Deeper Than Rap

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Deeper Than Rap
Studio album by Rick Ross

Publication
(s)

2009

Label (s) Maybach Music Group / Slip-n-Slide Records / Def Jam Recordings

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

14th

running time

57:57

production

JUSTICE League, The Inkredibles, The Runners u. a.

chronology
Trilla
(2008) 		Deeper Than Rap Teflon Don
(2010)

Deeper Than Rap is the third solo album by the American rapper Rick Ross . It was released on April 21, 2009 on the Maybach Music Group, founded by Ross', as well as on Slip-n-Slide Records and Def Jam Recordings . Deeper Than Rap reached number 1 on the US album charts. The songs Magnificent and Maybach Music 2 were released as singles.

Track list

  1. Mafia Music - 4:16
  2. Maybach Music 2 ( feat.Kanye West , T-Pain and Lil Wayne ) - 4:59
  3. Magnificent (feat. John Legend) - 4:17
  4. Yacht Club (feat. Magazeen) - 5:14
  5. Usual Suspects (feat. Nas and Kevin Cossom) - 5:14
  6. All I Really Want (feat. The-Dream) - 4:16
  7. Rich off Cocaine ( feat.Avery Storm ) - 4:25
  8. Lay Back (feat. Robin Thicke ) - 4:02
  9. Murda Mami ( feat.Foxy Brown and Magazeen) - 3:34
  10. Gunplay (feat. Gunplay) - 3:34
  11. Bossy Lady (feat. Ne-Yo ) - 3:53
  12. Face (feat. Trina ) - 3:14
  13. Valley of Death - 3:54
  14. In Cold Blood - 3:05

Bonus tracks on iTunes

reception

criticism

Deeper Than Rap received only two out of five possible evaluation points from the editors of the Laut.de e-zine . The editor Dani Fromm was very disappointed with Ross' third album. Especially after the good ratings for the albums Port of Miami and Trilla , Deeper Than Rap could not live up to expectations. Above all, Fromm criticizes the productions of the songs, which seem half-baked and boring. Without the right instrumentation, the " technical poverty of the simplest end rhymes " and the superficial themes of the album become clear. Positive exceptions are the hookline to Usual Suspects and the pieces Face and In Cold Blood .

success

The album was sold 158,000 times in the first week, which it could reach # 1 on the US album charts. This makes Deeper Than Rap the third album by Rick Ross in a row that was able to place at the top of the charts. In the second week of sales, 51,000 units were sold, so that the sound carrier fell to number four on the album charts.

The single Magnificent reached position 62 on the US singles chart. Maybach Music 2 came in 92nd.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laut.de: My house, my car, my boat. Bugger me. Retrieved December 18, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Billboard.com: Rick Ross Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 For Third Time. Retrieved December 18, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Billboard.com: Bob Dylan Bow's Atop Billboard 200 (English). Retrieved December 18, 2010 .
  4. ^ Billboard.com: Rick Ross - Chart History. Retrieved December 19, 2010 .