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  Who Charted? Unstoppable Now! Series Tramples Rick Ross

  August 15, 2012 – First! Since launching the U.S. version of the popular U.K. Top 40 various-artists comp in 1998, with a track listing of now-golden oldies by past-era hit-makers the likes of the Backstreet Boys and Harvey Danger, the producers behind Now! That's What I Call Music have garnered one chart topper after another. This week, the latest installment — and third this year — Now! 43, is its 16th(!) No. …
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  Who Charted? Rick Ross Proves He's Still the Teflon Don

  August 8, 2012 – First! Did anyone really doubt Rick Ross? Making up for the disappointment that was last week's overall sales, the rapper sold 218,000 copies this week of latest album God Forgives, I Don't (which we liked), according to Nielsen SoundScan. About 90,000 of those were sold for $5 each through Amazon, helping Ross notch his best sales week yet, topping 2008's Trilla, which sold 198,000 copies. …
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  Rick Ross, 'God Forgives, I Don't' (Def Jam)

  August 6, 2012 – On the cover of God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross poses in a church, wearing a tangle of gold chains around his neck — ten of them, to be exact. We know this because he tells us: Album closer "Ten Jesus Pieces" is unambiguous. "One Jesus piece was always fly," the Boss told MTV. "But I just wanted ten. I just wanted to go to that next level." Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure one of those Jesus pieces has Ross' own face on it. …
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  Rick Ross: Master Of Someone Else's Reality in 'Hold Me Back'

  August 3, 2012 – Rick Ross' God Forgives, I Don't is another epic, empty Rick Ross album. He's repeating the success of Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don — both entertaining, well-crafted listens that did all the things that they needed to do, but nothing more. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Nasty Nas On Broadway!

  August 3, 2012 – Totally disagree with Noz and the Cocaine Blunts peanut gallery: At the very least, Nas' Life Is Good is, well, good. A few weeks after its release, there are still plenty of little details grabbing my ears. …
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  Fiona Apple Makes Unlikely Cameo in Rick Ross' '911' Video

  August 3, 2012 – Rick Ross' improbable rise to rap supremacy is paved with name-drops — the Black Mafia Family drug cartel on Teflon Don's "B.M.F. …
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  Hear Mariah Carey Floss With the Bawse on 'Triumphant (Get 'Em)'

  August 2, 2012 – Dropping "Triumphant (Get 'Em)" mid-Olympics is a clever bit of marketing genius, what with its inspirational message and Mariah Carey flossing her octaves all over the end like a dismounting gymnast tosses up her arms. But while she's been known to pop a rapper on a track whenever she needs a little career shake-up, we are a tad disappointed at the inclusion of Rick Ross and Meek Mill. …
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  16 Reasons to Listen to Rick Ross and Andre 3000's 'Sixteen'

  July 26, 2012 – It exists. When Rick Ross announced the track list for latest album God Forgives, I Don't, the inclusion of a collaboration between the larger-than-life Miami rap kingpin and flamboyant, famously selective OutKast half André 3000 was enough in itself to turn a few heads. …
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  The Problem With Hip-Hop in 2012: Not Enough Street Rap!

  July 24, 2012 – If you've been reading the latest in the endless cycle of complaints about rap music's pernicious influence — Google's colossal waste of time, "Hip-Hop On Trial," from last month; or Touré's Washington Post editorial, "How America and Hip-Hop Failed Each Other," from earlier this month — you would think it was still the late '90s, when shiny, amoral street rap reigned supreme. …
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  Rick Ross, Dr. Dre and Jay-Z Keep It Faux Regal on '3 Kings'

  July 20, 2012 – Whenever a new and underwhelming song from or featuring Dr. Dre appears and it hurts to hear, just close your eyes, drown out his goofy-ass ghostwritten grunts, and imagine an alternate rap history for the once legendary, now totally coasting producer. …
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