The album that broke out of the South, features a number of his best-known songs: and It's definitely a more polished and crafted work that his preceding and proves that artists can thrive without major-label support. In sum, this is arguably the best place to start when investigating . His later albums are often on par with in terms of both rhymes and beats, but none capture the essence of what makes this particular artist so alluring to his cult audience as this breakthrough album. Later albums such as often go out of their way to feature lackluster guest rappers as well. As a bonus, also comes with a second disc that features screwed and chopped versions of many of the album's best songs, as well as his first big hit, originally featured on . ~ Jason Birchmeier