Black Market (Rick Ross album)

Black Market
Studio album by Rick Ross
Publication (s)	2015
Label (s)	Maybach Music, Slip-n-Slide Records and Def Jam Recordings
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	14th
running time	60:16
chronology Hood Billionaire (2014) Black Market Rather You Than Me (2017)

Black Market is the eighth album by American rapper Rick Ross . It was released on December 4, 2015 on the labels Maybach Music , Slip-n-Slide Records and Def Jam Recordings .

Track list

1. Free Enterprise (feat.John Legend ) - 4:19
2. Smile Mama, Smile ( feat.CeeLo Green ) - 4:01
3. One of Us (feat. Nas ) - 3:13
4. Silk Road - 4:21
5. Color Money - 3:06
6. Dope Dick - 4:44
7. Crocodile Python - 4:40
8. Ghostwriter - 4:27
9. Black Opium (feat.DJ Premier ) - 3:55
10. Can't Say No ( feat.Mariah Carey ) - 3:30
11. Peace Sign - 4:50
12. Very Best (feat.Mary J. Blige ) - 4:56
13. Sorry (feat. Chris Brown ) - 5:30
14. DOPE (feat. Future ) - 4:44

reception

Charts

Black Market debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard 200 . In the first week, 54,000 copies of the album were sold.

criticism

The e-zine Laut.de rated Black Market with four out of a possible five points. From the perspective of the editor Stefan Johannesberg there had Rick Ross " brought to seasoned artist who now is the only on Biggie level rap, entertainment, politics and street voices and with great eloquence " converting. The first nine pieces “ contain classic material. "So Ross think about in One of Us " in terms of rhymes and socially critical statement with a usual superb Nas with. “On the other hand, Black Market “ loses tempo and class in the final third with four completely unsuitable songs. “Up to this point, the album is on the level of Ready to Die , The Blueprint or Supreme Clientle .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Billboard.com: Adele's '25' Rules for Third Week at No. 1, Coldplay Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200. Retrieved December 21, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Laut.de: Over long stretches at classic level. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .