As far as Mac Mall's solo CDs...
ILLEGAL BUSINESS--10/10 (one of the best Bay CDs ever. Period. Mall is at his lyrical best here).
UNTOUCHABLE--10/10 (Another essential purchase. Production's stepped up a notch, too, w/ Ant Banks and Cold 187um joining in for tracks).
ILLEGAL BUSINESS 2000--7.5/10 (more political than usual from Mall, but once you get used to it, it's a dope, if not perfect, CD).
IMMACULATE--8.5/10 (basically a mixture of issues-oriented songs and some macking/flossing as well. Some couldn't get w/ the production back in 2001, but I dug it).
MACKIN SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS--8/10 (the two ballads in the middle bog this one down; otherwise, it's cool. Good features from J-Diggs, Sleep Dank, Sundae and--for one track--MAC DRE!!!).
PEACE!