Besides being his sixth album, rapper
Flame's
The 6th also refers to the sixth day of creation, when God created man. That's big, and the album itself is also as elaborate and metaphor-filled as its cover artwork, but
Flame is talented enough to pull this combo off, coming correct like
Rick Ross reborn as a pastor and spreading God's word with those gruff hooks. "Try Me" twitches and jumps like a furious
Lil Wayne number, "Trap Money" could be passed off as a
T.I. single if it weren't for the biblical verse, and "Devil's Bread" is one of those epic numbers that's filled with doubt and redemption, bringing reminders of the ambitious
Lecrae. Jumping back to
Wayne, check the great but small "Man," which uses some
Weezy and
Drake-styled tricks ("Can you read me homie?/Printing press") but still winds up, like everything else here, sounding like
Flame. Chalk it up to his flashy charisma and ability to make the Lord's word sound like it was dispatched by way of XXL or the Source. ~ David Jeffries