VIDEO: "Always Strapped" Remix

We met Rick Ross recently at some random club in San Diego and got the feeling that dude always feels out of place everywhere no matter how hard he rocks that chain with his face on it. After watching this video, it's hard not to imagine him as some sort of a wallflower; that guy's just not fitting in anywhere. While Weezy, Jeezy, and Birdman are doing their respective things on this piece, what we like to think of as a throwback or ode to proto-Southern Rap Videos, Ross is just kind of bouncing around phoning in his verse. Must be tough to be seen as hip-hop's less attractive Donnie Brasco. Whatever. It really doesn't kill our undying love for Jeezy and expected yet completely unnerving shots of Birdman counting money on top of a rented car. Read more!

Lil Wayne's "Kobe"

This song is kind of a trip when you really think about it. Released on the day of the first game of the NBA Finals, everything about it makes too much sense in a conventional matter. In a post-Weezy F. Baby rap game, isn't convention now the new random declaration of being a Martian? Something about the whole thing seems too forced, Weezy relegating himself to a cold, measured flow to mirror the Black Mamba's ice cold killer instinct, and leaving rap and basketball fans alike bored as hell. We're sure Lakers fans that hang out on Fairfax with Pirates caps on are jerking off to the idea of this, but we're still more in line with the idea of LeBron being the on-court Little Wayne, as both have exhibited a penchant for bending spacetime in their respective fields to get shit done. Read more!