Though coke-rap elicits a big fucking YAWN with me, I love how his big-boss persona fits with the beats, which all have this organ-heavy, sun-bleached vibe that all sound like the Miami Vice soundtrack to me (especially "You Belong To City" and "In The Air Tonight"!!!!). or at least the Scarface soundtrack (which the first song samples).
And Akon's guest chorus is totally washed out in that Phil Collins way. Can't believe this hasn't been jumping off more.
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Sunday, 3 September 2006 14:40 (seventeen years ago) link
(Coke-rap still has a place in my heart, which is, in a few ways, a little ironic)
― Roque Strew (RoqueStrew), Monday, 4 September 2006 10:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Worst lyrics I've ever heard. I love it on some songs where he shout says his name over the chorus, it's as though he's admitting even he doesnt give a shit about the lyrics. Anyone can rhyme like rick ross.
― Rowlando for the kidz (Sam Rowlands), Monday, 4 September 2006 10:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 4 September 2006 10:56 (seventeen years ago) link
omer008 (4 hours ago) Show Hide Marked as spam 0 Poor comment Good comment Reply | Spam this is my M*** F****king anthem.... I hustle everyday but online only
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 30 December 2007 13:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmFEpl74sI
― deej, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link
KevinCali24 (14 hours ago)
I'm white and this Kat is "The Shit." He has me crackin' up.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
― and what, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
rick ross's whole aesthetic is so awesome, he looks like he was made in a lab to be a big kingpin drug rapper dude, looks the part, sweet videos, great voice, great beats...just wish he was a little better at actually rapping. hustlin' is...the shit...though
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I hear this all the time, that Rick Ross can't rap but has a great voice, I don't understand this at all. He has a terrible voice.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean, he can't rap, yeah, but his voice sucks too.
yeah with a voice like that he'd be laughed out of grand buffet
― and what, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
what is the point of a zing that only a the recipient of the zing understands, and doesn't think is particularly funny? whose benefit is that for?
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link
if a zing falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?
― and what, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
zing zen
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
here you go: i think al shipley's choice of herb-ass rappers to stan for indicates he can't really criticize a dude like rick ross saying his voice sucks
― and what, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
1st law of esoterrorism
― deej, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
the katt williams interlude on the dj drama album is the most annoying bs ever
the special he did for hbo is great though
― J0rdan S., Monday, 28 January 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i think ross' problem is that he sounds best over fast beats like "we takin over" and "holla at me" but all his singles are all "gothic synths"
not to mention that he only has one verse on those other songs
― J0rdan S., Monday, 28 January 2008 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
his main problem is he's a shitty rapper, m@tt is otm
― deej, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
more classic katt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChotQQT0bg
― deej, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
-- and what, Monday, January 28, 2008 4:03 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
see, coulda been so much more direct about it instead of beating around the bush with your usual "you like x therefore your opinion doesn't matter" bullshit. so do you seriously like Rick Ross's voice, dude, or are you just being sassy? i understand where someone like Jeezy the voice and the delivery kinda overshadow the rhymes sometimes, but I don't hear that at all with Ross.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
my fav katt bit is about dmx not being able to cheat in school because he can't do anything but bark
― J0rdan S., Monday, 28 January 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
-- J0rdan S., Monday, January 28, 2008 4:06 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
yeah co-sign on this. him and Fat Joe really benefit from getting the only part of "We Takin' Over" where those bells come in.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
the way ross says 'chiiiickens' >>> your favorite rapper
― and what, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm actually gonna go to boot for Ross' voice here. He does sound badass. I'll give him that.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, i dunno. i generally like weird raspy throaty rapper voices like Gorilla Zoe or whoever, but listening to RR makes me feel like i need a lozenge.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Alex in Baltimore pls note that i agree with you about rick ross, so you're probably wrong
― J0hn D., Monday, 28 January 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChotQQT0bg
-- deej, Monday, January 28, 2008 3:08 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
"you got time to do stupid shit, like look at your own dick."
― deej, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
guys less debating whether rick ross is a 5.5 or a 6.0 rapper and more katt williams
most posts to tried by 12 vs my world premiere
― and what, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i do like the cheeeekeeens part of that song. i don't hate him as a rapper, and he has enuff panache to get even some of his more boner rhymes over real well.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
rick ross's greatest boners
― and what, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i love the way he says "i'ma booughsss"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
rick ross sux thirded
― am0n, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
worst ross verse ever is on the make it rain remix
― J0rdan S., Monday, 28 January 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
-- and what, Monday, January 28, 2008 9:27 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
whip-it, whip-it REAL HARD
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Ross, I'm a boss (I'm a boss) I'm the mayor (I'm the mayor) Make it rain (Make it rain!), on these haters (on these haters!)
― J0rdan S., Monday, 28 January 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
alright so are me and preview of the matrix 12 the only dudes really digging this?
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 March 2008 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link
ilx poster whiney g weingarten? has anyone else even heard this??
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 March 2008 05:51 (sixteen years ago) link
this thread can also double as the one where we prognosticate which of these songs is gonna end up in whiney's voice column. i'm going with "reppin my city"
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 March 2008 05:52 (sixteen years ago) link
so why are dudes like briehan clowning this like it's a paul barman album even though they liked the first one? i mean the beats are all really good but he gets a bunch of great hooks out in his own right, and i mean the rapping isn't great (duh) but he gets in a few good lines and he sounds pretty good in general.
i mean it seems like the party line on this is like "omg this is so depressing all this awful materialism corporate machinery" from dudes who jizz bombed american gangster and it doesn't make much sense to me, its just a totally listenable rap album imo
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 March 2008 05:58 (sixteen years ago) link
bink song is the jam surprise surprise
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 March 2008 06:08 (sixteen years ago) link
KHALED INTERLUDE MAN! WE THE BEST, MAN!!
Posted by: DJ KHALED at March 25, 2008 6:31 PM
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 March 2008 06:14 (sixteen years ago) link
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, January 28, 2008 9:27 PM
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 29 March 2008 06:41 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah "We Shinin'" is unsurprisingly the one song I really fuck with. haven't even gotten through the whole album yet, though. what I said above about his voice making me feel like I need a lozenge still stands.
― Alex in Baltimore, Saturday, 29 March 2008 13:38 (sixteen years ago) link
hes a boring rapper so im not really paying attention to his album, im sure it has some beats on it. lead single blows
― deej, Saturday, 29 March 2008 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
"here i am" is a good radio jam
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 10 August 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
#Rick Ross Has No Hard Feelings About His Omission From T.I.'s 'Swagger Like Us'
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
"Paper Planes" freestyle: "What's funny about that record, I was up one night eating a Hot Pocket," he remembered. "Like 4 in the morning, watching one of them video shows. The [M.I.A.] video came on. This was two or three weeks ago. I had never heard the record. I was like, 'What's this? It's dope, whatever it is.'
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean, listening to his entire album is insufferable cuz his for the ladiez tracks are so o_O/lol but as a personality hes pretty alright
also his new song w/ gucci is the shit
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
isn't gucci the most famous rapper alive or something, deej?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
plies didn't have two albums released last year for no reason
― GOON carter cash (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Gucci hasn't released a studio album since he became rap's biggest name, whiney. rock critics should just accept that they'll never get 'the masses' amirite?
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 23:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Baws
― billstevejim, Sunday, 24 May 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
so yeah this single with the-dream is the shit. havent heard some good times summer pop raps in awhile
― autogucci cru (deej), Sunday, 24 May 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
DEEPER THAN RAP is kind of making more sense to me now
― a poppy seed NAGL (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 July 2009 05:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i think i was in a bad mood or something the week this came out, i was feeling super impatient and didn't want to sit through a 5:15 song called "yacht club - still think that ppl who like this more than TRILLA are trippin as hell but this is good. ROSS rules summer tho imo
― a poppy seed NAGL (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 July 2009 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
TRILLA still has many more high points tho, but his rapping is def better
― a poppy seed NAGL (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 July 2009 05:27 (fourteen years ago) link
yacht club is wack but then again i hate reggae
― unbandictionary (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 July 2009 09:18 (fourteen years ago) link
suggest ban
― a poppy seed NAGL (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 5 July 2009 09:20 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah definitely a summer album
― the stick stickly from the hilarious 'attack attack' band (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 July 2009 09:55 (fourteen years ago) link
kevin k is wack imo
― the stick stickly from the hilarious 'attack attack' band (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 July 2009 09:56 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is hilarious
― truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 09:27 (fourteen years ago) link
http://rickrossboss.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/villagepeople.jpg
― unbandictionary (k3vin k.), Sunday, July 5, 2009 4:18 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― deej, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 09:29 (fourteen years ago) link
yacht club is dope fyi
kill all the middle-men im the militant gilligan speakin creole with gentlemen as i cruise the carribean
― deej, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 09:32 (fourteen years ago) link
certainly there is so no purer representation of manifest destiny than ross having a song called "gunplay" (ft. gunplay) - never ceases to crack me up
― truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 09:37 (fourteen years ago) link
someone needs to tell me where to get the FLA MaybachMusic new eras that teddy and officer ross are wearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVXduv0Y3Kc
BOSSSS
― i want more SBs, lots of SBs (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
oh. i guess i could have googled it ebfore i posted that. obv still not gonna really get one but they're kinda tyt
http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2009/06/18/maybach-music-group-x-diamond-supply-co-fitted-hat/
― i want more SBs, lots of SBs (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently "Lay Back" ft Robin Thicke was the SIXTH single from DTR??? it says it came out in Oct., what a terrible time to release an incredible summer jam that could have been a huge hit imo
― i want more SBs, lots of SBs (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
love this video. robin thicke is so hilarious
http://www.thehypefactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Rick-Ross-Robin-Thicke-Lay-Back.jpg
― i want more SBs, lots of SBs (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm still amazed that he has a song called "Cigar Music"
― swag the dog (The Reverend), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
beard music
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 January 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
alright so yeah this is really good
http://nahright.com/news/2010/01/21/rick-ross-mafia-music-2/
*wait for it*
BAWSE
― waka shame (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
my last load was gift wrapped by castro
it would be nice if he didn't release a dogshit whip cream & crumpets single like "magnificent" again
― waka shame (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
man that track is:
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/de89a67b401952d4a403bcd51aa8d0db/199135.jpg
― you forgot what a hardcore blogger is (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda funny when he does a sorta jay/beanie "quiet voice" fadeout part on those last lines.
damn this is hot shit.
― you forgot what a hardcore blogger is (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
(RAWSE)
― waka shame (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
is this an im the shit / toilet bowl young money-style joke
― not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Thursday, 21 January 2010 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i was thinking more about jizz tbh
― waka shame (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
i love 'the teflon don'
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I still can't believe dude thought "The rumors turn me on, I'm masturbating at the top" was a hot line
― O'Shea the Cubeman (San Te), Sunday, 2 January 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
seeing the top of this thread makes me sad for the days I actually wanted to contribute things to ILX besides zings and trolling
― our man flint flo$$y (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 2 January 2011 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
new year's resolution
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 2 January 2011 04:13 (thirteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, January 28, 2008 8:46 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― and what, Monday, January 28, 2008 8:48 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, January 28, 2008 8:49 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark
<3 this thread so much
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 January 2011 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
NEW BOARD DESCRIPTION 2011
you guys are nuts, rick ross is awesome, and i <3 whiney g. in zing mode or otherwise
― slouching, unshaven, thick-necked, unstylish, pig-eyed (ilxor), Sunday, 2 January 2011 05:15 (thirteen years ago) link
you do realize this thread does include opinions from people who like Rick Ross, right?
― O'Shea the Cubeman (San Te), Sunday, 2 January 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
whiney your non zing/trolling posts are very good & valuable & sorely missed esp on rap threads of late
― flopson, Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
deeper than rap is great
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
where does PoM rank in the overall scheme of Ross? last place? worth hearing? already have a gazillion things to listen to on my laptop.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 14 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2014/01/rick-ross-sues-lmfao-over-catchphrase.html
this strikes me as funny because:
a) i was talking to my brother in Wisconsin last week about the snow, and he said "everyday I'm shufflin'" and i was like "ahhh, nice Rick Ross reference" and he went "that's Rick Ross? i thought it was LMFAO" and it turned out he's never heard "Hustlin'"
b) is the "every day I'm hustlin'" loop actual Ross's voice? it always sounded like someone else to me and The Runners always seemed to sample those slowed-down vocal loops from other songs so i kinda assumed it was from some obscure song i hadn't heard before.
― ol' Wrink P's thinkpiece (some dude), Thursday, 2 January 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/rick-ross-has-reportedly-been-placed-on-a-life-support-machine-news.44981.html
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Friday, 2 March 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
wow yikes
― johnny crunch, Friday, 2 March 2018 23:21 (six years ago) link
cmon rozay it's not your time yet
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 2 March 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
fuck
― had (crüt), Saturday, 3 March 2018 00:43 (six years ago) link
or maybe not!
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/rick-ross-is-not-on-life-support-fat-trel-says-news.44989.html
― had (crüt), Saturday, 3 March 2018 01:41 (six years ago) link
FYI: A post from this thread is in the OED.
lol @alshipley is in the OED now pic.twitter.com/JoJB18aDEC— John M. Cunningham (@jmcunning) June 5, 2020
― jaymc, Friday, 5 June 2020 01:48 (four years ago) link