Def-Jam, Florida rapper Rick delivered his fourth album titled “Teflon Don,” on with his record label Maybach Music/Def Jam.  After, facing setbacks with his original release date June 29 and being sued by drug trafficker Freeway Ricky Ross for $10 million in a copyright infringement lawsuit, he renamed himself Ricky Rozay. (You would think he would know the rules of copyrights with names, since he did work as a correctional officer in the early 90’s in Florida.)

This time around, Rozay has grown from his first album “Port of Miami” when he had the world hooked with “Hustlin” and established himself as the “Kingpin of Summer Anthems.”  He displays variety with music features from Jay-Z, John Legend, Cee-Lo, TI, Jadakiss, Erykah Badu, Kanye West, Trey Songz, Diddy, Gucci mane, Chrisette Michele, Drake, Raphael Saadiq, Styles P, and of course Ne-Yo.  Although, he provides an all-star line-up, the real question is does Rozay have the ingredients to be categorized as one of the top rappers or lyricist in the game today?

He covers the regular topics money, cars, and hoes.  Yes, he does bring heavy hitters production wise with:  J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Lex Luger, No ID, Kanye West, and the InKredibles to name a few. However, if you’re a true rap or hip-hop head looking for “the lyrics” like early rap legends Biggie or Tupac delivered where you could listen to the album from beginning to end without skipping to certain tracks, then this is not the best purchase for you. Rozay compares himself to Biggie in “Tears of Joy” with Cee-Lo Green when he says, “Biggie Smalls in the flesh.” Okay, so I will admit he’s a cool rapper but he could not light a candle to Biggie.

Despite the negativity, Rozay is striving to knockout the rap game with this summer’s highly anticipated album, “Teflon Don.”  His first single “Super High” featured Ne-yo and offered the beautiful Stacey Dash in his video.  It’s a song that you can just relax, kick it with the homies, and roll one up too.

The album opens up with, “Im Not a Star” where Rozay highlights his personal opinion of who he is to the industry and why he is a star with the lyrics, “If I died today remember me like John Lennon, buried in Louis I’m talkin all brown linen, make all of my bitches tattoo my logo on they titties, put a statue of a nigga in the middle of the city.” This seems to be the only song he stands his ground and delivers without a feature.

The highlight tracks are “Free Mason” track with the controversial Illuminati references and Jay-Z who murdered his verse, “MayBach Music” with TI, Erykah Badu, and Jadakiss offers a great team effort, and the final track, “All the Money in the World” with Raphael Saadiq where he actually talks about his dad and family. 

Other tracks are all about the money and these are the tracks for all of you who are about your money and love to have your music thumping in your trunk. “Aston Martin Music,” and “MC Hammer,” which reveal how much money Rozay spends on the regular and the hot track and club banger “B.M.F” (Blowing Money Fast) that features  featuring Styles P.

Overall, I would give this album 3 out of 5 stars. The album possesses great features, summer anthems, and hot beats with amazing producers that will be hot in the club or car. The downfall is the lack of lyrical contents from Rozay and the fact their only 11 tracks on this album. The whole album with the exception of the opening track “Im Not a Star” has a feature from another artist, which honestly takes away the shine from Rozay often times. In the music industry, in order to be considered a top rapper or lyricist in the game you must be able to hold your weight lyrically and not depend on other artists.  By listening to “Teflon Don,” I do understand Ricky Rozay’s positioning himself within the rap game; however I’m not sure he deserves to call himself Biggie just yet or put himself on a pedestal over rap legends.