Hood Billionaire: Deluxe Edition ［18 Tracks］

前作『Mastermind』からたった約9カ月という短いスパンでリリースされる、サウス・シーンの大物、リック・ロスの通算7作目。客演したR.ケリーの個性が色濃くでた(12)やメンフィスのMC、プロジェクト・パットを迎えたストリート・シット(8)、そしてジェイ・Zと大物同士の競演となった(12)など豪華ゲストを迎えた楽曲多数収録!
オススメ曲 ⇒ (8)(9)(12)

前作から約9カ月という短いスパンでリリースされる、サウス・シーンの大物=リック・ロスの2014年2作目、通算7作目のスタジオ・アルバム!リック・ロス節全開で間違いない!こちらは通常盤より曲数が多いDeluxe Edition!

Hood Billionaire is the seventh studio album from American rapper Rick Ross and comes just eight months after 2014's Mastermind. Featuring production work from the likes of Timbaland, Lex Luger, and DJ Toomp, the album also sees Ross joined by a whole host of guest vocalists including Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, T.I., and Yo Gotti. The singles "Elvis Presley Blvd." and "Keep Doin' That (Rich Bitch)" are included. ~ Rich Wilson|

With the November release of Hood Billionaire, platinum rapper Rick Ross had put up two albums in 2014, having already dropped the superior effort Mastermind in March. This album's lumbering and epic single, "Elvis Presley Blvd." with Project Pat, also leaked in the summer, making the whole year feel like a Maybach Music festival, where cocaine and caviar were in endless supply. Whether or not this justifies the padding and shagginess found on Hood Billionaire all depends on the listener's hunger for Ross and his slick brand of thug music, and yet the album is quite self-aware, putting a two-minute intro up front to act as hater repellent. Then, there's a taped, jailhouse phone call from Miami dealer Kenneth "Boobie" Williams woven throughout the LP, a hood endorsement that fans will relish as it makes the Ross mythology all the more real, but the real wins here are all the long, stretched-out "Elvis Presley Blvd."-styled bangers and the new creative opportunities they allow. On the hallucinatory, heavy, and haunting "Quintessential," special guest Snoop Dogg sounds truly renewed, and that's even considering his recent reggae rebirth, while "Brimstone," with Big K.R.I.T., is an excellent and organic funkster somewhere in the vicinity of George Clinton's Parliament or Raphael Saadiq. When it comes to the tried and true, "Keep Doin' That (Rich Bitch)" with R. Kelly is inspired by a woman who appreciates both backdoor action and smart real estate buys, as if Caligula and the condo life were longtime friends, then producer Timbaland joins the show with "Movin' Bass," a kinetic highlight in the spirit of "Tom Ford," which also features that track's maker, Jay-Z. Still, being 16 tracks long and Ross' second album of the year means mixtape gimmicks like "Heavyweight" ("I step into the ring/Ding! Ding!") get to graduate to an official track list and muddle up the flow. They only keep the often surprising Hood Billionaire off the top shelf of Ross releases, so bring some patience as this mixed bag is certainly worth sorting. ~ David Jeffries

主力であるミーク・ミルの投獄や、そのミークとワーレイの不仲騒動などメイバック・ミュージック内でのトラブルが続くなか、ボスのリック・ロスは安泰な活動をアピールするかのように、2014年2枚目の新作を短いスパンでリリース。地下での再評価熱が高まるプロジェクト・パット参加の“Elvis Presley Blvd.”やR・ケリーを迎えた“Keep Doin' That”などの先行曲で手堅くバズを作ってリリースへと繋いでいく様は流石だし、もっとも注目度の高いジェイZとの“Movin' Bass”では(発売時期を謀ったかのように)プロデュースを手掛けたティンバランドによる別テイクのリーク騒ぎを巻き起こしたり、というハイプ感もあり。なかでもブーシー・バッドアズを招いた“Nickel Rock”が個人的にはハイライト。
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