The Sophomore Slump

by DJ asee on September 15, 2009

from suprememag.com

In late March Rick Ross did something crazy – he bested ubiquitous icon Snoop Dogg’s “Ego Trippin’” and the latest NOW compilation with his newest album, “Trilla,” selling just under 200,000 copies. The big man from Miami was #1.

What makes the whole affair more ludicrous is that homebody did it with his sophomore album. From what’s been arrow dowheard so far, there isn’t anything wholly different in topic (cocaine) or guest appearances (T-Pain?) than Rick Ross’s last CD or the average radio joints. Ironically, this is probably why he did well.

Check your favorite rapper’s resume and you’ll find a substandard sequel: “It Was Written,” “In My Lifetime, Vol. 1,” “Life After Death”. Nas had signed a wack, short-sighted contract with MC Search’s label (”I know who I paid, god/Searchlight Publishing”), Jay-Z was planning on retiring after one album, and Biggie was planning on being dead (sooner). Your top 5 dead or alive released conceptually messy sophomore albums for the same reason the Wachowski Brothers created awful Matrix continuations – none of them planned on making a sequel in the first place.

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