Let's discuss Rick Ross' "Teflon Don"

People desperately needing to fill the Biggie void definitely accounts for the wild commercial success of Shyne and Guerilla Black

but how much of Rick Ross' appeal is that he's filling the void left behind by Biggie?

this is only true for diddy

sonically speaking i can see how the "maybach music" type beats harken back to that super expensive, glitzy 'life after death', but in any other sense, no

It's not just a physical comparison; though. His halting, booming flow seems to get more Biggie-esque with each album, and he (and his guests) make several explicit references to Biggie on Teflon Don. It seems to be a comparison that he actively courts.

well of course HE does, but that doesn't make it right

he's also an ex-corrections officer turned major label rapper who is actively courting a comparison to one of the most notorious cocaine dealers in recent history, so you know...

rick ross is a stand-in for major label success rap for sure

halting, booming post

is Kanye West filling baseball's void after Barry Bonds retired?

lol xp

as much as i like smooth upscale r&b-club rossss, mixing it up some punch-in-the-balls crunk shit really makes this album

xactly

i posted this same thing on the jukebox, but i reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want a hbcu band to do "BMF" at a football game this year... shit would be sooo epic, with those synths as triumphant horn blasts, and a dude pounding that big circular drum & tons of dudes hacking at cymbals

i can't stop thinking about this

my neighbor has had "free mason" on repeat for the last 3 days and he really passionately shouts lines along with the record, but not especially important or triumphant lines, just whichever ones he happens to be ready for

".............NOT THAT I'M A MASON!!!!"

i love it

feel like I'm late to the party on this one. I avoided it for a while cuz his guest verses on albums I owned never wowed me.

This album hasn't like made me outright jizz my pants or anything but I'm liking it. lyrics aren't amazing but the beats are pretty awesome, he has good guests, and I like his delivery. I'll definitely play this one though I can see how some might not like this dude.

really the only reason I took the chance now is cuz I got a $100 gift card from work for a recent achievement....

I got a $100 gift card from work for a recent achievement....

Admitting you might like a Rick Ross album?

i got a $100 from some random person for being the biggest boss they had seen thus far once

haha shit if that's all it took to get gift cards I'd be Rick Ross' fluffer....

BITCH I'M MC HAMMER. I'M ABOUT CREAM.

Keep hearing: I think I'm big Nietzche.

I'm Baruch Spinoza.

in a Testarossa

i'm gonna JFK
like JFK
and my JFK
is a J... EFF KAYYYYYY

― I think I'm Princess Peach... King Koopa (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, August 4, 2010 8:23 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think about this now every time i hear Ross rap

especially during that DIRTY...CLEAN...DIRTY...CLEAN verse

dude i just read that twitter rant for the first time now and....thank you

the santa one killed me

Keep hearing: I think I'm big Nietzche.

― Tim F, Thursday, November 18, 2010 7:01 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

somehow this is a post v much in character, i think

in an eyerolly way, yeah.

I think I'm Big Bird
Harold Hooper

Hey so I wrote this big article on Rick Ross for The Straddler. It's a literary magazine, so I'm afraid that music people aren't going to find it if I don't self-promote at least a little, so please forgive if I'm doing something inappropriate by putting a link up. Please enjoy.

http://www.thestraddler.com/20117/piece10.php

um what the fuck

Rick Ross is unconscious and paramedics are desperately trying to resuscitate him.

Rick was on a flight going from Ft. Lauderdale to Memphis today, when the rapper lost consciousness. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/14/rick-ross-passed-out-plane-emergency-landing/#.Tph0AbK-3oo

this is not happening

Wale Wale Folarin

I just talked to Ross...he's 100 pct ok...@tmz #dontpanic #dontpanic #mmg !!!! #gfid dec 13th!

i just talked to ross, he was unconscious and i know you all are in a panic over the possibility of him dying, but his album comes out dec 13.

jeez, get better soon bawse

LOSE SOME WEIGHT, MANE

i was wondering when i'd see the first weight reference!

i'm not even joking, if he wants to live past the age of 50 he should prob lose some weight

I forgot I created this thread.

@rocmarci roc marciano
Rozay brother slow the blunts down and eat better and take a break u on top so just chill n enjoy the fruits
11 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

no, literally enjoy the fruits

awww enjoy the fruits is a nice sentiment

http://www.covershut.com/covers/UMCs-Fruits-Of-Nature-Front-Cover-31220.jpg

i'm pretty sure ross can still enjoy the fruits of his labor without having his house stocked with

rations that could last six months. One is entirely stocked with Ortega taco fixings, another with cans of Manwich, another with six-packs of Yoo-hoo, another with bags of Halloween-size candy

what the fuck is yoo-hoo?

Everything in that menagerie is literally inedible.

what the fuck is MANWICH?

i mean whaty i think of as a manwich doesn't...come in a can

or without coming home at 4 am from the strip so he can eat this

The Gentlest Bodyguard's specialty (besides appearing to be gentle while not minding if he has to rip people's tracheae out, I bet) is breakfast, and when we're back at the house, he goes to the stove. Into a large frying pan he cracks twenty-four eggs and waits for them to cook, then meticulously flips each one without breaking a yolk. In a pot the grits bubble. And in a large skillet, several cans of bubble-gum-pink Hormel corned-beef hash sizzle on high heat, never changing color

lex, yoo-hoo is chocolate milk