Track Listings (18) - Disc #1| All Artists: Rick Ross Title: Port of Miami Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Def Jam Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 8/8/2006 Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop Styles: Gangsta & Hardcore, Southern Rap, Pop Rap Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 602498562475, 0602498562475, 602517052147 |
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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 forc... more » |
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Album Description 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. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsRap has officially DIED Jason Terrence-Darren Lee Jr. | Pullman, WA | 09/02/2006 (1 out of 5 stars) "Rick Ross's album has officially showed me that the genre "rap" is officially dead. This guy claims that Notorious B.I.G., Tupac and Ice Cube inspired him to become a rapper. Well, from listening to his garbage of an album, you wouldn't think so. Now, I don't want to sound too negative, but I can't help but be negative when I listen to this LP. "Port of Miami" is just like any modern "rap" album. All the lyrics are about cars, bitches, alcohol and drugs, and all of the lyrics sound like some six year old kid could have wrote. Jay - Z was noted to have discovered Rick Ross. I must say that I have lost a little respect from Jay - Z for bringing this crap into the public. While respected artists like Notorious B.I.G., Tupac and Nas tried hard to make people understand and appreciate black culture, Rick Ross has spitted in all of their faces and adds his name on a list of other artists that cripple and reinforce negative stereotypes of black people today. You should be ashamed of yourself Rick Ross. You have shown the world that it's okay to stereotype your people as drug dealers who don't respect women and who would rather have nice rims on your car then pay your child support. Lady's and gentlemen, rap is dead." Biting what's currently hot........ Solty | Louisville, Kentucky United States | 08/24/2006 (2 out of 5 stars) "Hmmmm....a Miami guy saying "I'm a Boss" in a Texas accent biting off Slim Thug, the real boss. Hmmmm....calling your click "Triple C Mafia".....sounds kind of like Triple 6 Mafia. Hmmmm.....your name is Rick Ross....sounds kind of like the old school producer Rick Rock. Hmmmm......rappin with the same voice and same subject matter (pushin coke) as another artist, Young Jeezy. This is a perfect example of what you call a cookie cutter MC. I give this guy another year before he drops off the map. I gave two stars because at least the beats on this album are super hot. It's just a shame a cookie cutter MC had to rhyme over them." Great single, just NOT a great album Musac Critic | 09/11/2006 (2 out of 5 stars) "Most upsetting about PORT OF MIAMI is that being a big fan of the organ-filled "Hustlin'", I was hoping that quality-wise the entire album would stand up to that brilliant for single. Unfortunate for the somewhat fortunate debut (#1 on the Billboard 200 with 187,000 copies sold), the album to put it bluntly stinks. Sure "Hustlin'" along with a generic repeat of Young Jeezy's massive "Soul Survivor" hit ("Cross The Line" which features nobody else by Konvikt Akon), are fine, but otherwise, Ross has more inhabitions than attributes. While idealy Ross should compete with new standouts such as Southern rapper Young Jeezy or T.I., or even more less known names such as Slim Thug or Bun B, he doesn't make the cut against any of those artist. In fact, Ross's gravely vocals tend to grate rather than inspire, all except on the opening tracks such as the above par "Push It", "Hustlin'", "Cross The Line", or "I'm Bad". Otherwise, Ross unfortunately falls on death ears.
It makes you wonder that if Ross were to ever release a sophomore album, would it be successful? With such boasts made of him by Diddy and Jay-Z, mega hip-hop stars and talent-searchers, you wonder who dropped the ball with the excution of this star's album, which is terrible to say about any new artist. And without a true single tall enough to stand against the incredible but minor radio cut (it never did really well despite fan support) "Hustlin'", you wonder if after an impressive debut and support if the only way for Ross is down instead of up? No, I'm not putting Ross down, but I can't help but to say that I was expecting a meatier, Grammy worthy debut from Ross instead of the rather hit-absent PORT OF MIAMI. Does he rep good for Miami? Sure, but hopefully a second round will make Ross more mature and more likeable than a rather bland debut. 2 stars for the album, 4.5 for killer single "Hustlin'", a sure to be rap classic!" |
