It was "Super High" that sold this for me though.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
some1 pls post funny Rick Ross corections officer pic
― San Te, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
san te, check the other rick ross thread, there's tons of them
― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
"super high" is really limp to me, the remix is amazing tho
http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rickross2.jpg
― am0n, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i'm ed meese, j. edgar hoover
― am0n, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah Ross is weird, came into the game with a dark anthemic banger, even his T-Pain joint wasn't very R&B, but then suddenly he decides every song needs some soft hands soul singer on the hook.
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Not to take anything away from him, because he's put out some very good albums, but how much of Rick Ross' appeal is that he's filling the void left behind by Biggie? It's a comparison Ross seems to court more aggressively than ever on Teflon Don, which is peppered with Biggie references.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
not that weird a progression really
xpost
― da croupier, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
but how much of Rick Ross' appeal is that he's filling the void left behind by Biggie?
like zero percent?
― I think I'm Princess Peach... King Koopa (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
He fills the Biggie void cuz he's fat, black, and a hedonist?
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I hear only the most superficial of similarities.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty sure voids get filled quicker than a decade
― da croupier, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
People desperately needing to fill the Biggie void definitely accounts for the wild commercial success of Shyne and Guerilla Black
― I think I'm Princess Peach... King Koopa (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
this is only true for diddy
― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
sonically speaking i can see how the "maybach music" type beats harken back to that super expensive, glitzy 'life after death', but in any other sense, no
― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
It's not just a physical comparison; though. His halting, booming flow seems to get more Biggie-esque with each album, and he (and his guests) make several explicit references to Biggie on Teflon Don. It seems to be a comparison that he actively courts.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
well of course HE does, but that doesn't make it right
he's also an ex-corrections officer turned major label rapper who is actively courting a comparison to one of the most notorious cocaine dealers in recent history, so you know...
― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
rick ross is a stand-in for major label success rap for sure
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
halting, booming post
― torch song trill o.g. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 August 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
is Kanye West filling baseball's void after Barry Bonds retired?
― torch song trill o.g. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 August 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
lol xp
― ballerrr (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 August 2010 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link
as much as i like smooth upscale r&b-club rossss, mixing it up some punch-in-the-balls crunk shit really makes this album
― ballerrr (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 August 2010 05:00 (thirteen years ago) link
xactly
― righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 5 August 2010 06:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i posted this same thing on the jukebox, but i reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want a hbcu band to do "BMF" at a football game this year... shit would be sooo epic, with those synths as triumphant horn blasts, and a dude pounding that big circular drum & tons of dudes hacking at cymbals
i can't stop thinking about this
― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 03:36 (thirteen years ago) link
my neighbor has had "free mason" on repeat for the last 3 days and he really passionately shouts lines along with the record, but not especially important or triumphant lines, just whichever ones he happens to be ready for
".............NOT THAT I'M A MASON!!!!"
i love it
― we did it, internet! (zorn_bond.mp3), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 03:44 (thirteen years ago) link
feel like I'm late to the party on this one. I avoided it for a while cuz his guest verses on albums I owned never wowed me.
This album hasn't like made me outright jizz my pants or anything but I'm liking it. lyrics aren't amazing but the beats are pretty awesome, he has good guests, and I like his delivery. I'll definitely play this one though I can see how some might not like this dude.
― hen fap pizza (San Te), Saturday, 21 August 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
really the only reason I took the chance now is cuz I got a $100 gift card from work for a recent achievement....
― hen fap pizza (San Te), Saturday, 21 August 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I got a $100 gift card from work for a recent achievement....
Admitting you might like a Rick Ross album?
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 21 August 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i got a $100 from some random person for being the biggest boss they had seen thus far once
― markers, Saturday, 21 August 2010 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
haha shit if that's all it took to get gift cards I'd be Rick Ross' fluffer....
― hen fap pizza (San Te), Saturday, 21 August 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
BITCH I'M MC HAMMER. I'M ABOUT CREAM.
― The Reverend, Friday, 17 September 2010 08:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Keep hearing: I think I'm big Nietzche.
― Tim F, Thursday, 18 November 2010 13:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm Baruch Spinoza.
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 November 2010 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
in a Testarossa
i'm gonna JFK like JFKand my JFKis a J... EFF KAYYYYYY
― I think I'm Princess Peach... King Koopa (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, August 4, 2010 8:23 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i think about this now every time i hear Ross rap
― ethnic slizzur (some dude), Thursday, 18 November 2010 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
especially during that DIRTY...CLEAN...DIRTY...CLEAN verse
― ethnic slizzur (some dude), Thursday, 18 November 2010 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
dude i just read that twitter rant for the first time now and....thank you
the santa one killed me
― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Thursday, 18 November 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
― Tim F, Thursday, November 18, 2010 7:01 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
somehow this is a post v much in character, i think
― smangs of new york (deej), Friday, 19 November 2010 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
in an eyerolly way, yeah.
― Tim F, Friday, 19 November 2010 06:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I think I'm Big BirdHarold Hooper
― you really love meta jokes, this is a thing that you are into (crüt), Friday, 19 November 2010 06:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey so I wrote this big article on Rick Ross for The Straddler. It's a literary magazine, so I'm afraid that music people aren't going to find it if I don't self-promote at least a little, so please forgive if I'm doing something inappropriate by putting a link up. Please enjoy.
http://www.thestraddler.com/20117/piece10.php
― Parenthetical Grillz, Monday, 2 May 2011 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
um what the fuck
Rick Ross is unconscious and paramedics are desperately trying to resuscitate him.
Rick was on a flight going from Ft. Lauderdale to Memphis today, when the rapper lost consciousness. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 14 October 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/14/rick-ross-passed-out-plane-emergency-landing/#.Tph0AbK-3oo
― J0rdan S., Friday, 14 October 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
this is not happening
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Wale Wale Folarin
I just talked to Ross...he's 100 pct ok...@tmz #dontpanic #dontpanic #mmg !!!! #gfid dec 13th!
― J0rdan S., Friday, 14 October 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
i just talked to ross, he was unconscious and i know you all are in a panic over the possibility of him dying, but his album comes out dec 13.
jeez, get better soon bawse
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Friday, 14 October 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
LOSE SOME WEIGHT, MANE
― J0rdan S., Friday, 14 October 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
i was wondering when i'd see the first weight reference!
― lex pretend, Friday, 14 October 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link