From the album's opening cut "Hip Hop", a look at where the scene is right now and a homage to the old school, it's clear that Jazzy Jeff wants to drag hip hop away from the guns, gangs, drugs and macho posturing of the mainstream. His stellar line-up of MCs working on the project includes the likes of Method Man, Big Daddy Kane, CL Smooth, Peedi Peedi, Raheem DeVaughn, Pos, Kardinal Offishall and Jean Grae, all of whom are totally on point. "The Return Of The Magnificent" is a reflection on the reality of modern life. There are songs to make you laugh, songs to make you cry, songs to make you contemplate the world, or songs to simply make you get down. As Jeff himself says 'This is turning out to be the best record I have ever done'. This is the real hip hop.