ARTIST: Rick Ross
TITLE: Port Of Miami
LABEL: Def Jam
GENRE: Rap
BITRATE: 204kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 17min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-08-08
RIP DATE: 2006-07-24
Track List
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01. Intro 0:24
02. Push It 3:28
03. Blow (Feat. Dre) 4:10
04. Hustlin' 4:14
05. Cross That Line (Feat. Akon) 4:33
06. I'm Bad 3:53
07. Boss (Feat. Dre) 4:40
08. For Da Low 4:21
09. Where My Money (I Need That) 4:31
10. Get Away (Feat. Mario Winans) 4:06
11. Hit U From The Back (Feat. 5:05
Rodney)
12. White House 4:01
13. Pots And Pans (Feat. J Rock) 4:35
14. It's My Time (Feat. Lyfe 4:15
Jennings)
15. Street Life (Feat. Lloyd) 4:07
16. Hustlin' (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z 4:44
& Young Jeezy)
17. It Ain't A Problem (Feat. 3:47
Carol City Cartel)
18. I'm A G (Feat. Lil' Wayne & 4:15
Brisco)
19. Prayer 4:08
Release Notes:
Sometimes, if you put your hand on the rails, you can feel the train coming.
It's in the air, on the tip of everyone's tongue. All there is to do is
patiently wait. Every once in a while an artist comes along with the force of a
natural element and the only thing you can do is get aboard or get out of the
way. So, from the good people who brought you the Roc-A-Fella dynasty, the
Snowstorm and the College Dropout, we'd like to introduce you to the overnight
sensation twelve years in the making: Rick Ross.
You can't go into a club, get into a car or walk down the block without hearing
the clarion call keyboards of Ross's earthquake of a debut single, "Hustlin'."
It's the early front-runner for street anthem of the year. On one song alone,
Ross has laid it all out there for you to see and hear. Over keyboards that
wouldn't sound out of place scoring the last scene of Scarface Ross posits
himself as the Alpha Hustler. The hustler as superhero. But, unbelievably, it's
only a taste.
On Ross's debut LP, Port Of Miami, you are immediately immersed in a fully
fleshed out world. As a member of the Slip-N-Slide (Trick Daddy, Trina) crew
Rick Ross is part of a bubbling Miami scene that is sure to be making noise on
Atlanta and Houston levels this year. But Ross's Miami is unlike any one you're
gonna see on a postcard. Rick Ross's Miami is one where drug deals and dropped
bodies happen in the shadows of Art Deco hotels and plush nightclubs. It's the
luxury and the tragedy. It's an American Dream and an American Nightmare.
"I see this album in the tradition of Reasonable Doubt and Ready To Die," says
Ross. "It's made to be a classic. It's made to make everyone stop and re-think
the whole game."
That may sound like a heavy task, but Ross is up to the job. To snatch a phrase
from KRS-1, many people know Rick Ross, yet he's known by few. Ross has been
waiting his entire life to make Port Of Miami. He's been honing his craft as a
behind the scenes man, ghostwriting (our lips our sealed on that one), and
generally making himself a staple of the Miami hip-hop scene. But his sound
isn't one confined to the bounce and bass that made the city famous.
"I rep Miami, the 305. But my sound goes beyond the city. You can hear
everything from UGK to Jay-Z in my music. It's universal street music. There's
no area code on it."
In hip-hop, in 2006, you have to be as big as the culture you represent. You
have to be more than music, more than mixtapes, more than a fad. You have to be
a movement. Rick Ross, in the tradition of Ice Cube and Jay-Z, is a rebel
hustler. He's a renegade who gives you an inside look at how it really goes down
in America's paradise. He gives a voice to those who have none. This summer,
you're going to hear him loud and clear. Hop on board, or get out of the way.