Record Rack

* 1/2 Big Punisher, “Yeeeah Baby,” Loud. The posthumous second album from the first solo Latino rapper to have a platinum album is a major disappointment. The Bronx rapper, who died of heart failure Feb. 7, fails to match the quality of his debut 1998’s Grammy-nominated “Capital Punishment,” which showcased equally entertaining hard-core and party-flavored songs. “Yeeeah Baby” is a sloppy piece of work, with uninspired beats and rhymes. Rock guitars are slapped onto a number of tracks in what could be an attempt to appeal to Limp Bizkit fans, while Pun’s lyrics have lost their edge and his delivery its assurance.

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Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent). The albums are already released unless otherwise noted.