Ruthless(Explicit Version) (2009)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602527090511 Release Date: 6/30/2009 Buy.com Sku: 211204291 Item#: M4NP3V Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Get Money - (featuring Rick Ross) ~ Ace Hood 2. Loco Wit the Cake - (featuring Schife) ~ Ace Hood 3. Born an OG - (featuring Ludacris) ~ Ace Hood 4. Overtime - (featuring Akon/T-Pain) ~ Ace Hood 5. Champion - (featuring Rick Ross/Jazmine Sullivan) ~ Ace Hood 6. Love Somebody - (featuring Jeremih) ~ Ace Hood 7. Don't Get Caught Slippin ~ Ace Hood 8. This Ni--a Here - (featuring Schife/BirdMan) ~ Ace Hood 9. Mine - (featuring The-Dream) ~ Ace Hood 10. Wifey Material - (featuring Lloyd) ~ Ace Hood 11. Bout Me - (featuring Ballgreezy) ~ Ace Hood 12. Gone ~ Ace Hood 13. Make a Toast ~ Ace Hood   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info On his sophomore album, RUTHLESS, Florida-based rapper Ace Hood waxes lyrical about the trials and tribulations of the rap game, comparing the cutthroat industry to a sporting event. Backed by such heavyweights as Rick Ross, Akon, and T-Pain, Hood certainly seems poised to knock this one out of the park. After gaining a sizable audience with his debut album GUTTA, Ace Hood returned just seven months later with a more polished follow-up, the mis-titled RUTHLESS. For those desiring the more radio friendly side of the gruff rapper, the album offers plenty of bedroom numbers and club tracks along with a big list of superstar guests including Akon, Lloyd, Rick Ross, and T-Pain. For everyone else, this is too much too soon and awfully inconsistent with some swagger numbers succeeding splendidly (the highly infectious "Loco with the Cake" or maybe "Born an OG" with Ludacris in full party mode) while others just fail (the bland "Champion"). To his credit, Hood dominates "Overtime" even with Akon and T-Pain as guests and on the closing "Make a Toast" he brings the guts, sounding like the unforgiving victor he was on Gutta. If the sound quality was rougher and the attitude was looser, this would come off as one of those mixtapes where collabos and lesser tracks pacify the faithful in-between official albums. The casual listener should just check the hits. After gaining a sizable audience with his debut album, Gutta, Ace Hood returned just seven months later with a more polished follow-up, the mistitled Ruthless. For those desiring the more radio-friendly side of the gruff rapper, the album offers plenty of bedroom numbers and club tracks along with a big list of superstar guests, including Akon, Lloyd, Rick Ross, and T-Pain. For everyone else, this is too much too soon and awfully inconsistent, with some swagger numbers succeeding splendidly (the highly infectious "Loco with the Cake" or maybe "Born an OG," with Ludacris in full party mode) while others just fail (the bland "Champion"). To his credit, Hood dominates "Overtime" even with Akon and T-Pain as guests, and on the closing "Make a Toast" he brings the guts, sounding like the unforgiving victor he was on Gutta. If the sound quality were rougher and the attitude looser, this would come off as one of those mixtapes where collabos and lesser tracks pacify the faithful in between official albums. The casual listener should just check the hits. ~ David Jeffries Musical Guests Rick Ross Schife Ludacris Akon T-Pain Jazmine Sullivan Jeremih BirdMan The-Dream Lloyd Ballgreezy   Compilation Appearances Kar(Explicit Version) We Global(Explicit Version) We Global We Run New York Dj Khaled E Class:live From The 305(Explicit Version)   Technical Info Release Date : 06/30/2009 Original Release Date : 2009 Catalog ID : B0013066-02 Label : Def Jam (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602527090511   Professional Reviews XXL (Magazine Publisher) (p.90) - "Check the inspiring Jazmine Sullivan and Rick Ross collaboration 'Champion' -- with its wistful imagery and pummeling drums -- finding Hood finally pairing substance with vigor."    Product Image