Comments on: LA Times: Rick Ross–”Deeper than Rap” Review

By: Tray

Tray — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:17:40 +0000

I liked him much better when he was a much worse rapper. Port of Miami’s a great album. Same for Jeezy and Juelz. We have this depressing trend these days of rappers who totally can’t rap putting out really entertaining bizarro rap debut albums and then, like, going to rap school and becoming totally boring. (You could possibly say the same of Kanye but I’ve never bought into the idea that he technically improved post-Dropout.) What’s weird about it, though, is what’s driving this? You sell a ton of records your first time out, where’s the economic incentive to improve your rhyme schemes and lyrics so much? It’s baffling, really. One can only conclude that, even though there was no financial incentive for Rick Ross or Juelz to learn how to actually rap, they actually cared about what critics/people on the block thought of their awful flows and lyrics.

By: Deen

Deen — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:07:12 +0000

Bawse!

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By: Passion of the Weiss

Passion of the Weiss — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:13:42 +0000

It’s true that he’s improved since Port of Miami, but that’s sort of like saying that DJ Mbenga has improved because he no longer possesses the touch of a caveman, and instead shoots like a bricklayer.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:12:22 +0000

Been saying this about him since the first album. He’s wack and empty just like 95% of the ‘artists’ today. There’s literally nothing in this ‘music’ and even when everyone found it he was a fraud, he denied it. Of course, it doesn’t help that I was listening to O.C.’s ‘Times Up’ on the way to work but you get the picture.

By: Passion of the Weiss

Passion of the Weiss — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:36:49 +0000

Please, we call them “moobs.”

By: goathair

goathair — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:48:35 +0000

I’m not okay with the massive tattooed stomach and breasts.

By: DocZeus

DocZeus — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:37:31 +0000

You can basically take my review of Jim Jones Pray IV Reign and insert Rick Ross’s name where Jim Jones would be and you would have my review of Deeper Than Rap.

By: Passion of the Weiss

Passion of the Weiss — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:43:20 +0000

I think that’s a pretty fair assessment.

By: Trey Stone

Trey Stone — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:40:03 +0000

i dunno, even when it comes to the production, i wouldn’t say the songs i’ve heard from this are that good. beats sound too clean, for lack of a better description. it’s like the producers took the sound of “Maybach Music” and “Luxury Tax” from his last album and took out everything that made ‘em interesting.