Rick Ross' Teflon Don is on its way.

On July 20, 2010 Rick Ross will release the album named after his self-proclaimed nickname "Teflon Don". Songs like Aston Martin Music and Live Fast and Die Young have already been leaked and those cuts sound superb. Thanks to the release of "The Albert Anastasia EP", the world has already heard Styles P. assisted B.M.F and MC Hammer (without Gucci Mane). This album is sounding like one of his best yet, yes better than Trilla.

The only issue is we are two weeks away from the release and Ross has no songs or videos in regular rotation on the radio or on television. How is the mainstream audience supposed to know Ross is ready to comes out?

They don't. None of Ross' videos are getting rotation comparable to the music video for Trilla
s lead single "The Boss" featuring T-Pain. In fact I project the album sales to be lower than any of his others in turn activating a domino effect on his career that may include him leaving Def Jam. He does not have a dedicated fan base that will buy 200,000 copies of his album in the first week if the album is not promoted correctly. Let me step back, I may be getting ahead of myself. Right now we are still waiting on the official release so let's take a look at the tracklist:

1. I’m Not A Star

2. Free Mason f. Jay-Z

3. Tears Of Joy f. Cee-Lo

4. Maybach Music III f. T.I., Jadakiss & Erykah Badu

5. Live Fast, Die Young f. Kanye West

6. Super High f. Ne-Yo

7. No. 1 f. Trey Songz & Diddy

8. MC Hammer f. Gucci Mane

9. B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast) f. Styles P

10. Aston Martin Music f. Drake & Chrisette Michele

11. All The Money In The World f. Raphael Saadiq

That's right 14 features on just 11 tracks. This does not comes as a surprise to me because Rick Ross has always found ways to collaborate with the most popular of the time. This explains features from the likes of Drake and Gucci Mane. The final products he and Jay-Z came up with on the Trilla album, the original Maybach Music, sounded very lavished and polished and standout amongst the other tracks on the album. I expect "Free Mason" to be that type of song and anything less would be a disappointment. The most intriguing feature is the appearance of Raphael Saadiq on the final track. I have not heard it yet but this is a new collabo for him so expect a soul sound we have yet to hear from the Teflon Don.

I will keep you posted on the new material we hear