Review:
Rick Ross is having a great 2012. His mixtape Rich
Forever is solid. His Maybach Music posse album Self
Made: Vol. 2 has some good stuff on it. And, his fifth solo album, God
Forgives, I Don’t, is probably his best album to date. Like Teflon
Don and Deeper
Than Rap, this album is packed with guest appearances. Ross has his Maybach
Music crewmates Wale, Stalley, Meek Mill, Omarion, as well as pop and hip hop’s
biggest talents like Drake, Usher, Ne-Yo, Andre 3000, and Dr. Dre and Jay-Z on
a good track entitled 3
Kings. Unlike Teflon Don however, Ross is not overshadowed by all the
features. Here, Ross has some of his best rhymes and deliveries (building off
the great work he did on Rich Forever). God Forgives, I Don’t also is
excellently produced and really engaging musically. Ten Jesus Pieces has one of
the best musical accompaniments of 2012. For Ross fans, this is an album very
much worth picking up, and for commercial hip hop fans this also certainly
worth checking out as it is one of the better releases this year. 3/5
Essential
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