Spin (p.97) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Buck's ferocious flow can turn even the most cliched hood yarn into a fire-and-brimstone sermon."
Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "Balancing belligerent boasts with flashes of vulnerable honesty, he out-raps some formidable guests and delivers G-Unit's strongest LP in recent memory." -- Grade: B+
XXL (Magazine) (p.148) - "Buck elevates himself and his music beyond pure griminess by unexpectedly offering up compelling revelations."
Recording information: The Blue Room, Nashville, TN.
On the studio follow-up to his enormously successful debut, STRAIGHT OUTTA CASHVILLE, the weight is on Young Buck. After a few stumbles, 50 Cent's G-Unit collective was hoping for a crew member to come up big. And Buck does just that, as BUCK THE WORLD follows in the same vein as CASHVILLE, marrying the Tennessee native's grimy Dirty South flows with a straight-up East Coast thug format. Still, BUCK THE WORLD reaches further, even incorporating elements of the West Coast gangsta genre, thanks in part to participation from Snoop Dogg and Kokane. Lyrically, Young Buck is just as belligerent as ever, taking aim at haters, critics, and pranksters. BUCK THE WORLD features guest spots from 8Ball & MJG, Bun B, Lyfe Jennings, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Young Jeezy, Kokane, Trick Daddy, Chester Bennington, Ky-mani Marley, LaTonya Williams, Jazzy Pha, Pimp C, and T.I.