Ludacris – Word Of Mouf

    Def Jam is the Tracy McGrady to every other hip hop
    label’s Todd MacCulloch–especially
    when it comes to album sales. Multi-platinum releases in 2001 from Ja Rule, Jay Z and DMX have told
    us that much. Oh, but the label with the Midas
    Sound
    isn’t stopping their near-monopoly on the game anytime soon. Some guy
    named Noreaga has joined the team,
    and he plans on dropping another CD in the coming weeks. ‘Til that time comes, Chris Bridges hopes his new album, Word Of Mouf, can keep Def Jam the envy of every record label.

    Anticipation for Ludacris‘ album
    comes from a number of things: years of him being a popular DJ on an Atlanta
    hip hop station, the reputation he has of spitting comical one-liners on other
    artists’ songs (see: Missy‘s One Minute Man) and the string of
    popular radio hits–What’s Your Fantasy,
    Southern Hospitality and this
    summer’s Area Codes–he’s already released.
    So, yeah, expecting the Chicago native to come through on his second major
    release isn’t too much to ask. Actually getting Ludacris to come through, however, could prove tougher than finding
    a Microsoft Xbox any time before Christmas.

    Kids used to hearing funny, hard-knocking songs from Luda will be hard-pressed
    finding Word Of Mouf
    more witty than some of his past stuff. Though Rollout,
    the current chart-buster, Oh No and Cry Baby will get things going in
    the club, fans have come to expect more from good MCs–and yes, Ludacris is a good MC–than a couple of
    party tracks. When Luda slows things
    down, like he does on the exceptional Growing Pains and
    Cold Outside, we finally hear the
    rapper we knew all along was up under all of that hair and dick-slingin’
    bravado. Unfortunately, most of the other 16 tracks are nothing more than sexual
    rants and hometown raves that fail at taking this ATLien to that next level. Sure, you’ll laugh at some of the
    verses. Hell, you might even bob your head at the beats from Shondrae, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland
    and Organized Noize, but saying that
    Ludacris has put Def Jam in the perfect spot to start
    off the new year may be a mouthful.

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