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Even if this isn't much "Deeper" than the average Three 6 Mafia album, the glitz and guts of Deeper are a big step up, making Ross sound like a Miami-fied version of Young Jeezy.
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The Miami-bred MC Rick Ross has faced a number of career obstacles in recent months--from damaged street credibility to a multi-episodic beef--so it's all the more impressive that on his third album, Deeper Than Rap, he presents his most cohesive work yet.
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Ross seems to lack any sort of awareness of his shortcomings, dutifully plowing through middling, obvious shit-talking.
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He may rap like he's out of touch with reality, but with bass lines this deep and synths this huge, you might forget the present era's woes yourself.
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Treated with the same suspension of belief accorded a summer blockbuster, Deeper Than Rap succeeds in its baroque but basic goals.
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Deeper Than Rap is a single-minded record about making money off of drugs and nothing more. You could do a lot better than Rick Ross, but you could also do a lot worse.
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Deeper Than Rap triumphs over this authenticity deficit and is among the best rap albums so far this year.
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He certainly gets outshined by the original score--but that only serves to make a much better album than many anticipated from the Boss himself.
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Ross' player's paradise can be a very nice place to visit--outfitted with a cushy synth groove and a strenuous T-Pain chorus, the Kanye West- and Lil Wayne-assisted 'Maybach Music 2' manages to be both triumphant and laid-back--but over the length of a full album it all feels a bit too familiar.
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Deeper provides more of the same flawless sonics, with production contributions from J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, the Runners, and DJ Toomp, and guest spots from Kanye West, Nas, and Lil Wayne. Amazingly, Ross himself has become less of an embarrassment on the mic.
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Rick Ross is on pace to make his best and most complete album yet. He knows it. And soon hip hop fans will too.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 43
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Mixed: 1 out of 43
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Negative: 9 out of 43
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BobbyJMay 11, 2009
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F*ckBMay 7, 2009
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CodyCApr 29, 2009