Artist: Ace Hood
Album: Ruthless
Label: Def Jam
Release Date: June 30th 2009
Featured Guests: Rick Ross, Ludacris, Akon, T-Pain, Jeremih, The-Dream, Lloyd, Jazmine Sullivan, Birdman, Ball Greezy & Schife.
Producers: The Inkredibles, The Runners, Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Schife, G4 Music, Cardiak, and DJ Nasty & LDV
It doesn't seem a few minutes since we first heard the unknown vocals of Ace Hood over DJ Khaled's Out Here Grindin', but already a second album is here upon us. Ruthless aims to beat the success of his debut album, Gutta which was only released in November 2008.
And we've seen something similar to this before, when we first heard Flo Rida rap on one of Khaled's tracks, alongside established artists such as Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, and Dre. In fact, Hip Hop has sored in Florida since Khaled came onto the seen, giving new artists the chance to get exposed to the Hip Hop movement, and to an international audience via his CDs and shows.
The first single off the new album, Overtime, featured the vocals of Akon and T-Pain, which gave it the ingredients to be a hit. The song has had relative success on Hip Hop stations, but whether or not it can pull the album sales, remains to be seen.
The track on the album which stands out to me, is track 6, Love Somebody featuring the vocals of Jeremih, probably one of the biggest RnB prospects for 2009, fresh of the Birthday Sex record. The track is a slow love song, produced by The Runners. Another song standing out is Born an OG featuring Ludacris, and especially Luda's verse.
Overall, I consider this album to strengthen Ace Hood's position as one of the leading Southern artists currently in Florida. While Plies is seeiming to drop a new CD every few months, it is looking like Ace is starting to get on that trend. He must be carefull not to be putting too much out there in such a short time, or like Plies, Hip Hop fans may get tired of him. I was a little bit disappointed that the album wasn't as 'heavy' as the list of featured artists and producers promised, but still something I would buy.
And we've seen something similar to this before, when we first heard Flo Rida rap on one of Khaled's tracks, alongside established artists such as Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, and Dre. In fact, Hip Hop has sored in Florida since Khaled came onto the seen, giving new artists the chance to get exposed to the Hip Hop movement, and to an international audience via his CDs and shows.
The first single off the new album, Overtime, featured the vocals of Akon and T-Pain, which gave it the ingredients to be a hit. The song has had relative success on Hip Hop stations, but whether or not it can pull the album sales, remains to be seen.
The track on the album which stands out to me, is track 6, Love Somebody featuring the vocals of Jeremih, probably one of the biggest RnB prospects for 2009, fresh of the Birthday Sex record. The track is a slow love song, produced by The Runners. Another song standing out is Born an OG featuring Ludacris, and especially Luda's verse.
Overall, I consider this album to strengthen Ace Hood's position as one of the leading Southern artists currently in Florida. While Plies is seeiming to drop a new CD every few months, it is looking like Ace is starting to get on that trend. He must be carefull not to be putting too much out there in such a short time, or like Plies, Hip Hop fans may get tired of him. I was a little bit disappointed that the album wasn't as 'heavy' as the list of featured artists and producers promised, but still something I would buy.
7/10
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