Hip-Hop Island

Seriously -- cannot stop listening to "Layback" off of Ross' new album Deeper Than Rap. Rick's album is thugalicious beginning to end, but it's Robin Thicke's smooth vocals on the chorus that undresses women instantaneously. Sure Robin's really a poor man's Justin Timberlake, but the boy really goes bring magic to the track. Rawse-poo just sold over 125 million records, so it's not to say the rapper doesn't still have game, but how much of that is really thanks to his collabos?! Think about it: Pain, Wayne, Kanye, Legend, Ne-Yo, The Dream, Trina, Foxy Brown -- that's a lot of chart toppers on a steroid-juiced budget. Ross still has what it takes to move Hip-Hop forward, but is riding into mainstream on the curtails of Billboard's Top 100 list really what he's about? Jury's still out, but until then, press play and repeat. Maybach Music is this summer's anthem.