Rick Ross – Teflon Don

I finally understand why 50 Cent keeps hating on Rick Ross.  He tried to run the same tactics that he used to get people away from Ja Rule that were successful in the past, and that would have worked if 50 Cent had put out some quality music at the time.  Unfortunately for 50 Cent all of Rick Ross’ records have debuted at number one on all three of the charts. He can’t say the same, his albums continue to drop at a lower point with each release.  But Rick Ross is the truth and quite honestly the production work on 50’s albums are not as good as this!  Rick Ross’ latest album, Teflon Don boasts some of the best, if not the best, samples I’ve heard in quite some time!  I had already copped his mixtape and was enjoying the production on that when I decided to stop by hiphopdx.com and check out the latest Rick Ross album.  The beats are incredible, and the cameos are incredible.  

Jay-Z and Kanye come harder than they do on their own albums!  Rick Ross is not the best rapper, by any means, but he does improve with each release.  What is so unfair is that since he is on Def Jam he has some incredible beats.  One of the commenters over at hiphopdx.com stated that these were beats Biggie should have had back in the day.  That is saying a lot when you consider that Biggie had some of the best samples heard so far when he was around.  Super High, featuring Ne-Yo is actually the worst song on the record; he really stepped up his game with this album.

You get everything on this record from old school gangsta rap, to the trap, to a hybrid of gangsta rap and the emo stuff you get with Kanye (and to a certain extent, Jay-Z).  He comes at you with one hot song after another.  Okay that is what is good about the album.  On the other hand Rick Ross still has a very, very, long way to go with his lyrics.  His flow is questionable and his word could use a lot of work.  His metaphors are almost non-existent, and he reminds of you where Jeezy was at when he first came out.  Eventually Rick Ross is going to have to get on the level of everyone else in the game, in particular 50 Cent.