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My Thoughts: Ludacris, the Mouf of the South

I meant to make this Luda's b-day which was this month. Luda is a high energy dirty south rapper. He was actually one of the few rappers that got me into rap, along with Jay-z ,Ja Rule and Eminem.

I really couldnt feel What's Your Fantasy due to me only being 11 or 12 at the time it came out. Southern Hospitality tho...that was the record. In late 2001 i bought my first album Word of Mouf, along with 2 other Source greatest hits albums. Now that was a while ago.

After that I was a certified fan of Ludacris aka Chris Bridges. Lighting struck twice in 2003 with Chicken & Beer. Ironically I bought that with Jay-z's Black Album but it held its own. After that Luda was basically my favorite rapper. Things would change going forward tho.

In 2004 Luda dropped another album Red Light District....and by then I had his first album too. BOth albums were good but not great. After 2005 Luda came out with Release Therapy. In 2006 I was off to be a freshman at college. Listening to the album it was clear that Luda was going through some changes, as was I.

In 2008 he dropped Theater of the Mind, which was a great album. It seemed like Luda was back in his prime. However in 2010 he dropped his worst album Battle of the Sexes. I didnt hate it, but it sucked lol.

This year he dropped Ludaversal which i loved. Peep the review here: http://maxreviewsandthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/04/album-review-ludacris-ludaversal.html

Luda is a great rapper, who's only competition career wise is T.I. in the dirty south. I hope he makes another great album in the future.

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