The single Hustlin’ was officially released in March 2006 and reached the eleventh position in the joint American Hip-Hop/R’n’B charts. The winner was the celebrated performer and producer Jay-Z, who signed up a contract with Rick Ross to produce his works with his own label Def Jam. Then, he recorded the song Hustlin’, the one that ignited a war between numerous labels fighting for the right to reach a business agreement with the talented artist. Until 2006, Ross had been reluctant to start a solo career and preferred to work with established rappers gaining more experience and gradually accumulating his own material. In the years to follow, he was a regular guest on their records, while his joint concerts with these artists helped him get well-known in the wide hip-hop circles and find big people in his industry. Within a short period of time, the rapper got acquainted with the more mature and respected colleagues, including Trick Daddy and Trina. After signing up a contract with this company, William was proposed to take up the Rick Ross stage name, which he did. As they started, the band intended to cooperate with the small label Suave House Records, yet they were soon noticed by the major recording house Slip N Side Records. In the early nineties, Roberts assembled the rap outfit Carol City Cartel. The songs by its most prominent figures, such as Notorious B.I.G., and Tupac Shakur, could be heard all over the States and sure did reach the ears of the future rapper.
As a teenager, he could not but get addicted to the hip-hop culture. This album is expected to break more records in the future with the surging increase in the number of downloads.Rick Ross (born William Roberts) was born in Carol City, a very poor town in Florida. Avid fans of the rapper may download the songs from im1music, albumjams, and dopehood.ĭespite the controversial lyrics of Ross' songs along with the scandals he has been involved with in the past, his songs never fail to gain support from listeners. Ross's album also comes in a deluxe edition, which includes 3 more songs: Blessing in Disguise, Paradise Lost and FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt. It also pushed back the Academy award winning song "Let It Go" to third place. His opening sales came as a surprise since Pharrell's single topped the chart immediately after its debut. His recent album release called Mastermind comes 2 years after his last studio album and was highly anticipated by his followers.Īmong the songs included in this album are "Drug Dealers Dream," "Shots Fired," "War Ready" featuring Jeezy, "Sanctified" featuring Kanye West and Big Sean, and "Thug City" featuring Lil Wayne and Supreme. In his own studio, he released the albums Deeper Than Rap in 2009, Teflon Don in 2010 and God Forgives, I Don't in 2012. In fact, he did well enough to found the record label Maybach Music Group in 2009. Rick Ross is an American rapper who has managed to top the Billboard previously with several hit songs as well as enjoying a solid number of album sales. However, Pharrell's single "Happy" still remained on top of Billboard's singles for 4 weeks in a row with over 490,000 downloads and 8 million streams. Despite the massive publicity garnered by Pharrell Williams with his song "Happy" and despite its release on the morning after the Oscars where Williams performed, Rick Ross still topped him in the charts.
Rick Ross's latest album entitled Mastermind topped the album charts with 179,000 copies sold on the first day of its release.
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