Rick Ross debuts at #1 on the Billboard Charts

AHSI....Rick Ross has given us another great album. The collaborations with Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Nas are incredible. Lyrically he won the battle against 50cent and he is proving to the industry that he will be here for a while. I give his album 4 eyeballs. Jadakiss is at the 10 position and it always feels good to see great HIP Hop being recognized by the world.

Lil Wayne's The Carter III Claims the Top Spot on The Billboard Chart

AHSI...... Lil Wayne sold approximately one million copies in the first week of his album being released. I was disappointed by all of the talk about Lil Wayne being the best rapper alive because when I finally listened to it, Wheezy F did not make a classic album. The best song on the album to me is Mr. Carter featuring Jay-Z. Milli and Lollipop are getting the radio spins but overall, I like the music the Mr. Carter was putting out on the mix Cd's in comparison to the album. Hova shows Wayne how to do it and how he has done it since 1996. For all you Lil Wayne fans, you will have to be honest with yourself and admit that he is not the best MC in the game. I give The Carter Three 3 eyeball.

Rick Ross Debuts at #1 On The Billboard Chart

AHSI.......Rick Ross beat out Snoop's "Ego Trippin" and Fat Joe's "Elephant In The Sand" the week ending March 22, 2008. "Trilla" features a lot of collaborations and I think that played a factor with him beating out the other two artists. Maybach Music featuring Jay-Z, The Boss featuring T-Pain are my two favorites. Rick has something for everybody, a unique voice, a down south flow with the wit of a Northerner. The mixture of slow beats, hard beats and mellow beats gives listeners a variety of something to listen to. I give Trilla 3.5 eyeballs.

ASSI – Rick Ross solicited Mannie Fresh, T-Pain, R. Kelly, Eboni Love, Trey Songz, Nelly, Avery Storm, Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, Young Jeezy, Trick Daddy, Triple C, Brisco, and Rodney to join forces on his Sophomore album “Trilla.” Ross seems to lack the poetic lyrical content of header hitters like Jay-Z, DMX, and Ludacris who are able to paint pictures that match the beat. Rick has hot beats but he is without lyrical content. If you want to get your dance on “Trilla” is the album for you. “Speedin” featuring R. Kelly sounds like a lot of noise with lyrics shouted at you, but I have to give him credit for securing bomb beats. Even the commercial bubble gum song “Money Make Me Come” that could serve as a female anthem is just to raunchy for Eboni Love for this record to have appeal, he should have solicited Lil’ Kim to give it street creditability.

Lil’ Kim would have spit some super freaky lyrics for this beat that is really hot. The intros are even whack. “Here I Am” caught my attention from the onset, the hook is off the chain, and Nelly and Avery Storm make this track. If you title a song “Maybach Music” you must call in the King of the Maybach, Jay-Z, and even with Jay the track is weak. When Jay spits, the Maybach is bananas peel back is the best line on the track. “Luxury Tax” is radio friendly track that will receive air play just because it features Lil’ Wayne, Jeezy, and Trick Daddy. The last track Ross “I’m Only Human” sounds like Fat Joe but the lack of meaningful lyrics made me pause, but again the hook is appealing enough for radio. As I see it “Trilla” is laced with heavy hitters, catchy hooks, and hot-ass-beats but lyrically missed the boat. I give “Trilla” 2.5 blinks.

JAY-Z American Gangster

AHSI......Jay Z is back!!!!!!!!This is the album for the old school Jigga fan. Some of the hottest tracks off this 13 track lp are the single with Nas (Let that B breath) is crazy. You can tell that after Ether (the song that Esco destroyed Hova from the greatest hip hop battle ever) he definitely got better and thanks to Mr. Jones, Muhammed Hovi switched up the pitch and he is not trying to let God's Son outshine him again.....The song with Lil Wayne (Brooklyn) is hot. Jay went back to telling stories off the top, being witty as ever, and the beats all fit together creating perfect harmony. I will give this album 4 eyeballs and it actually might be a secret classic. You can tell that he watched the movie, went into the booth, and brought it back to 1988.