Rick Ross - Richer Than I Ever Been (Discussion Thread)

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Just downloaded the deluxe. Gotta give the album a better listen.

What's the point of releasing a deluxe later? Why not do it at once as an actual album instead of calling it a "deluxe"?
 

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that rick ross wiggle song was a meme remake that already has a ton of views



and the instrumental is from juvenile off a mannie fresh beat



you can tell rick ross was trying to meme up his video with all that CGI

surprised mannie fresh didn't get mentioned on the credits for that wiggle remake beat that don cannon did Richer Than I Ever Been - Wikipedia

...that outlawz vocal sample is ridiculous Rick Ross feat. Jazmine Sullivan and 21 Savage's 'Outlawz' - Discover the Sample Source

rick ross always has these obscure heat samples that isn't flipped a bunch of times prior Rick Ross - Samples, Covers and Remixes

Rick Ross – Little Havana Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

I wasn't a fan of that "Set 'em up like 2Pac" line like rick was still trying to clout chase on 2Pac's name on Little Havana, AND that ross named his single after the Outlawz....and then he refuted it by saying "I always loved BIG, shyt, I did it big"

AZ and Rick Ross traded features on their albums with Vacheron and Never Enough Rick Ross - Samples, Covers and Remixes
 
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Just downloaded the deluxe. Gotta give the album a better listen.

What's the point of releasing a deluxe later? Why not do it at once as an actual album instead of calling it a "deluxe"?
You get your Album back to m the new release and front page of the streaming app
 

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I've listened to Vacheron on repeat the past few days. All 3 deluxe tracks were dope.

Otherwise, generally solid Ross album. His albums are always anywhere between 3-4 stars. Good ear for beats, some trash/skippable joints, and decent enough lyrics to coast by.

My favorites:

Little Havana
Pulitzer
Rapper Estates
Warm Words in a Cold World
Made it Out Alive
Outlawz
Hella Smoke
Vacheron
Revelations
Not for Nothing

So yeah - of the 15, 10 were solid and better. Can't go wrong.
 

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1) For 'Marathon,' Rick Ross already blazed that beat on a feature he did for Mac Miller back in 2014 on 'Insomniak'



Samples of Ten Et Tiwa Dorment by Alain Goraguer on WhoSampled the flip on his album sounds glossier than the bassline heavy one he did on the feature

2) For 'Warm Words in a Cold World,' it's the same loop sample as LL Cool J did for 'Ill Bomb,' one of those LL album cuts that never was promoted but the radio DJs always had that instrumental playing in the background during interviews and talk shows, etc



Samples of I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over by David Porter on WhoSampled The sample has Who Shot Ya, etc on a different loop snippet

3) I didn't hear too many "maybach music" drops on this album...usually, the drop littered everywhere even on his own album like Port of Miami 2 but not this time around



Rick Ross can flow is ass off once he hits the right groove off an instrumental with the right words to fit a rhyme scheme like on 'Revelations' but I hate it when he develops "fat tongue" where he doesn't enunciate his words as much like he's lying and not really meaning what he's saying but that kinda ruins the whole vibe of the song the minute he starts murmuring his rhymes and not really meaning what he's saying like he's cognizant that he shouldn't put this message on record even though it's a dope rhyme scheme

4) Yungeen Ace made it from Who I Smoke to being featured on Ross album...MajorNine been producing for Rick Ross since 2019 and is pretty much this generation's chris webber who also was an athlete who made beats on the side



also this

 
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samples get reused in hiphop like, all the time. why is this even a conversation? singles here r better than i initially gave credit for. only track i could really do w/o is wale and future song. this isnt making a best of list when discussing his albums but i enjoyed it.
 

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This and AZ's album are very similar (that's a good thing)
 
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