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Revision as of 13:08, 26 August 2009

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Deeper Than Rap is the third studio album by Rick Ross. It was released on April 21, 2009 and the first to be released under his own label, Maybach Music Group.

Background

Ross first announced plans to create Deeper Than Rap in May 2008.[3] In addition to this album, Ross had been working on several mixtapes, freestyle tracks, and a collaboration with rapper Birdman titled The H.[4] Controversy arose over photographs leaked in July 2008 of Ross (real name William Roberts) taken during his career as a corrections officer.[5] Toward the end of a street track "Kiss My Pinky Ring Curly" that intended to attack rapper 50 Cent, Ross mentioned a possible release date of March 24, 2009.[6] In early March 2009, the album release date was delayed to April 21, and Ross told MTV News about a possible charity concert for underprivileged neighborhoods of New York City.[7] A listening party for this album was held at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City on March 17.[5] Prior to the release day, Ross had asserted in interviews with MTV that this album would be his best during his career.[5][8] Rick Ross claimed that if "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" by '50 Cent sold 10 million copies, then my next record ('Deeper than Rap') will sell 12 million[9][10],' however this did not materialize, with the album selling less than a 30th of that amount.[11]

Critical reception

David Jeffries of Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five.[12] For Vibe magazine, Sean Fennessey considered the album an improvement from Ross's previous work.[13] However, Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone gave this album a mediocre two-and-a-half out of five star review; he called the album "a bit too familiar".[14]

Sales

Deeper Than Rap debuted #1 on Billboard Chart selling 158,000 copies its first week, making it Rick Ross's third #1 album. His previous album Trilla sold 198,000 copies in its first week of release.[15] As of August 18th 2009, the album has sold 371,000 copies to date.

Track Listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."*Mafia Music"The Inkredibles4:16
2."Maybach Music 2" (Feat. T-Pain, Lil Wayne & Kanye West)J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League4:59
3."*Magnificent" (Feat. John Legend)J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League4:17
4."*Yacht Club" (Feat. Magazeen)J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League5:14
5."Usual Suspects" (Feat. Nas)The Inkredibles5:14
6."*All I Really Want" (Feat. The-Dream)Tricky Stewart4:16
7."*Rich off Cocaine" (Feat. Avery Storm)J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League4:25
8."Lay Back" (Feat. Robin Thicke)The Runners4:02
9."Murda Mami" (Feat. Foxy Brown & Magazeen)Bigg D3:34
10."*Gunplay" (Feat. Gunplay)The Inkredibles3:34
11."*Bossy Lady" (Feat. Ne-Yo)The Runners3:53
12."*Face" (Feat. Trina)Drumma Boy3:14
13."*Valley of Death"DJ Toomp3:54
14."*In Cold Blood"The Runners3:05
15."*Cigar Music (Bonus Track)" (Feat. Masspike Miles)Bink!3:53
  • * songs Rick Ross shot videos for

Samples

# Track Sampled song Artist
2 "Maybach Music 2" "Time Is the Teacher" Dexter Wansel
3 "Magnificent" "Gotta Make It Up to You" Angela Bofill
4 "Yacht Club" "El Jardia" Johnny Pate
5 "Usual Suspects" "Dead Presidents II" Jay-Z
7 "Rich Off Cocaine" "Color Her Sunshine" Willie Hutch
13 "Valley of Death" "I'm So Blue and You Are Too" Barry White
* "Cigar Music" "Don't Ask My Neighbor" Ahmad Jamal

Personnel

  • Musa "Milk" Adeoye – A&R
  • David L. Anderson II – keyboards
  • J.D. Anderson – drums
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Alexander Bethune – A&R
  • Adam Beyrer – engineer
  • Leslie Brathwaite – mixing
  • Foxy Brown – vocals
  • Josh "Redd" Burke – A&R
  • Kevin Cates – producer
  • Marcus Coleman – programming
  • Kevin Cossom – vocals (background), producer
  • Ben Diehl – engineer
  • Anthony Gallo – engineer
  • Tom Gardner – assistant engineer
  • Latonya Givens – vocals
  • Javon Greene – A&R
  • Jay Jones – bass
  • Terese Joseph – A&R
  • Justice League – producer
  • David Karmiol – guitar, talk box
  • K.C. – vocals
  • Kali Khaled – executive producer, A&R
  • Giancarlo Lino – mixing assistant
  • Ted Lucas – executive producer
  • Magazeen – vocals
  • Jonathan Mannion – photography
  • Deborah Mannis-Gardner – sample clearance
  • The Monarch – producer
  • Dave Pensado – mixing
  • Lasim Richards – trombone
  • Rashawn Ross – trumpet
  • Rick Ross – executive producer
  • The Runners – producer
  • TaVon Sampson – art direction, design
  • Ray Seay – mixing
  • Derrick Selby – engineer
  • Chris "Tricky" Stewart – producer
  • Shakir Stewart – executive producer
  • Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva – engineer, digital editing
  • Kris Yiengst – art coordinator, photo coordination

Charts performance

Album

Chart (2009)[16][17] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums 1
Billboard Top Canadian Albums 23

Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions
US US R&B US Rap
2009 "Magnificent"[18] 62 7 5
2009 "Maybach Music 2"[18] 92 56 —

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ Reid, Shaheem (2008-05-20). "Rick Ross Talks About Tiger Attack -- Seriously! -- On The Set Of His 'Here I Am' Video". MTV News. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. ^ Reid, Shaheem (2008-09-19). "Plies Readies His Second LP Of 2008; Rick Ross Works On Mixtape, Two New Albums". Mixtape Monday. MTV News. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  5. ^ a b c Reid, Shaheem (2009-03-18). "Rick Ross Album Preview: Deeper Than Rap Is 'The Best Music Of My Career'". MTV News. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  6. ^ Reid, Shaheem (2009-02-06). "Rick Ross Responds To 50 Cent's Taunts With 'Kiss My Pinky Ring'". MTV News. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  7. ^ Reid, Shaheem (2009-03-04). "Rick Ross Announces Mini-Tour, Deeper Than Rap Details". MTV News. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  8. ^ Reid, Shaheem (2009-04-07). "Rick Ross Is 'Competing For The Throne' With Deeper Than Rap". MTV News. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  9. ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1605493/20090220/50_cent.jhtml
  10. ^ [3]
  11. ^ http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/2009/07/how-idol-albums-have-fared-in-2009-sales.html
  12. ^ Jeffries, David (2009-04-21). "Deeper Than Rap > Review". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  13. ^ Fennessey, Sean (2009-04-21). "Rick Ross: "Deeper Than Rap"". Vibe. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  14. ^ Hoard, Christian (2009-04-27). "Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  15. ^ Caulfield, Keith (2009-04-29). "Rick Ross Debuts. sales". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  16. ^ "Artist Chart History - Rick Ross - Albums". Billboard. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  17. ^ "Deeper Than Rap > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  18. ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=690440&model.vnuAlbumId=1117688
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
May 9, 2009 		Succeeded by
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