Luda takes it...

With Ludacris, Jeezy, Kanye, and T.I. all dropping albums, and having heard most of those offerings, LUDA definitely lives up to the MVP status. There's some mixed reviews out there, but this record definitely stood out to me amongst all the mainstream hip hop fuckery. He's clearly going for delf with this release (his 6th full-length) stating his claim as not just a rapper but also an MC. The biggest point I could make about this is that a mainstream southern rapper went out of his way to get PREMO on a beat...that goes to show he's got some integrity left for the art, and kudos to him for that (the track's also dope.) Also a testament to the art is "I do it for hip hop" with Hova and Nas. Kudos again. I think his only mistake was putting so many features on the record (every track I think?) but I got the impression it was mostly so Chris could shine. It still bothers me when mofuckers get heavy checks for a 16 bar feature with no strength on the verse. And of course everyone is and will continue to hail Weezy and everything he touches, but I stand pretty firm in not feeling his flow. His feature on "Theater of the Mind" was no different, just sounds like he's bent in the studio spitting whatever comes out, and that's probably not far from the truth. So, cop the new Luda, doing some real shit, unless you want to hear an ENTIRE RECORD OF KANYE AUTOTUNING US INTO OBLIVION.

Here's a review from da globe

Ludacris "MVP" (prod. by DJ Premier)

Ludacris ft. Jay-Z & Nas "I Do it for Hip Hop"