Truly refreshing! That's the best way to describe the Fellowship's first collective effort, Temptations, in years. In fact this album is nearly flawless in every important aspect: the Fellowship's lyricists' (Aceyalone, Mikah Nine, Self-Jupiter, and P.E.A.C.E.) rhyme styles complement one another, subtle scratching gives the tracks a raw edge that is missing in most music nowadays, and the hard beats are touched with cleverly laid melodies and basslines.

The Fellowship waste no time to display their dextrous abilities; the second track Ghetto Youth has a commanding musical presence and perhaps one of the year's best verses with this Aceyalone bombshell:

Interest in a few songs may wane after time, but the vast majority of this disc has high replay value. In the weeks that I've had Temptations I've listened to almost nothing else, nor have I desired to.