’10 Best Albums: #2 Rick Ross Teflon Don

Friday, January 07 2011 6:46 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Album Reviews, Blog

Rick Ross remained impervious with his fourth studio album, Teflon Don. He pulled out the big guns and recruited folks like Jay-Z (“Free Mason”) and Kanye West (“Live Fast, Die Young”) to help manifest his street dreams. He showed modesty on “I’m Not A Star” and wrestled with vulnerability on “Tears Of Joy”. On the production tip, The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League steer “Maybach Music III” and “Aston Martin Music”. DJ Clark Kent and The Remedy elevate “Super High” while Lex Luger’s sonic boom (“B.M.F.” and “MC Hammer”) carry the project over the threshold. At only 11 tracks, Teflon Don sticks to a familiar script: quality over quantity.

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Comments (111)

  1. dudesrslyx3 says:

    that is just fucking stupid. EMINEM IS NUMBER ONE #teamshady FUCK ROSS

  2. Later says:

    This album isn’t better than Eminem’s or Drake’s..

  3. Ok says:

    This is bout right

  4. sway-z says:

    I will say this shit had dope production, maybe only Kanye’s shit was better, but the beats on here were serious. And as long as you don’t take Ross serious, then it’s cool…

  5. dashing says:

    This album definitely deserves to be #2, straight dope all the way through.(except the diddy track)

  6. West says:

    RapRadar = joke

  7. war22 says:

    u niggas lost ur fuckin mind…this wack fat piece of trash is 2nd and EM is 3rd…and then we have Kanye West the best album…wtf ppl ..that shit is str8 illuminati…and im starting to think that album is a tribute..

  8. Ac@pella! says:

    I fux with this album, banged it heavy, but this wasn’t better than Recovery or TML. Sorry. I think these lists were going off of popularity…anyways, Kanye was #1, so that’s all that matters.

  9. Yung Silv says:

    this album is number 2 album of the year no question bout it way better than ems much more replay value

  10. phil says:

    Right. Deleting this site right now.

  11. Belize says:

    How???? HOW is this failed attempt at rap 2nd best of the year?

  12. kCudi says:

    This album had exactly 2 great songs, the Kanye & the Jay-Z track. The rest was STR8 BU115H1T.

  13. Catcher freeman says:

    @dashing i feel u on that diddy track whenever i play that cd that the one track i skip

  14. fuk waka says:

    THIS SHIT COMES BEFORE RECOVERY???????
    U NO WHAT AINT EVEN GONNA BOTHER WITH THIS SHIT
    FUCK U GUYS!!!!!!

  15. FIRE MARSHALL says:

    Hello 2dopeboyz, Goodbye Rapradar. the sight has just lost all credibility with these lists.

  16. Phillmatic says:

    i thought rap radar knew there shit but obviouslly no this album doesnt deserve to be on the list at all. This shit is a complete joke

  17. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    Rapradar has lost my respect SMH. Miami Police Dept. is GOTTA be blackmailing Elliott and his RR crew.

  18. Nathaniel says:

    cosign @dashing again, lol.

    @Ac@pella

    i don’t think ross being #2 has anything to do with popularity, necessarily. cuz eminem and drake are overall more popular than ross i believe. shrug*

    in any case. teflon do was a veerrry well crafted, well put together album. (except for that disgusting diddy joint) …i didn’t really like the joint with saadiq either. but the rest of the album sounds great. production wise, and what he does on the production. ross got crazy mic presence.

  19. Hip Hop Broke My Heart says:

    SUCK MY DICK RAP RADAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  20. mac DIESEL says:

    SIR LUSCIOUS SHOULD BE #2!!!! YA’LL FUCKED UP AGAIN!!!! BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE YA’LL SHOULD JUST CHANGE IT TO “MOST POPULAR ALBUMS OF 2010″!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  21. queen b says:

    YESSS!! I want Ross to get a Grammy! Fuck the Haters!
    Real Life Hustlin’ is played out!

  22. Viper3773 says:

    bye bye to my bookmarks, duche bag elliot wilson

  23. assasin9 says:

    yall got it right – a lot of yall look stupid still spewing negativity at the man — none of your favorite rappers do what they talk about, if they did, they wouldn’t have any problems with release dates and getting their shit out.

  24. bitch please says:

    dumb bitch he aint nominated:
    queen b says:
    Friday, January 07 2011 at 7:09 PM EST
    YESSS!! I want Ross to get a Grammy! Fuck the Haters!
    Real Life Hustlin’ is played out

  25. Nathaniel says:

    mac DIESEL got a point too

    hmmmmm

  26. ELZ says:

    THIS SHOULD HAV BEEN # 1

  27. you should have been aborted says:

    elz

  28. RAP RADAR? MORE LIKE CRAP RADAR says:

    GO TO HELL RAP RADAR!

  29. ELZ says:

    TO THAT FAGOOT ABOVE BECAUSE A NIGGA GOT MORE YOUTUBE VEIWS HE HAS A BETTER ALBUM ?? LOOL HOW OLD R U HOMIE 12? ROSS ALBUM WAS WAY BETTER THAN EM’S ITS QUALITY MUSIC NOT WHO SELLS THE MOST

  30. you should have been aborted says:

    elz. i aint twelve

    and

    PLAYS DOES MATTER,

    people play it. and buy it.

    making the most popular the best album BECAUSE OF UNDENIABLE SUPPORT.

    fucking retard

    i bet you from south dade huh?

  31. you should have been aborted says:

    furthermore

    quality music? this fat fuck is snitching. and is carried by producers. no value of his words. and if he was acutally making the music as a producer he MIGHT get more respect.

    but you only like what the machine tells you to like so have fun serving time when rossifer pulls over your cutlass next week when you got a tail light out homie and they find the guns and drugs you stashing under that played out fubu jersey from 98 that you got from your big brothers box in the garage

  32. bigjay2501 says:

    ROZAY!!!

  33. everyone says:

    who is rick ross?

  34. the hip hop cops says:

    thatta boy rr

    checks in the mail!

  35. nonfixion says:

    THE BAWSE STRIKES AGAIN

    #2 IS GOOD, I ENJOY THIS ALBUM, IT DESERVES THIS PLACE

    EM’S STANS ARE BORING
    IF YOU DON’T ACCEPT TEFLON DON > RECOVERY
    CREATE YOUR OWN WEBSITE, DO YOUR LIST AND JERK OFF TOGETHER ON MARSHALL’S FACE

  36. dsc says:

    hhhhhhhhhhhhhh joke of decade
    fake ross cope is artist !!!!! 0.o
    hiphop dead

  37. Jason D says:

    even nicki minaj’s album was better than this
    and thats saying alot

  38. PrincePolo says:

    fuck this shit . i don’t give a fuck this shit was good or not . the thing is , rapradar supports fake artist who cares only about $ . fuck you , fuck you , fuck you .

  39. queensgetthemoney says:

    i feel like ross is an average rapper but he just got some good people to make good songs like i cant lie i was always listenin to bmf and ashton martin music last year but still #2? this should be #3 maybe even four

    and lol at all the eminem freaks

  40. Hmm… Im not sure about this one…

  41. JDot says:

    Meh, Roots should be in this spot. But whatever music is subjective. Cool list double RR…

  42. boston-morgan says:

    Teflon Don has been in my stereo since June (a month before it was out) Teflon Don is an amazing album. My fav 3 songs would be Frree Mason, Live Fast Die Young, BMF. MAYBACH MUSIC!!!! DERSERVED NUMERO UNO. BOSSS

  43. jacobjones says:

    fuck the haters, fakes the new real

  44. TJ says:

    lol meth ghost & rae’s was called one of the worst because it was so short among other reasons. yet this is one short piece of shit too. on good tracks are LFDY and FM

  45. GUARE says:

    hahahahhahahahahahahhahahahah.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahh …. get the fuck outta here.. ahahahahahahhahahsa…

  46. GUARE says:

    im offically done with this site.. its been fun.. peace and love…

  47. tr says:

    I keep coming back to quite a few joints on this.

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