The song was produced by J. On November 3, , the music video was released for 'No Games' featuring Future. On October 23, , Ross announced that the album's first official single, which will feature Jay-Z, will be released in early November He explained that song saying, 'We're pushing the envelope once again and it's just one of those records I can't wait to hit the streets. We went in another direction but it's just one of those records that's gonna speak for itself and everybody's gonna have their opinion of it, but it's most definitely what the streets need.
On January 24, , it was announced that the next single would be titled, 'War Ready', and would feature Jeezy. The album's third official single, 'Thug Cry' featuring Lil Wayne, was serviced to mainstream urban radio in the United States on March 13, , and then to rhythmic contemporary radio in the same country on April 1, At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 23 reviews.
His flow too remains flawlessly weighted. He's leisurely and precise even on the theatrically dark 'In Vein', where he raps fast to play-off the Weeknd's cynical come-ons. The bleaker the setting, the brighter Ross shines.
It doesn't possess the pizzazz of Teflon Don , which made Ross a power player or the pure gaudiness of Rich Forever , which perfected his aesthetic. Rick Ross has seemingly run out of moves. He has finally, totally lost himself in malleable self-mythology. His grip on reality has never been especially tight; that he found a way to further lose his way is actually strangely admirable, isn't it? Dan Rys of XXL stated, 'What Ross does well, and what he does again on Mastermind , is put together a body of work that is as formidable as he is, and taken as a whole it's impossible to call this anything other than a very good album.
Where people like Kanye and Drake and Kendrick Lamar keep winning by shaking up the formula and dabbling in the unexpected, Ross long ago identified his lane, and he is the undisputed kingpin of his brash brand of hip-hop. Ross die-hards will not be disappointed; anyone looking for something new and different was probably looking in the wrong place to begin with. Mastermind is a powerful album, an album with an identity, and one that has some solid songs and a handful of hits.
Ross delivers just what he promised. Going forward, he can either break out or keep up a jig he knows that we know is way past expired. Complex named it the eighteenth best album of the first half of It's cohesive without being 'concept'. With time, 'Sanctified' emerged as the post-Yeezus Kanye collaboration that a real thug would've killed for. This is a perfectly respectable third encore from a rap champion who, if the critics have their say, really could use one of those lavish vacations he boasts about.
Mastermind debuted at number one on the US Billboard , with first-week sales of , copies in the United States. Mean az vibe. Comment by SarahSalix damn!!!!!! Tearin' up from sheer awesomeness Comment by Shaq Santiago So sick! Comment by yung choppavelli grrrrind Comment by yung choppavelli goddfuckndamnn Comment by tdude Jeesus christ this is sick!
Comment by simicoro oooh silky Redirected from In Vein. DJ Khaled exec. Puff Daddy also exec. Rick Ross exec. 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. After signing up a contract with this company, William was proposed to take up the Rick Ross stage name, which he did. Within a short period of time, the rapper got acquainted with the more mature and respected colleagues, including Trick Daddy and Trina.
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.
Until , 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.
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. In less than a month, the given composition earned the golden certificate, received massive airplay and became a favorite ringtone of multitudes of music lovers. In august of the same year, inspired by the astonishing success of his debut single, Rick Ross released his first full-length album entitled as Port of Miami.
Although it was promoted by only one single, this record topped Billboard Hot , selling almost two hundred thousand copies within the first week. During the concert tour dedicated to the release of the debut long player, Rick Ross managed to prepare the material for his sophomore studio effort. Initially, Ross planned to deliver this record late in , but he grew committed to the making of the album so much, that the final result saw light only in March
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