Let's discuss Rick Ross' "Teflon Don"

what a constant source of lols that was

fire

dom's was freaking hilarious too

#rememberwhenRickRoss was the most respected correctional officer out there?... wait that was Edie Falco's character in Oz.
2:09 PM Jul 20th via web

that was very funny, must admit. would read again.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA those Tweets are fucking gold. I'm dying here. hahahahaha

listening on headphones, "live fast, die young" is kind of a mess of a production -- not sure that vocal sample really fits with the orchestral feel of the rest of the thing

who produced that song on the drake album that also bit that "no games" riddim a la "live fast, die young"

diddy's verse on this is so hilarious

first of all, bragging about being the first person to write a check for haiti is incredibly crass even by rap standards

also is there any more of a transparent way to show that rick ross ghostwrote a verse for you than by rhyming "maryland" and "marilyn"

'teflon don' will get 10x better if you replace "super high" with the remix

― ASBO slice (J0rdan S.), Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

this is my most otm post on ilx

yeah "live fast die young" is crap. it feels stuffed into the album, kind of the only thing in it that does but i guess it woudn't be a rick ross album without that

"tears of joy" makes that song totally unnecessary

also is there any more of a transparent way to show that rick ross ghostwrote a verse for you than by rhyming "maryland" and "marilyn"

― ASBO slice (J0rdan S.), Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:55 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

Totally. The moment Diddy starting rapping I KNEW Ricky wrote that verse for him.

who produced that song on the drake album that also bit that "no games" riddim a la "live fast, die young"

― ASBO slice (J0rdan S.), Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:53 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark

Are you talking about "Show Me a Good Time?" Kanye...

I think the song's alright, but with those vocal samples undernearth it's all too cluttered.

ha, figures

Yeah, they work on the Drake, not here.

nah they were shit on the drake album too

I dunno, they worked with the "scratched" chorus and it's like Kanye's trying to prove he's back-to-the-basics with the nod to the boom-bap, and I think it works. There's enough space on the track for them to be effective.

"aston martin music" is really good

Yep. That should be the closer.

lol it sounds like chrisette is singing "listening to the yeah yeah yeahs"

i should've spoken before this song got all 'thank me later'

shouldn't have**

lol it sounds like chrisette is singing "listening to the yeah yeah yeahs"

― ASBO slice (J0rdan S.), Friday, July 23, 2010 1:16 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

hold on, this is exactly what she is singing

the fuck????????

tell me i'm wrong?

I think Drake adds a ton of pathos to the track, but you know I like Drake doing in situations like these (and in general). At least he didn't get a verse.

can we talk about chrisette michelle singing about listening to the yeah yeah yeahs on this rick ross album instead

Yes, that's what she's singing. And I love how she just like squeezes it in at the very end of her hook.

am i wrong to be dumbfounded by that?

Nah, I didn't even realize it until you pointed it out. Awesome moment.

I can totally picture Rick and Chrisette driving on the highway listening to the YYYs... ok I can't, but that's why it's great.

saadiq sounds almost indistinguishable from ne yo on this track

Ugh. I DON'T WANT CALL-AND-RESPONSE CHORUS WITH RICK SINGING.

And Saadiq's voice sounds all pinched and just rubs me the wrong way. And I think Instant Vintage is a classic.

#rememberwhenRickRoss rapped with incredible breath control for a man of his considerable girth? ...wait that was Big Pun. Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:49:46 PM via web

#rememberwhenRickRoss brought smiles to the faces of the world's children with his bushy beard and big belly? ...wait that was Santa Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:51:31 PM via web

loooooooool

to everyone boosting this album - you are stupid

rtc out

hahahaha some dude what is your twitter?

http://twitter.com/alshipley

hahahah listening to the yeah yeah yeahs is classic

the best hook on the album after "b.m.f." is wiz khalifa singing "smokin them pina colada papers baby girl we don't fuck with them bluuuuuuuuuuuuunts/ unless i'm with the boooooooooooosss"

"super high" beat is totally the shit -- for some reason it just pops more on the remix -- i think that dope live base just sounds... warmer in the context of two stoners rapping about getting super high

also "trees gets twisted up like fingers and gang signs" is a super dope image from currensy

also the village voice review of this is great

Pfork did a 180 this morning, after giving low marks to the first two Ross albums and not even bothering with the third:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14482-teflon-don

have to say, of all the people I'm disappointed in for boosting Ross I'm most disappointed in Cohen, who I can usually count on to take down shit rap albums hilariously

yeah before i opened that review i was expecting a HHNF style takedown

game recognize game tho

And he gave Arcade Fire thumbs up yesterday, which was a bigger surprise.

I love this album but not on Ian's terms.

But more importantly, Ross has proven to be among the last of dying breed. His studio albums feel like events that demand the ears and opinions of rap fans.

this is weirdly true

co-sign everything except that Trilla was dope and the first of his event/zeitgeist/barometer of the American moment albums

it's a 3peat

teflon don > trilla > deeper than rap

neither of the first two felt like an EVENT like 'teflon don' did tho

Mastermind had a couple tracks that are among my favorite songs of the last few years.

War Ready
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax9YLJ8Wt5Q

Blk & Wht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI86g6eQOfs

I like "War Ready" but find the end of it kinda unnerving. As far as Black Dollar/Market, not sure why "Money Dance" is >7 minutes but it's cool cuz that's a great vibe-out beat

Still don't care about dude's rapping with a couple exceptions I can think of ("Foreclosures,") but it doesn't get in the way for me, idk how much of it is just thinking dude doesn't have the greatest voice for rap -- I definitely prefer Nas's verse on "One of Us" for instance but it's not like they're flowing all that different.

I didn't even realize him & Jeezy dropped albums at the end of last year for a bit

hard to listen to any of his later stuff imo

nothing off Mastermind appeals?

it was interesting while it was on

I haven't heard this album in years but I suspect I'll still love it.

teflon don is classic. pretty much everything around this era was

I can't imagine reaching for any Rick Ross album other than Teflon Don or Rich Forever, but Mastermind was interesting because, along with all of Ross's Harry Fraud and Nas collabs, it revealed what a traditionalist the guy is. Made it really easy to imagine a scenario where he spends the rest of his career just playing to the "real rap" crowd, releasing solid but unexciting LPs that never change much kinda like Wu-Tang and Boot Camp and all those old New York types do.

Kinda a funny turn for a guy who began his career so reviled by traditionalists.

i'd listen to deeper than rap too.

Albert Anastasia

Even the triple c’s has a couple joints

nicki minaj is not a thing i am meant to put in my mouth

― lex pretend, Friday, October 14, 2011 7:54 PM bookmarkflaglink

10 years old today

still awesome btw

started sellin dope, was 2 legit 2 quit

strange choice to put "bmf" and "mc hammer" at the back end of the album. maybe stacking it with "i'm not a star" at the beginning would've been tough peak to descend from

this album is a window back into better days so I spin it a lot

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 STILL hear this in my head when I think of this song almost 13 years later, lmao.

still love this album and inexplicably been bumping it again the last few weeks. feels a little weird blasting BMF in my car in fuckin' 2023 with the world going to hell and falling apart but y'know, whadya gonna do

Sorry to butt in but since this is at the top now, can anyone kindly direct me to the current hip hop thread? I mostly want to work though my cognitive dissonance over some Confederate flag crap Westside Gunn posted — I just should probably just let it go right. This is old news to most hip hop heads.

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