Rick Ross - Port Of Miami

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i loved the header on Makkada's Voice review: Welcome To Miami, Have Some Cocaine.

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

Oh man: "organ-heavy"?! I have to hear this asap; I don't even care how often he rhymes Ross with boss

(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

TALKING TO HER LIKE A BOY ON MY SPACE
TAKE HER TO A NICE PLACE
WITH A FIREPLACE

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

Him off Deacon Blue? "Dignity" made it to Port of Miami?

mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 4 September 2006 10:56 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

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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

four weeks pass...

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.

Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 28 January 2008 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link

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

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, 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

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, 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

Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link

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

deej, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link

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

rick ross's greatest boners

-- 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

two months pass...

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

i love the way he says "i'ma booughsss"

-- 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

four months pass...

"here i am" is a good radio jam

J0rdan S., Sunday, 10 August 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link

three months pass...

#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

three weeks pass...

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

one month passes...

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

two months pass...

this thread is hilarious

truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 09:27 (fourteen years ago) link

yacht club is wack but then again i hate reggae

― unbandictionary (k3vin k.), Sunday, July 5, 2009 4:18 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yacht club is wack but then again i hate reggae

― unbandictionary (k3vin k.), Sunday, July 5, 2009 4:18 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yacht club is wack but then again i hate reggae

― 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

deej, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 09:29 (fourteen years ago) link

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

three months pass...

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

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

two weeks pass...

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

waka shame (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link

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

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)

you forgot what a hardcore blogger is (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link

my last load was gift wrapped by castro

― 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

eleven months pass...

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

I mean, he can't rap, yeah, but his voice sucks too.

― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, January 28, 2008 8:46 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah with a voice like that he'd be laughed out of grand buffet

― and what, Monday, January 28, 2008 8:48 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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, 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

seeing the top of this thread makes me sad for the days I actually wanted to contribute things to ILX besides zings and trolling

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

ten months pass...

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

two months pass...

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

one year passes...

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

four years pass...

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

two years pass...

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


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