The Reason was really like an iconic album as an adolescent. "Nothing Like It" used to wake me up in the morning, on my CD player/alarm clock, and I used to listen to the album daily, from June 2001, on.
"Tales of A Hustler" was haunting and grim, "What Ya Life Like 2" was paranoid and defiant, "Still Got Love For You" still can choke me up, my Dad left around 1999/2000, he was never really around post age 13.
"Mom Praying' was a classic too.