Devin The Dude

Released by Rap-A-Lot after Devin's departure from the label, this is a collection of odds and ends from the great H-Town emcee. The best tracks here are prototypical Devin: bleary-eyed musings about life, sex and weed strung around slice-of-life vignettes that are meandering, funny and occasionally poignant. Per usual, Devin's flows are laconic, and the beats are dazed and soulful. This is more ramshackle than his other 2008 album, Landing Gear, and some of the tracks have been released before, but this remains an appealing collection for diehard fans of the Dude.