The Rundown: Rick Ross, Hood Billionaire
The Bawse teams up with Jay Z, Big K.R.I.T. and others.
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The Rundown: Rick Ross, Hood Billionaire - For this chapter of Rick Ross's career, the hustling hood savior declares his status as, frankly, the boss of all bosses. And to do so, Rick has enlisted all the elements that have made him a king in the music game: towering, contemplative beats; soulful, thump-ya-chest choruses and swag that's as large as his former belt size. You know the drill. Check out this cut-by-cut breakdown of Rozay's latest. (Photo: MMG)
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'Hood Billionaire' - This title track is self-explanatory: Rick Ross clearly stating his life's goal. "I'm already rich, I'm tired of being famous," he confesses. "I got so many b****s, I can't even name 'em..." He wants to head for overwhelming, unbelievable wealth. (Photo: Chris McKay/WireImage)
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'Coke Like the 80's' - Immediately dropping into his street boss persona, Rick Ross lets fools know how good the white powder he possesses is. And if you say you "coke like the '80s" over a simmering 808, well you must have one helluva product. But Rick isn't just talking up his supply. He also uses the chorus as a means to shout out former big timers who made their mint during the Me Decade. (Photo: Christopher Polk/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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'Heavyweight' feat. Slab - Rick Ross and Slab duet on this menacing cut, bragging on the life of being a hustler and all the fly ish that comes with it. "Quarter got me livin' like I'm Don King" Ross boasts. "Heavyweight I'm in the ring: Ding! Ding!" You know the routine, all fake dealers bow down.(Photo: Christopher Polk/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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'Neighborhood Drug Dealer' - "Al Capone in the trap. That Benzo bulletproof," Ross explains. "Neighborhood n***a you can get it too." If you don't know what role Rick is playing, just check the title. Add creepy keyboard work and machine gun 808s, and you have the scene of the usual cocaine rap movie. (Photo: Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic)
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'Phone Tap' - With a title like "Phone Tap," you know this is the part of Rick Ross's journey where the Feds catch up to him. "First day at trial, court room was silent," remembers Rick, "'Til the phone tap re-plays back the dialect." The moral of this story: crime pays... until you get busted... cold busted.(Photo: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)
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'Trap Luv' feat. Yo Gotti - On this uptown-inspired cut, Yo Gotti compares notes with Rick on life in the trap. And what they come up with is that for all the rewards, there's pain. "Negotiating for it or either we take it," Ross rhymes. "N****s even shooting choppers in a f*****g cadence." (Photos from left: John Ricard / BET, Kris Connor/ Getty Images)
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'Elvis Presley Blvd.' feat. Project Pat - On this track, Rick takes his weight out of state to Memphis where he teams with Project Pat to push that yayo (and smack) on the boulevard named after the King of Rock and Roll. "Run up in the trap and push the panic button," Ross rhymes. "Lil' Norton snortin' coke, he ain't scared of nothin'." (Photos from left: Christopher Polk/BET/Getty Images for BET, Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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'Movin' Bass' feat. Jay Z - Jay Z joins Rick on this cut to let listeners know that real bosses roll with other bosses. And things can get deadly if you try to take their position. "Put the pistol to your mouth, now show me the safe," Rick menaces. "Got nominated once, but I'm still movin' bass."(Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage for Turner Networks)
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'If They Knew' featuring K. Michelle - What better boss lady for Rozay than R&B's newest diva K. Michelle? The two combine voices on this track to convey that quintessential hood love tale with secrets and opulence. "What we doin' wrong, yo it feels right," Rick spits. "Can't discuss what we did the whole night." (Photos from left: Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images, Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET)
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