** Big Tymers, “I Got That Work,” Cash Money/Universal.

The second album from the New Orleans-based duo of Bryan “Baby” Williams and Mannie Fresh revisits familiar lyrical and musical territory, hitting the mark on several selections but overall coming off as an average piece of work.

Williams (who co-owns Cash Money) and Fresh (the label’s exclusive producer) are far better as guest rappers contributing a verse here and there to someone else’s song than as lead characters. Label-mates Juvenile, Lil’ Wayne and B.G. are far superior rappers, and their presence on half of the album’s 18 songs is helpful. Although the three harp on their materialistic spoils, sexual prowess and lower-class struggles, their lyrics show deeper imagination and variety than those of either Williams or Fresh.

It’s not that Williams and Fresh lack confidence--they can be as self-congratulatory as anyone in hip-hop. But on “I Got That Work” (due in stores Tuesday) they don’t show the skills to back up that arrogance.

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