Rick Ross - Trilla
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Free Music Review: Better than his first album but not by much
Hit: 3 Stars
Rick Ross was never great but he had the potential to be great. Before he put out Port Of Miami, he used to put out mixtapes and his flow was a lot better then. True he talked about the same stuff he talks about now but at least his flow was okay. Once Port Of Miami came out he switched his flow around to a slow, lumpy and repetitive rapstyle while conjuring up the most annoying and lazy gimmick of all time: using adlibs to finish every rhyme. He did that on every other track of Port Of Miami plus the production was kind of fishy to begin with. On here he doesnt do that adlibs to finish up rhyme scheme and the production is head and shoulders above the production of Port Of Miami. His flow sounds exactly like it did on Freeway's Lights Get Low off of Free At Last all over this album. There are some songs that are spinworthy: All I Have In This World(produced by Mannie Fresh), Billionaire, Mayback Music feat Jay-z and Luxury Tax feat Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and Trick Daddy are the best songs on here. This Is The Life feat Trey Songz is surprisingly good and The Boss Feat T-Pain(which samples Beastie Boys' Paul Revere) is okay. That's about it. Besides the repetitive subject matter that are too many missteps to not take notice. Speedin featuring R' Kelly might move some butts in the club but lets be real that song is weak. Here I Am featuring Nelly and Avery Storm is joke. Reppin My City, This Me and We Shinin are as generic as generic gets and Money Makes Me Come featuring Ebony Love is hot garbage. I'm Only Human featuring Rodney has to be the worst song I've heard since Twista's Girl Tonight. Not only does the song mutilate Human League's track of the same name but Rick Ross' attempt at a song of substance is foiled by a terrible beat and constipated vocals by Rodney.
Bottom Line: Trilla is better than Port Of Miami but Trilla is just as forgettable as Port Of Miami was. I dont mind the laid back vibe of the album but Rick's uninspired raps as well as the bad songs mentioned make listening to this album a chore. Give it a few months and this cd will be catching dust right along with the other cds you dont listen to anymore.
Standouts: ALL I HAVE IN THIS WORLD, THE BOSS, THIS IS THE LIFE, LUXURY TAX, MAYBACH MUSIC and BILLIONAIRE.
Free Music Review: LMao...How Can This Be Three Stars If The Port of Miami Is...
Hit: 4 Stars
Okay I kno people dont like southern rap, but what the...Port of Miami was better than this album and it has the same rating. I like the cd. I feel he could have reached a little more as far as lyrics because I know he is capapble of it. 4/5 from me. The Port was a 5/5.Free Music Review: STOP SAYING "BOSS "AND" ROSS"
Hit: 3 Stars
Ok so I have the cd I like the cd I just think he came 75% on this one. The worste thing about it is he says "ROSS" and "Boss" as if we forgot who';s Cd we were listening to although at least he can rap unlike Mr. Mike Jones. Anyway it's a good buy if you can get past the annoying adlives.Free Music Review: I know Pablo, Noriega, the real Noriega, he owe me a 100 favors.
Hit: 3 Stars
Although he may have been known by many in the 305 before he released the track "Hustlin'", that's when I was introduced to Rick Ross. The Runners crafted some nice production and Rick Ross introduced you to the rap style of the life that was glorified by the former drug dealer of the same name. At the time there was also an unofficial remix that featured Busta Rhymes. Rick Ross was also featured on various remixes and collaborations at the time, most notably "Holla At Me Baby" that also featured Lil Wayne, Pitbull, Paul Wall & Fat Joe and was produced by Cool & Dre. The official remix of "Hustlin'" was released and featured Jay-Z and Young Jeezy. This track definitely had me anticipating the release of Port of Miami.
When the CD was released, it remained in my CD rotation for awhile. Although Rick Ross' tales of hustlin', drugs, sex and obtaining money wore off on you after awhile, the production by The Runners, JR Rotem, Cool & Dre, Akon, DJ Toomp, Jazze Pha, etc. was the strength of the CD. "Port Of Miami" also served as a 2006 rap soundtrack of the movie "Scarface". This was clearly evident on the CD's 2nd single "Push It" which even contained the "Scarface (Push It To The Limit)" from Scarface. My favorite tracks included both versions of "Hustlin'", "Push It", "I'm Bad", "Cross That Line" w/Akon, "It's My Time" w/Lyfe Jennings and "Prayer".
Once Port of Miami ran its course, Rick Ross kept his name out there on various collaborations, most notably "We Takin' Over" w/TI, Lil Wayne, Birdman, Fat Joe, & Akon, "I'm So Hood" w/Trick Daddy, T-Pain & Plies and "Cocaine" w/UGK. In September of 2007, I began to hear a track named "Trilla" that featured Dre of Cool & Dre on the chorus and while the track wasn't comparable to most of the tracks on "Port Of Miami", it was still decent. "Trilla" was originally supposed to be released in December of 2007, however it would be pushed back to March of 2008.
Trilla's 1st single was "Speedin'", which was produced by The Runners and features R Kelly on the hook. The beat will definitely get you energized in the club as Rick Ross once again continues to talk about the almighty dollar and the benefits of having it. R Kelly continues his string of collaborations with Def Jam artists and the track was a nice choice for the 1st single. "The Boss" is the 2nd single and is produced by JR Rotem and features T-Pain on the hook. Eventhough, he already had a track entitled "Boss" that was produced by Cool & Dre on "Port Of Miami", you will forgive Ricky Ross because "The Boss" was a nice choice for the 2nd single. Once you hear the nearly 3 minute long title track intro, you'll just wish that Rick would have just used the original title track as Track 1. No intro needs to be almost 3 minutes long. That's not an intro, that's an actual track. Mannie Fresh, who surprisingly had no production credits on "Port Of Miami" joins Rick Ross on the hook and produces "All I Have In This World". The track is decent but you will wonder why the same All I Have In This World sample that the rapper Scarface used in his Scarface trilogy was used as part of the hook. That shows no originality whatsoever. Rick redeems himself on the Bink produced "We Shinin'". Bink usually works with Rocafella artists like Beanie Sigel and Freeway but he saved a nice beat for Rick on this track. Trey Songz, who is 3 videos deep into his 2nd CD Trey Day, joins Rick Ross on "This Is The Life". The track is decent, you'll just wish that Rick would have stepped up his lyrical content on the track.
The best 2 moments on "Trilla" are clearly "Luxury Tax" which features Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and Trick Daddy and "Maybach Music" which features Jay-Z. Even if you end up not being a huge fan of the entire CD, these 2 tracks will prevent you from putting "Trilla" on coaster status. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League produced both tracks and Ricky Ross & the collaborators take care of the rest. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League also did some production work on Young Jeezy's The Inspiration and Young Buck's Buck The World.
The problem with "Trilla" is that 1) Rick Ross talks about the same thing on every track. It definitely sounds redundant after awhile. You forgave him for doing that because of the production on "Port Of Miami" but the production, while decent, doesn't measure up this time overall. 2) this CD clearly has more of a commercial edge to it. "Port Of Miami" clearly had a street edge minus a couple of tracks and that is one of the reasons why I liked the CD. 3) If you are going to push a CD back almost 3 months, you expect the results to represent that. 4) Rick and Rodney absolutely "butcher" the sample of the track "Human" that was originally performed by The Human League. "I'm Only Human" is clearly the worst track on "Trilla" and "Money Make Me Come" is a close 2nd.
If you were a huge fan of "Port Of Miami" then you should atleast have this CD for "Luxury Tax", "Maybach Music", "Speedin" and "The Boss". While there are other noteworthy tracks, if you thought that "Port Of Miami" was just OK then you should leave "Trilla" alone.
James' Top 5
1) Luxury Tax w/Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, & Trick Daddy
2) Maybach Music w/Jay-Z
3) The Boss w/T-Pain
4) Speedin' w/R Kelly
5) We Shinin'
Honorable Mention:
This Me
All I Have In This World w/Mannie Fresh
Here I Am w/Nelly & Avery Storm (unless you despise Nelly)
Free Music Review: Not feelin it
Hit: 2 Stars
I feel like his lyrics were much watered down from the first album. I was expecting a hot album and I only liked "Im Only Human". tha rest was decent but i didnt really enjoy it