Mastermind (album)

chronology
Mastermind
Studio album by Rick Ross
Publication ; (s)	2014
Label (s)	Maybach Music, Slip-n-Slide Records and Def Jam Recordings
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
running time	61:58

Mastermind is the sixth album by the American rapper Rick Ross . It was released on March 3, 2014 on the labels Maybach Music , Slip-n-Slide Records and Def Jam Recordings . As the rapper's sixth album, Mastermind reached number 1 on the US Billboard 200 .

Track list

Rick ross

Intro - 1:01
Rich Is Gangsta - 3:16
Drug Dealer's Dream - 4:02
Shots Fired - 0:53
Nobody (feat. French Montana) - 4:41
The Devil Is a Lie (feat.Jay-Z) - 5:10
Mafia Music III (feat.Sizzla and Mavado) - 5:07
War Ready (feat.Jeezy) - 7:03
What a Shame (feat. French Montana) - 2:14
Supreme - 3:37
BLK & WHT - 3:59
Dope Bitch (Skit) - 2:53
In Vein (feat. The Weeknd) - 4:21
Sanctified (feat. Kanye West and Big Sean) - 4:49
Walkin 'on Air (feat.Meek Mill) - 4:28
Thug Cry (feat.Lil Wayne) - 4:25
Blessing in Disguise (feat. Scarface and Z-Ro) (Deluxe Edition bonus title) - 4:56
Paradise Lost (Deluxe Edition Bonus Title) - 4:58
You Know I Got It (Reprise) (Deluxe Edition Bonus Title) - 4:39

reception

success

Mastermind debuted at number 1 on the album charts in the United States . It is the fifth album release by Ross to reach the top position. 179,215 units of the sound carrier were sold in the first week. The second week of sales ended with 49,000 units sold and an associated chart placement at number 3. In the United Kingdom, the release also positioned itself at number 11 in the album charts. In addition, with Mastermind , an album by Rick Ross entered the German album charts for the first time. Rank 89 could be achieved there.

criticism

Aria Nejati from Hiphop.de praised Mastermind as " perhaps Rick Ross' best album ". You have to be " receptive to Ross' s way " because he offers " thematically exactly what you expect from him, what he can do and what you can chalk up ". Particularly noteworthy is Sanctified with Kanye West , on which " a gospel intro leads to a dark striphymn ". Remember " an elaborated version of the Yeezus concept, which now works in this form on normal rap albums ".

The e-zine Laut.de rated Mastermind with four out of a possible five rating points. Editor David Maurer explained that if the listener could get involved, “ switch off his brain as far as possible and only listen to the fat sounds from the speakers ”, enthused Rick Ross “ in all his simplicity even in the sixth attempt ”. " Sophisticated storytelling " is not one of the rapper's strengths. In Devil Is A Lie, for example, Ross tells “ not a tricky story about rise and fall, about loyalty and deceit ”, but rather takes the listener “ into his aloof bigwig empire of cocaine, money, power and luxury cars ”. The only exception is the piece Nobody , in which the rapper processes a failed assassination attempt against him from January 2013. The productions of Blk & Wht and What A Shame are described by Maurer as " mighty beats " that represent the " ideal basis for [Ross'] voluminous, accustomed hoarse organ ".

Individual evidence

^ The Breakfast Club Radio: Rick Ross Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1. Retrieved December 30, 2014 .
↑ Hiphopdx.com: Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 3/9/2014. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 13, 2014 ; Retrieved June 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Hiphopdx.com: Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 3/16/2014. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 19, 2014 ; Retrieved June 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Officialcharts.com: Rick Ross. Retrieved June 20, 2014 .
↑ Officialcharts.de: Rick Ross, Mastermind. Retrieved June 20, 2014 .
↑ Aria Nejati: Rick Ross - Mastermind (Review). Hiphop.de, accessed on June 20, 2014 .
↑ Laut.de: Rozay is buying your life. Retrieved June 20, 2014 .

[1] The Breakfast Club Radio: Rick Ross Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1. Retrieved December 30, 2014 .

[2] Hiphopdx.com: Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 3/9/2014. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 13, 2014 ; Retrieved June 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Hiphopdx.com: Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 3/16/2014. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 19, 2014 ; Retrieved June 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[4] Officialcharts.com: Rick Ross. Retrieved June 20, 2014 .

[5] Officialcharts.de: Rick Ross, Mastermind. Retrieved June 20, 2014 .

[6] Aria Nejati: Rick Ross - Mastermind (Review). Hiphop.de, accessed on June 20, 2014 .

[7] Laut.de: Rozay is buying your life. Retrieved June 20, 2014 .