Ryan Leslie - Black Mozart (Discussion Thread)

[Matty]

new r-les. this is supposed to be a straight hip hop album, i'm not really feeling the international playboy/boss persona he's running with, real or not. a lot of the music here isn't my cup of tea. some of the better tracks are when he crosses back to r&b territory. epic production as always, the opener 'carnival of venice' is epic in the right way



1. Carnival Of Venice
2. Black Mozart
3. Higher
4. History
5. Lay Down
6. Full Moon
7. Only The Lonely
8. Evacuation
9. Green
10. Bad Chicks
11. I Love It
12. Coke Cans

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[⠀]

I'd bump his instrumentals but the dude himself has the charisma of a three week old sardine. Should have stayed in the background and kept on crafting hits for other people to bask in the spotlight with but he fell for that ole "Suge Knight" syndrome of wanting to be famous just because. At least Suge gave us quotables like:

What would you do if Snoop came in here right now

Suge: Trust me Snoop is not coming here

But lets say he did

Suge: You asking me to talk about something that I know wont happen. That's like saying Superman came in here and we flew off with him..