“Miami boastmaster Rick Ross got to where he is by playing a hustler, a don, a master of outsize fantasies of golden-toilet luxury. But the seemingly untouchable king of self-invention – the man who once rapped, "The rumors turn me on, I'm masturbatin' at the top" – uses his sixth album to attempt the near-impossible: becoming a serious artist. All the cues that point to "important rap album" are h”
“Rick Ross’ sixth studio album Mastermind arrives following a rough year for the Maybach Music empire. The collection shines when guest raps from the likes of Kanye West, Meek Mill, Lil Wayne, and Jay Z light a fire under his ass.”