R&B polymath Ryan Leslie hit a rough patch when he lost the bulk of what was to be his third album on a laptop that turned up missing during a trip to Europe. He seems nonplussed by the misfortune on his latest single "The Glory," a terse slab of rockist braggadocio that rises to a raucous crescendo complete with a backing choir. I'm still not fully sold on Leslie the rapper, but this track makes up in style and swagger what it lacks in lyrical panache, I think. It is pretty impressive that the guy produces, writes, sings, and raps, though. And the song's black and white performance video is pretty badass. Les Is More is out July 4.
not sold on him as a rapper either