on his second album makes him an approachable Everypimp, and he gets nothing but love from [his] guests. [Dec 2004, p.138]
  3. AllMusic
    40
    Jackpot is superior in every aspect.
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