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Various Artists, Fool’s Gold Presents: Loosies

2012 | Label: Fool's Gold Records

Loosies, from the Brooklyn-based indie record Fool’s Gold, is a selection of self-proclaimed “High Grade Menthol Raps From Fool’s Gold Friend’s & Fam.” The 22-song compilation boasts a mix of Fool’s Gold artists, ranging from Grande Marshall & A-Trak to up-and-coming rappers Troy Ave and Problem. Most notably, Fool’s Gold signee Danny Brown throws in his AraabMuzik-produced track, “Molly Ringwald.” Over a Harlem Shake-inducing, hard-hitting trap beat, he blesses us with typical vulgar Dannyisms on the order of “Your ho pussy like coat hair, I’ll never hang my coat there,”… more »

Rick Ross, God Forgives, I Don’t

2012 | Label: Slip 'N Slide / Def Jam Records

If you judge a hip-hop record’s impact simply by its ubiquity in radio playlists, YouTube rotations and passing cars, Rick Ross’s fifth LP God Forgives, I Don’t will be an unqualified success, 2012′s Blueprint 3, Recovery or Tha Carter IV. For everyone else, it will also be 2012′s Blueprint 3, Recovery or Tha Carter IV, an overlong and oversafe victory lap that proves its creator is far more interesting when he’s got something to prove. This was true even in the alternate reality Ross has created since the career turning… more »

Rick Ross, God Forgives, I Don’t [Edited Version]

2012 | Label: Slip 'N Slide / Def Jam Records

If you judge a hip-hop record’s impact simply by its ubiquity in radio playlists, YouTube rotations and passing cars, Rick Ross’s fifth LP God Forgives, I Don’t will be an unqualified success, 2012′s Blueprint 3, Recovery or Tha Carter IV. For everyone else, it will also be 2012′s Blueprint 3, Recovery or Tha Carter IV, an overlong and oversafe victory lap that proves its creator is far more interesting when he’s got something to prove. This was true even in the alternate reality Ross has created since the career turning… more »

Rick Ross, God Forgives, I Don’t [Deluxe Edition] (Edited)

2012 | Label: Slip 'N Slide / Def Jam Records

If you judge a hip-hop record’s impact simply by its ubiquity in radio playlists, YouTube rotations and passing cars, Rick Ross’s fifth LP God Forgives, I Don’t will be an unqualified success, 2012′s Blueprint 3, Recovery or Tha Carter IV. For everyone else, it will also be 2012′s Blueprint 3, Recovery or Tha Carter IV, an overlong and oversafe victory lap that proves its creator is far more interesting when he’s got something to prove. This was true even in the alternate reality Ross has created since the career turning… more »