On this record Ross’s patented sluggish flow is highlighted by the best production money can buy and guest appearances by everyone good. I know it’s been a while since “Hustlin’” became a street anthem and an interoffice punch line, but the Boss is back with the follow-up to 2006’s suburban-certified Pitbull, Sean Kingston, Brisco, Flo Rida, and of course our boy T-Pain are all repping for the Sunshine State, but the New Luther Campbell Award has to go to Rick Ross. Somehow a state whose greatest musical exports of the last decade have been Deicide and Rabbit in the Moon is now responsible for every good song on Hot 97. Now it’s looking like rap has gone on permanent vacation back to Florida. Louis, Houston, Oakland, and Chicago have all been temporary homes for the ghetto’s CNN. If you “nerd out” on hip-hop like I do, then you know how fun it is to pick which city will be the new epicenter for commercial rap each year.
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