Self-Made

Units in the City	Trilla Miami's six-foot, 300-pound rap figure known as Rick Ross embraced his city's reputation on his debut single, "Hustlin'," in 2006. While Atlanta and Houston artists were establishing their cities as Southern strongholds, Ross aimed at putting Miami back in rap's national spotligh...	Mail on Sunday	The Elephant in the Room	Savage Life 2
Silverback Gorilla	Ego Trippin' AS A MEGA-SUCCESSFUL RECORDING ARTIST, PRODUCER AND ACTOR, SNOOP DOGG HAS CARVED OUT A PERMANENT PLACE IN POP CULTURE AND MUSICAL HISTORY AS HIP HOP'S ULTIMATE WORDSMITH AND MOST COMPELLING SUPERSTAR. THE HIP HOP LEGEND AND MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST RETURNS WITH HIS NINTH SOLO LP, EG...	Attitude Adjuster	Harlem's American Gangster (Explicit Version)	Tha Carter III

Formulated Garbage
I got the joy of a co-worker buying this CD and giving me the opportunity to skim it on the way to lunch. He told me I have to hear the track "Umma do me". Yay, more formulatic hip hop garbage perpetuating the stereotype that rappers are idiots. Woo hoo. Where have you gone Paris? Where have you gone KRS-One? I'll just start with the do me song. First off, nice title. Is Umma a word I missed in my 16 years of schooling? As an english lit major, I thought I had seen most every word. Evidently not. Second, can this guy rap any slower? Sometimes I hear tracks, both rock and rap, and say to myself that I wish I had that kind of talent. There is not a person alive that doesn't have this guy's "talent". He raps slow, it's boring and has no point. The rest of the CD is predictable with original ideas for songs like, "Dis Morning", "Hustle Fo", and "That's my money". Wow, I'm blown away. No one writes stuff like that in hip hop today. Dis afternoon umma going to go home without buying this piece of junk. The only hard decision is whether this is better or worse than Soulja Boy. Average just plowed into the barbed wire fence that is me again.