In Brief

* 1/2 Mack 10, “Mack 10,” Priority. If Ice Cube--who produced this album--had never made a record, “Mack 10” might have been impressive. Though this L.A. rapper has a deadly delivery, his debut collection reveals that he spent too much time studying Cube-isms and not enough time finding his own style. The result sounds like a mediocre Ice Cube set.

New albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to four stars (e x cellent).