Ludacris - Release Therapy [2006]

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Ludacris doesn’t pull out any real surprises here, but he also wouldn’t have lasted this long if he didn’t have a talent for consistency. What’s missing here are big singles. His first attempt, “Money Maker,” was too color-by-numbers. There’s nothing on Release Therapy that achieves the anthem status of older Ludacris singles like “Stand Up” or “Pimpin All Over the World.” Yet, even lacking a stand-out radio hit, Release Therapy is a satisfying listen, working what’s now become a standard blend of playa/pimp songs (”Girls Gone Wild”) and a few trap anthems (”Grew Up a Screw Up”) and dispensing grown folk wisdom (”Freedom of Preach”). Along the way, he manages to take a slap at former protégé Chingy (”Tell It Like It Is”), rap about young mothers with Mary J. Blige on “Runaway Love,” and hold it down for brothers in lock-up alongside Pimp C, Beanie Siegel, and C-Murder on “Do Your Time.” Though not spectacular, Release Therapy stays the course for Luda to continue ruling as the Mouf of the South. –Oliver Wang

Track Lists:
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1. Warning (Intro)
2. Grew Up A Screw Up
3. Money Maker
4. Girls Gone Wild
5. Ultimate Satisfaction
6. Mouths To Feed
7. End Of The Night
8. Woozy
9. Tell It Like It Is
10. War With God
11. Do Your Time
12. Slap
13. Runaway Love
14. Freedom Of Preach