Millions of Power

I want Rick Ross to be a good rapper, mostly because he's so ubiquitous now but also because I think he could have a real presence if he managed to issue a decent response to the Officer Ricky scandal and to polish his verbal skills, no small feats either.

If you can get past the bad production values and the extreme close-ups of Ross' googley eyes peering at you through the dark, you can begin to recognize this potential. The beat is spooky, his delivery is almost acceptable and he seems into it. Even if he's being fed prewritten lines (they need to hire a better ghost writer, maybe someone who graduated fourth grade), he seems almost sincere. Plus, the niche of "big fat scary dude" isn't really being filled satisfactorily by Fat Joe in the absence of Big Pun and Biggie.