Rather You Than Me
If *Black Market* represented a nostalgic Ricky Rozay, *Rather You Than Me* reverses course. A-list rappers are all over this, with Chris Rock even adding a touch of comic relief. Moments of vengeance are embellished by a clarity that comes from experience. Ross paints a vivid picture—the brown bags, ankle monitors, pulling the ragtop back at a red light. “Apple of My Eye” and “Game Ain’t Based on Sympathy” contemplate the trap life as smoke twirls in the air. *Rather You Than Me* is the Bawse’s Michael Corleone moment: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”
The ninth Rick Ross album features tons of guests including Young Thug, Future, and Nas. As the Bawse enters his 40s, his bite has weakened, but he still owns his lane in luxury rap.
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Nearly three years ago, Rick Ross appeared to be in need of a reinvention, having released the underwhelming tandem of Mastermind and Hood Billionaire eight months apart.
Finally talking it like he walks it, the rapper hits a powerful stride on his ferociously articulate ninth album