I hate these kinds of reviews. Its just pretentious snobbery and even if he dislikes it he could elaborate, instead of acting like a fat pansy.
Honestly, I think this might be Ross weakest album, but I could take the time to build an argument unlike this corndog.
This album was boring. Its like he ran out of tricks.
Deeper Than Rap was a major step forward with the production. Mafia Music, In Cold Blood and Valley of Death showed a lot of people that Ross could really rap. The album basically sounded like nothing else at the time
Telfon Don was slimmer and had the slick Justice League production, and also was one of the first to showcase the Lex Luger sound. It had BIG records like Live Fast, Tears of Joy, BMF. He got personal on a few and had interesting collabos with Badu, Saadiq, Drake etc etc
GFID was inconsistent and bloated unlike TD, but had anthems like 3 Kings, Sixteen, Diced Pineapples, Ten Jesus Pieces. Again, he took chances with the guests and you can tell he was really trying to make something special with that album
Mastermind is kinda flat....nothing new production-wise, aside from Jeezy...no special collabos aside from tacking himself onto a Weeknd record, subject matter is LESS creative than ever. I honestly dont know what he was thinking