ROUND UP 2
The paragraph that I wrote on Rick Ross (category: Muziki Kubaff) got somebody really pissed. Thank u for the input. He commented that the ‘Hustlin’ single is as whack as it gets. Okay well hustlin’/hustle is a word that has been used in a thousand and one hooks by rappers of late. ‘The Boss’ Rick Ross as he declares in the first verse however does justice to its use. The instrumentals in the track are refreshingly street-laced and Ross’s flow is pasted on the beat with super glued beauty. That’s the reason why Jay-Z and Young Jeezy each contribute a verse on the underground remix. Before you judge a rapper it is critical to know where he’s from.
Rick is from Miami thus hugely influenced by the Dirty South, so one should not expect the crafty lyricism associated with NY but all the same he does not fail to shine with drug-influenced bars such as “I get high and let my chopper smoke”. In normal speak, this means gunfire. In other songs such as ‘Push It’ he philosophies “Who thought that fat girl could grow to be Oprah” in reference to billionaire Oprah Winfrey’s success. Another artistic feature that he uses is taking a word and using it in different contexts within a verse. His street credibility is based on his days as a drug dealer thus his songs are heavily slaced with narcotic slang. As for the few singles that I have heard via the Internet, very few people consider him whack. I believe that an album should be a story as Busta Rhymes was quoted saying and Rick Ross’s new album ‘Port of Miami’ is exactly that. It opened three weeks ago at number one on the U.S Billboard Charts.
From the Observation category, I wondered why everything was hush hush about ex-Pres Moi’s accident kumbe the Range Rover that he used was registered under Hon. William Ruto’s name. The story about how the accident occurred still remains a mystery though!
Do you remember MP Mwenje’s declaration that he will use the CDF (Constituency Development Fund) to compensate the relatives of the victims of the fire at Libra House, Mombasa Rd. I earlier on expressed sinister motives in this declaration in one article only to later learn that due to Mwenje’s shiftiness in management of the CDF of his constituency, its accounts were frozen. The case is dragging on in court. So much for the compensation!!!
