It should come as no surprise to you all that I've never been a fan. I don't hate the dude or anything, but his music has never been all that interesting and he's kind of terrible as a rapper. I'm not going to sit here and lie, (which already gives me more credibility than our host) up until a few weeks ago, I'd never listened to a full Rick Ross project. But I knew I'd be writing this sentence sooner or later so I went ahead and listened to Teflon Don, Rich Forever, (his two projects that most people consider to be his zenith) and Trilla (his unanimously worst effort) to see where Mastermind would rank among his catalog. I will say that the public got it right on this one. I was pleasantly surprised with Teflon Don, while Trilla really did gargle as much rhinoceros cum as I thought it would.
Well I've never written about Rick Ross before so I can pretty much go on all day, but let's start with some biographical stuff. William Roberts II is a Miami-based rapper that has enjoy one of the most commercially successful runs in recent memory. He dropped the "William Roberts" and is now rhyming under the moniker "Rick Ross", which he borrowed from the infamous drug trafficker. Throughout his career, he's been mostly known for three things: his incredibly awesome beard, being fat as shit, and being known as the guy who formerly worked as a correctional officer before his rap career blew up. With that knowledge, you're basically going to have to accept that everything the man says is a lie if you ever hope to enjoy his music. Yup, coke rap from the first hand experience of a cop.
It should come as no surprise to you all that I've never been a fan. I don't hate the dude or anything, but his music has never been all that interesting and he's kind of terrible as a rapper. I'm not going to sit here and lie, (which already gives me more credibility than our host) up until a few weeks ago, I'd never listened to a full Rick Ross project. But I knew I'd be writing this sentence sooner or later so I went ahead and listened to Teflon Don, Rich Forever, (his two projects that most people consider to be his zenith) and Trilla (his unanimously worst effort) to see where Mastermind would rank among his catalog. I will say that the public got it right on this one. I was pleasantly surprised with Teflon Don, while Trilla really did gargle as much rhinoceros cum as I thought it would.
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