Blog: Wine & Bowties

"We could've shortchanged you," Rick tells us, somewhere around the seven-minute mark of "Sixteen", "but because we love you, we go that extra mile". And it wouldn't be much like Mr. Rozay to shortchange us, now would it? "Sixteen" is a sprawling eight minutes of excess, brought to us by a man who's built a career on just that. Sonically, we're talking plush, luxurious, sax-laced soul courtesy of J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League-pretty much signature Ross. The highlight though, undeniably, is the song's second half, with 3 Stacks diving into his longest monologue in years, delivered in the same dizzying, philosophical deadpan he's [...]

• Rick Ross - Sixteen Ft Andre 3000
• Rick Ross - Sixteen Ft Andre 3000