1 on the Billboard Hot 200 andВ nab another gold plaque for theВ trophy case.Дў3. The Rich Forever mixtape served as a preview of the soon-to-follow God Forgives, I DonвЂ™tВ effort, the rapperвЂ™s fifth studio album which would go on to debut at No. 'I remember bein' blind to it/'Til the day I put my mind to it/Pen and pad on the dresser for me to fine tune it/I sat in the corner, made up my mind, do it/Def Jam on my heels, should I sign to it?,вЂќ raps Ross. HeвЂ™s already dropped four albums, with his debut Port of Miami securing its platinum status while he rides on the double-platinum success of the song вЂњAston Martin Music.вЂќ With accolades such as these only scratching the surfaceВ of his accomplishments up until that point, itвЂ™s clear to see where his inspiration found its root. At this point, Rick Ross is six years in since his вЂњHustlin'вЂќ debut of 2006, and the come up is unreal. Complete with a hook courtesy of John Legend, вЂњRich ForeverвЂќ is the retrospective cut that finds Rick Ross examining just how far heвЂ™s come. No back story necessary, the title track from the best mixtape of Rick RossвЂ™ career finds its home here. What their collaborations often entailed was the aforementioned focus on the lavish way of life and PuffyвЂ™s signature rants of wisdom, and вЂњHoly GhostвЂќ doesnвЂ™t stray from that formula. 'They say I'm gettin' money, must be Illuminati/Talking to the Holy Ghost, in my Bugatti/He knockin' on the do' don't let the Devil in/He knockin' on the do' don't let the Devil in,вЂќ Ricky lets off on the hook.ДЄt the time вЂњHoly GhostвЂќ was one of a few cuts that emerged from anВ era of Rozay/PuffВ collaborations,В following 2009вЂ™s signing of Rick to PuffвЂ™s Ciroc Entertainment management company. вЂњHoly Ghost,вЂќ featuring Diddy, takes on the former as the Bugatti Boyz deliverВ on an outing that alludes to RossвЂ™ Christian background in a storm of well-written double entendres and metaphors. Outfitted with a slew of bangers, all memorable in their own right, Rich Forever dishes out the best of both worlds for Rick Ross from his boasts of both luxury and the trenches. For the Carol City-bred rapper, his third mixtape was the ultimate moment in which he fastened himself into the personality we know today. This is why a few of the cuts on this list will be pulled from that particular project.

If you missed it, last week we tackled Young Thug (solo) records for a top 50. Let us know if we missed a song that should've made the cut, as you surely will. We're looking to the records that not only represent some of Rick Ross' best musical output, but those that connected most immediately to hisВ audience, and have left an impression in our collective memory, to this day. What the following tracks represent areВ the unanimous highlights of each stage of Rick Ross, with some phases populating the mix more than others. All the records belong to Rick Ross first, but may contain features. There are so many cuts that could easily represent the rags to riches narrative present through out RobertsвЂ™ impressive run, but for better or for worse, weвЂ™ve put together a list of songs from Rick Ross thatВ define his career, and his best work to date. With a catalog outfitted with 9В studio albums and 7 mixtapes, it could be hard trying to navigate the repertoire of the M-M-M- Maybach Music Group honcho. With a keen and consistent ear for beats, heвЂ™s built a catalog that bears cohesiveness without the clichГ© of an overarching theme- a difficult task that has placed many of the South Florida-reared rapperвЂ™s contemporaries at a serious disadvantage. This is the same artist who gifted us with playlist mainstays such as вЂњB.M.F.,вЂќ вЂњHustlinвЂ™,вЂќ and the famous вЂњMaybach MusicвЂќ series. Over the years weвЂ™ve basically been able to watch Renzel rise up from impressionable runner, to kingpin, to OG in this little game called Hip-Hop, and heвЂ™s accomplished it all with an imitable style- there may be a dozen Future wannabes, and some may be close enough to simulate the real thing, but we've never had an artist really attempt to replicate the character that isВ Ricky Rozay. Although he may no longer be at his peak popularity right now it's hard for any artist to maintain the height of their popularity no matter their current stature, he's made sure to show growth, and thus his fanbase has had to evolve alongside him, or else be left in the dust from '09 bangers.

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