- In my mind, literal Young Money member Tyga lives in Lil Wayne's metaphorical basement. No, actually I can't imagine Lil Wayne owning a house that had a basement - scrap that. In my mind Tyga lives in one of Lil Wayne's many spare rooms, clawing his way through mounds of free kicks and tees that Wayne will never get around to wearing, spending his days running around doing the menial jobs. He's like some kind of hip-hop maid: mixing sizz-urp and rolling blunts for Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake - all of whom are a part of Wayne's own Young Money records - a music label, family and it's own rap collective (who actually released a surprisingly good mix-tape a couple of years ago, just before Drake and Nicki started their respective dashes for the top of the world). Tyga's second studio record, the slightly egotistically titled Careless World: Rise Of The Last King, may as well be his first. This 'real' first record is a softer, dancier & totally clean release; a significantly different Tyga than the one we know now. He's no Biggy but he's coming along, baby steps maybe, but he's making progress. Tyga's flow and rhymes are decent enough and the beats are slick and pretty tight - but the album feels a little all over the place. Careless World is apparently a part-concept album, with Tyga indulging in a handful of short interludes alluding to some kind of intense, arduous struggle to his rise to semi-prominence, though when your biggest supporters are your boss' boss, Birdman and your own mother, it all gets a little bit trite. Careless World is no masterpiece, it really is too long and unfocused and its best asset, the numerous high calibre collaborations (see: Busta Rhymes, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Pharrell and Nas), is also its undoing - not letting Tyga really get a chance to find his own footing or develop his own sound. Despite this the album has its fair share of bangers that though they might be on the guilty side, are still pleasures with Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj lending Tyga a little personality here and there. Kings & Queens is a highlight, one of the truly good, guilt-free tracks on the record - helped along by Wale & Nas, the latter a beacon of consistency and talent - someone Tyga would be smart to learn from.

- Jay Edwards.