Review: Ross' 'Rich Forever'

Rick Ross performs at the Best Buy Theater in New York City on March 4, 2011.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• "Rich Forever" is a mixtape that plays like an album


• Themewise, "Rich Forever" is business as usual -- which is to say, all business


• Rick Ross remains monomaniacally focused on monetary matters

() -- While his next official album ripens in the blazing South Florida sunshine, has delivered a delicious appetite-whetter.

"Rich Forever" is a mixtape that plays like an album, with blaring, heraldic production by the likes of -Boi-1da and up-and-comer Beat Billionaire, plus guest appearances by Drake, and Diddy.

Themewise, "Rich Forever" is business as usual -- which is to say, all business. remains monomaniacally focused on monetary matters, spinning punch line after punch line about luxury cars, dripping jewels and high-grade cocaine.

Finest zinger: "I got them keys in the crib/You wouldn't find 'em if you had the keys to the crib." Best line about multitasking: "Fornicating/Counting money with a f*** face."

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