UPDATE: The song is actually owned the the producers — The Midi Mafia — and it will end up on what I would imagine to be a full length compilation project.
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Elijah Blake drops off his brand new single with Rick Ross and The Game, produced by Midi Mafia and Fayo & Chill. You can download the song here.
Courtesy of BBC Radio:
Zane chats to Rick Ross about his Number 1 album Mastermind, the influence of his family on his music, the film he’s working on, his musical heroes and the key to success.
Rick Ross releases the visual for his single “The Devil Is A Lie”. Sorry kids, there are no appearances from Jay Z…maybe Ross will shoot another video in the future. Mastermind is in stores now.
Coming soon (the original can be found on French Montana’s major-label debut Excuse My French).
This one has a lot of Soul to it, definitely a strong offering from August Alsina’s Testimony (out April 15th).
From Billboard:
Mary J. Blige, Maxwell, Jill Scott, A$AP Rocky and Rick Ross are among the first wave of Staples Center performers announced for the BET Experience at L.A. Live music festival (June 27-29). This marks the second year of the event, an alliance between BET Networks and AEG Live, the developer/operator of L.A. Live and Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
The aforementioned Maxwell, Scott and Marsha Ambrosius will kick off the first night of Staples Center shows on June 27. Then A$AP Rocky, Ross, K. Michelle, Ty Dolla $ign and August Alsina will hit the stage on June 28, along with a special hip-hop reunion to be announced. Blige will close out the concert offerings on June 29 with Trey Songz, Jennifer Hudson and Tamar Braxton.
Single-day tickets and three-day packages, plus a limited number of gold and diamond VP packages for the entire weekend go on sale this Friday (March 14) here. As with last year’s launch, the 2014 BET Experience will also feature tapings of the channel’s signature show “106 & Park,” comedy shows, the BET Fan Fest, the Music Matters Stage spotlighting emerging acts, Grammy Museum exhibits, a food festival and lifestyle seminars.
Boasting A-list concerts headlined by Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Miguel, J. Cole, R. Kelly and more, last year’s festival drew more than 100,000 attendees.
A visual reel of ‘Rich Is Gangsta’ for your personal inspiration/enjoyment, taken from Rick Ross’ Mastermind, out now.
Because sometimes, we all get hype in the car like this.
UPDATE: The numbers are in — Rick Ross’ Mastermind officially tops Billboard with about 185,000 units sold, which Pharrell coming in second with about 110K (BUT, over in the UK, Pharrell hits number one, so congrats to both). Ashanti did marginally better than expected with 28,000 copies sold.
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So, the forecasts are in for three big album that dropped this week, and — courtesy of Hits Daily Double — they are:
Rick Ross – Mastermind: 145-160K
Pharrell Williams – G I R L: 85-95K
Ashanti – Braveheart: 18-21K
I’m not surprised at all by any of the above numbers for varying reasons (sorry Ashanti, you’re along way from Murder Inc….but you probably know that already).
Above is the teaser video for Rick Ross’ next clip, ‘Rich Is Gangsta’ (one of the better tracks taken from the newly released Mastermind). Below, he reveals to MTV (during his recent RapFix Live segment) that there is a continuation of his highly-coveted ‘Maybach Music’ series, and Bobby Womack is a part of the fifth installment.
P.S. Another interesting part of this interview is when he was asked about his correctional officer past, which — through his more commonly known brand of hazy responses — he said that he’d do again if he had to.
Rick Ross releases the visual for his record with Jeezy & Tracy T off his album Mastermind which is in stores now.
Elliott Wilson has another CRWN series this week with Rick Ross. Rick Ross spoke on Mastermind, Trayvon Martin, inspirations and much more. Part 2 is below.
Rick Ross appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show last night and brought out Kanye West & Big Sean to perform their song off of his new album Mastermind.
Rick Ross stopped by The Breakfast Club this morning to talk about his relationship with Diddy, how he got the audio/instrumental for the B.I.G.-inspired ‘Nobody’, ending his beef with Jeezy, 50 Cent’s recent Instagram post, his new mansion in Georgia and more.
Adrien Broner releases a new record with Rick Ross…he is currently working on his debut mixtape About Billions which should be out very soon.
Rick Ross & French Montana appeared on Seth Meyers show last night to perform a record from Ross’s Mastermind album.
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Fat Trel spit a freestyle for the RapFix audience while Dj Khaled & Rick Ross sat back and watched. If you’re a Fat Trel fan, you’ve probably have heard this freestyle before.
From TMZ:
50 Cent may have been hoping to start a blood feud when he publicly insinuated Rick Ross and Diddy were gay lovers … but sources close to Ross tell us there will be NO reprisals.
Sources tell us Ross won’t retaliate for one simple reason — he doesn’t give a crap about 50 Cent or anything he says — he thinks 50 is IRRELEVANT.
We’re told Rick plans to let it slide … he wants to focus on making hit records … and not on a childish beef with an old enemy.
Rick Ross keeps his promo campaign going for the new album Mastermind with a stop (alongside Khaled & French Montana) at Bow Wow’s house.
Rick Ross revealed last night in an interview with DJ Envy on Hip-Hop Nation that he has another record with Jeezy that will appear on Jeezy’s next album.
Pharrell called into Hot 97 to speak with Angie Martinez on his new album G I R L. He also spoke on the album coming out the same day as Rick Ross’ Mastermind, his hat, the Oscars, his wife and much more. Positive guy (why wouldn’t he be?).
In the land of gimmicks, it only made creative sense for Angie Martinez to propose the board/puzzle game Mastermind to Rick Ross, who’s new album Mastermind is out now.
Rick Ross held his Mastermind album release concert at the Best Buy Theater last night and brought out Busta Rhymes, The Lox & French Montana.
Rick Ross provides another visual reel, this time for the somewhat-controversial ‘BLK & WHT’. Mastermind is out now.
