Review: 2 Chainz makes his most thoughtful album yet with Rap or Go to the League

Tauheed Epps' commercial career as 2 Chainz started with a joke: "Cut the top off, call it Amber Rose" he declared at the start of Based on a T.R.U. Story. As far as rap similes go, it's not bad, but there was a significant risk as far as establishing legitimacy as an M.C. Even with hip-hop heads knowing of Tity Boi from associations with Ludacris and Playaz Circle, 2 Chainz stood to be seen as nothing more than a punchline prince: someone who could be an ace in the hole for features but whose a...