RAAWWWWWS rick ross singles poll RAAWWWWWS

nothing monumental of course but i figure that the sentiment would be pretty split since he doesn't have a ::canon:: single really

1 the boss
2 mafia music
3 here i am
4 push it
5 maybach music
6 hustlin
7 speedin
8 magnificent

i love the first three, really like the next three, could take or leave the last two but don't mind them necessarily

surprisingly tough!

i'm stuck between mafia, hustlin', and the boss

voted "Mafia" but "Hustlin'" is classic

"Here I Am" is worst obv

the boss seems like t-pain's high point to me for some reason.

"mafia music" is so good

i want to vote for "the boss" but come on

100 favors

he fucked up so much by not releasing "Blow" as a single, although I heard it on the radio a lot. since I can't vote for that, "Mafia Music."

"Here I Am" is so not the worst.

sarge: you left out "All I Really Want". 1 terius stan demerit 4 u haha

yeah fuck, i knew there was one i missed

fucking wikipedia

btw "here i am" is an awesome summer radio jam - little quicksilver beat like that is so dope, i was pretty shocked when i read that it was drumma boy

i can't believe that i forgot about "all i really want" considering it has only the most classic video still of all time

http://i26.tinypic.com/sm3r7n.png

shit, didnt even know "all i really want" was a single, that's a good song. "bossy lady" should be next if it's up to me

i wish we had a deathfest video with a video still that said

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver has come to Baltimore.

lol

i don't think "all i really want" was ever actually worked to radio, i think they just shot a video for it but really all the stations played "maybach music 2" instead

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"The Boss" (featuring T-Pain). There was a split second of considering "Hustlin," but then I remembered that moment in the bridge where the drums cut out and just leave the slow-start vocal sample and then Pain goes "ay!" and the subs come back in and its like goddamn

ross is the worst part about "The Boss" imo i would do like I did with shawty and edit myself a version that just cuts him out

whereas he is obv the best part about "Hustlin" next to the sample itself

srsly on certain days that vocal sample in Boss is basically my favorite shit in the whole damn universe

I don't know why the fuck they didn't put out "Lay Back with Robin Thicke before the summer, it's been months since magnificent and Maychbach hsnt even had a video yet. "Lay Back" could have been a summer jam IMO

that song rules

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The new single, "Super High," seems like the ultimate in Yacht Rap. Also, the video demonstrates the frighteningly Dorian Grey-esque agelessness of Stacey Dash, who plays Ross's babe.

http://i.imgur.com/Ut8AO.jpg

this should probably be re-done at some point

yeah, now there's 2 viable options instead of 1

classic .jpg

Tiny forearm.

this should probably be re-done at some point

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree but not just yet imo

might still vote for "the boss"

if we re-ran and I was to answer honestly it'd be a boring, predictable answer ("B.M.F.", which still makes me go nuts). Or "I'm not a Star" maybe.

what about such instant classics as "9 piece" and "you da boss"?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/body-found-home-owned-rick-ross-florida-article-1.1030978

i like you da boss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_1y6rBPJxs

lol perhaps it was a mistake for me to give up on that show after the first season

this poll was maybe a bit premature

love how the chorus of "the boss" doesn't preclude the existence of bigger bosses

one of the weirdest revelations of "drunk in love" is that beyonce and jay-z paraphrase rick ross in their foreplay

Rozay continuing his ongoing campaign to prove how dim he really is: http://www.vibe.com/article/exclusive-rick-ross-clarifies-controversial-trayvon-martin-lyric-mastermind

hmmm thought this would be about that new track with the Weeknd.

^^^Yeah Raws seems to be all kindsa dumb.

aah yeah

http://www.themusicninja.com/new-rick-ross-in-vein-feat-the-weeknd/

ricky couldn't buy himself a hit for like 3 years but he's got two new songs in the hot 100 this week

Is "Sanctified" one of them?

the #1 album having multiple songs in the Hot 100 is a non-story, that's pretty much every week.

the best song on this is the ~2 min joint w/ french montana

the #1 album having multiple songs in the Hot 100 is a non-story, that's pretty much every week.

― some dude, Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:31 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

eh the whole thing is kinda interesting to me. obv digital album sales boost digital single sales by nature but "devil is a lie" was an instant flop (or so it seemed)

i mean...if your Jay-Z-featuring lead single takes 3 months to chart, and only through downloads on release week (and lower than the Kanye-featuring album track)...it still is a flop.

List reminds me that dude has barely any singles I like, only mess with "Hustlin'" (remix has a fuller beat iirc) and "Speedin'" so Runners FTW I guess

whole alternating smoove R&B/bland attempted bangers sound of Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don never did anything for me

on that note: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5937536/big-albums-but-no-big-hot-100-hits?utm_source=twitter

stunned dmx never hit top ten, surprised at dave matthews as well

DMX and Rick Ross's career peaks kind of bookend the (in retrospect, pretty brief) period in which "street rap" guys could get top 10 hits without catering to pop radio. Like, if their biggest songs came out at the same time as "Lean Back" or "What You Know," they'd probably have some top 10s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI9ifCMk0Dg

I just found out an actress friend of mine is both the voice of the operator AND the 9-1-1 caller on this track. it's funny as she's a sweet 50-something who has done voice acting for years and like she has little connection to rap music and she posts about it on FB and her feed is blowing up now, lol.

mastermind worth checkin out?

I like it and I've liked 0 of Ross's past albums. everyone seems pretty mixed on it tho, maybe a difference in perception if you're already a fan

this + the Pharrell album dropping on the same day reminds me of the summer Carter III and the new N.E.R.D came out at the same time. although not as good.

I thought it was pretty good production-wise, even if it felt even more vacant and unrewarding than usual from a songwriting standpoint

Yeah I've never bought into Ross as a dope rapper. Flow's still pretty avg IMO even if he's improved

I think his flow is fine for the beats he gets; voice, well, that one's often more polarizing.

Lyrically, the guy's appeal will likely never extend beyond his cartoonish crime-lord persona, but damned if he isn't entertaining. His lyrics really underwent significant improvement from his Port of Miami days. He lacks the insight and penetrating abilities of some top-tier gangsta rappers (like Scarface, early Jay-Z, Biggie), and probably has a lower ceiling than others, but he manages to rap about his limited scope in entertaining ways. When he stays in his lane, he does well.

Lord help us if he ever tries to release a Life After Death though

it's kind of cute on the opening track that Ross thinks Bo Jackson was a switch hitter, or just pretends to so his simile will work...

first few listens, seems fairly autopilot and dull. (yea, there are three of you at least ready to leap and say "AND THIS IS DIFF HOW?").

idk...maybe it'll grow on me