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on the epic “Undisputed” is spot-on, and when Ving Rhames announces that Ludacris is a “true entrepre-negro” and has “expanded his empire into multiple profitable businesses, including his Thai food restaurant,” you can’t help but admit that Luda is, indeed, a born entertainer. The “co-stars” are what you would expect from an artist of Ludacris’ caliber, ranging from T.I.’s fierce verse on “Wish You Would” to Chris Brown’s charm on the repetitive, formulaic club jam “What Them Girls Like.” The best spots, however, are those that you don’t see coming but fit perfectly into Ludacris’ hip-hop theater.
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Second single “One More Drink” co-starring T-Pain (a man who never ceases in buying you another drank), is a fairly hilarious tale of Luda’s drunken adventures with less-than-attractive women combined with Pain’s lovely observation that “if I take one more drink / I’m gonna end up ***in’ youuuuuu.” The lyrical genius continues on “MVP,” with the rapper bragging that “women say I talk more game than John Madden” and advising that “she should blow me like candles on your b-day / ‘cuz I signed more lines than she’s passed on the freeway.” Deep he is not. The lyrical content is exactly what you would expect from Ludacris. The production is self-assured and more of what one has come to expect from a Ludacris record: thumping bass ‘n drums, an active horn section, and vintage R&B samples to complement the synths and occasional sound effects. Crass and vulgar, with beats that slam and bounce with no respect for dynamics or subtlety, Ludacris’ latest is popcorn entertainment at its finest.īeginning with the intro, a “please-quiet-down-the-movie-is-about-to-begin” skit that sounds like a mixture between Pirates of the Caribbean and Atlanta’s hottest club cinema, Theater of the Mind pounds home its loose concept by calling each guest rapper a “co-star” with each song supposedly corresponding to a specific scene from a movie. The three-time Grammy award winner has always been the class clown of the Dirty South scene, and Theater of the Mind is nothing if not an absolute embrace of this image. And as most rappers tend to do, he as parlayed his musical success into other ventures: in his case a blossoming film career, making Theater of the Mind the logical progression to his career. Luda has always been one of the most entertaining rappers to watch and listen to, more for his ridiculous lines and outrageous, sharp humor than any redeeming social qualities.
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He loves movies so much he made an entire album around them. Review Summary: Luda mixes the silver screen with his somewhat comedic brand of Dirty South and creates the ultimate tie-in product.