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  Ex-Officer Rick Ross Now Protected By Actual Police Force

  February 28, 2013 – It's not fun to be Rick Ross right now. The Bawse is currently in New York City, and according to TMZ, he's receiving 24-hour protection from the NYPD in the wake of specific threats against him. This follows an incident from exactly a month ago, when Ross crashed his Rolls Royce into an apartment complex in South Florida after another vehicle fired shots at him as he drove home from his birthday party at the famed Miami nightclub LIV. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Master P's Louie V Mob is Fantasy League Rap Come to Life

  February 22, 2013 – Did you watch Life Is But a Dream, the Beyoncé documentary? Of course you did. Well, there's an interesting sequence of events in which  Beyoncé, who is so famous that she's supposed to start pushing that whole self-made myth, instead addresses the still-ridiculous reality that women make less money than men. Obviously, that affords men way more resources and ways to control how women are presented. …
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  Grammys 2013: Who Should Win the Big Categories

  February 7, 2013 – The 55th Annual Grammy Awards are almost upon us! Hey, we'd love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing Vegas-ready odds. However, we always seem to be dead wrong (we'll get you yet, Esperanza Spalding!). …
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  Rick Ross Beefs Up Security After Assassination Attempt

  January 30, 2013 – Now that Rick Ross' vibe has been thoroughly killed following the scary shooting incident on his birthday, the rapper has decided to do the most sensible thing: flee the country hire a 24-hour security detail.TMZ reports that while Rozay doesn't fear for his life, the attempted murder and the ensuing car accident was an "eye-opener" for the Bawse. …
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  Hear Rick Ross' Ominous 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe' Freestyle

  January 29, 2013 – "Feeling real good right now," Rick Ross says before his freestyle over Kendrick Lamar's "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" beat (via Nah Right). That opening line suggests that the Bawse's rendition of the good kid, m.A.A.d city track probably predates that shooting incident/car accident that Ross was involved in yesterday morning, since while he managed to avoid the bullets, his vibe has no doubt been killed. …
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  Rick Ross Uninjured After Crashing Car to Avoid Gunfire

  January 28, 2013 – Rick Ross' 37th birthday is off to a terrible start today after the rapper crashed his Rolls Royce in Fort Lauderdale, Florida early this morning in an attempt to avoid at least 20 rounds of gunfire. …
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  Rick Ross' 'Pirates' Video: Bricks, Boats, and Booty

  January 22, 2013 – Maybach Music Group's music video budget must rival most Hollywood studios at this point. In MMG ringleader Rick Ross's latest short film — this time for God Forgives, I Don't track "Pirates" — what begins as a "Hypnotize"-biting speedboat excursion with the lady turns into a Miami Vice-style drug run between Miami and Cuba. Ross, thus, is a modern day pirate. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Just Blaze Does House, of the Non-Guido Fist Pump Variety

  January 11, 2013 – Pensado's Place is a public access-like nerd-out about the inside baseball ins and outs of engineering and mixing records. It's hosted by Dave Pensado, whose credits kind of speak for themselves, and who is probably best described as the Dude from The Big Lebowski meets Brian Wilson meets that nice older guy who bought you beer when you were underaged but also, like, gave you some Captain Beefheart records to check out, as well. …
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  Rick Ross Heralds 'Mastermind' Album With 'Super Fly' Teaser-Trailer

  January 8, 2013 – Maybach Music ringleader Rick Ross tweeted the title of his upcoming sixth album, Mastermind, yesterday (January 7), but him being the Bawse and all, the announcement didn't come in a mere 140 characters. No, the man who declared God Forgives, I Don't the last time around teased the new full-length with a three-minute trailer. …
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  Anti-YouTube Movement of the Year: Long Songs

  December 17, 2012 – The received wisdom is that popular music is the province of short attention spans, which are only getting shorter: Listeners only care about callout hooks; albums are obsolete now that they're purchased one song at a time and played on shuffle; and we’re all channel-surfing from YouTube video to YouTube video. …
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