Chingy

There's something in the air (make that the aurr) as Ching-A-Ling delivers clubland anthems and paeans to sneakers and booty. Most of the songs are instructional, if a bit contradictory. On "Hands Up," the rapper tells us that we "better put [our] hands up." Later, on "Ass N Da Aurr," he'll ask listeners to put "your hands on the ground" and "your ass in the aurr." It sounds a little creepy, but Chingy does promise not to sturr.

The most distinguishing feature of one-time Ludacris protege Chingy could be that he smiles
a lot. The moderately gifted St. Louis rapper has made the most of his boyish good looks,
cutting two albums of gimmicky radio rap. His third album promises more of the same: some
rougher songs for the guys, a lot of fluffy ones for the girls ("Dem Jeans") and (like his 2004
hit "Right Thurr") countless instances of his proudly exotic St. Louis accent ("Ass... More >