Take a Joke America (Warner Bros., 2000) by Carlos Mencia

The thing I like about Mencia's comedy is that he is an equal-opportunity offender.  He jokes about everything and that is very refreshing in the politically-correct climate that we so often find ourselves in today.  Although this album is not as strong as New Territory, it is a very solid collection of material that would ultimately resemble the type of content that Mencia would put on his Comedy Central show a few years later.

New Territory (Comedy Central, 2011) by Carlos Mencia

I have been a fan of Carlos Mencia ever since the first episode of Mind of Mencia.  Some people say he is a racist, but I don't share that viewpoint.  He has an insightful perspective on America because of his different experiences.  And in this country's politically-correct climate, it is very refreshing to hear someone who is not afraid to speak their mind.  My favorite part of the album is not even a joke, but when Carlos tells a story about what he said to a detractor: "When I tell a racial joke about anything and people laugh, it's an affirmation that they know who I'm talking about.  And they know who I'm talking about because they know what I'm talking about because we live amongst each other to the point where our idiosyncratic behavior is known to all of us because the tapestry of America isn't Black, isn't White, isn't Hispanic.  It is every possible living type of human being.  You do realize that we're the only country that can do jokes about anybody else and we understand what that means."