Remember how intimidating Rick Ross looked when he first came out?

[Farrinto]

I liked Ross' music when he came out but the minute I read XXL and saw him say "I need at least 10 million dollars a year JUST TO FUNCTION, and you know it ain't from rap" I knew he was a straight up fraud. Didn't even need to see the police shyt.....That was just a flat out absurd statement. He still makes good music tho but yeah I've never seen someone fraud on that level.

 

[Red Money]

2008 he became over the top... it became funny. But he also became a better rapper on trilla so he was more than antics.

 

[Reptile]

Hoe ass nikka thread

 

[DontEemTry]

He's a great example of perfectly crafting and executing a persona. shyt, I can't think of anyone else who did it as well as he did other than Pac.

 

[old pig]

hilarious thread.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Always thought he was a big fat phoney

 

[NormanConnors]

Ross wasn't fooling shyt or menacing to us older cats, he straight rebranded himself stealing someone's name

 

[MasterThought]

Good thing rap music is "just entertainment" like The Terminator movies or else Rick Ross career would've been OVER after being exposed as a CO

 

[MasterThought]

And how OP get away with associating being scary with being dark skin


How he ain't get checked for that??!!

 

[Ineedmoney504]

And the scariest looking rapper is bushwick bill

Billshyt. I woulda kicked that lil nikka across the room lol

 

[Mac Ten]

Ross looked like a swagged out Fat Albert when he was out...


It's good that he lost weight, now he won't suffer like Pun, Markie, and Doctor Dre.

 

[Mastamimd]

And how OP get away with associating being scary with being dark skin


How he ain't get checked for that??!!

He's been getting checked for a lot of shyt since, including pedophilic remarks, hence the banning. But yeah it's odd how he ain't get checked for that in here

 

[murksiderock]

They finally got OP up out here this dude said he saw a dark skin fat brother and was afraid

To the topic older cats knew instantly fam was putting on when he first popped with Hustlin. And it became clear soon after that, during the Trilla press run, that he definitely mastered the entertainment art of living a persona...

That said, I've always said this. You don't hear cats from Miami/SoFla really shyt on him. One or two dudes but that was it. The people I met in passing from there all said he was in the mix, Booby Boy affiliated, he got his hands dirty dealing work. Everybody know he wasn't no kingpin but everybody I met said he got his hands dirty, and dudes who rap from there don't really shyt on him either. His story reminds me of the Clipse...

Ross is clearly a guy who wasnt really a heavyweight like that bit bought into his own hype when he git dirty, he gassed himself...

El Dorado Red, Shawty LO, Gucci Mane, Jeezy, Master P, Scarface, Bun B, Slim Thug, Twista, Young Scooter, Rich Boy, Lil Flip

pretty much all rapping ex-dopeboys.

Gucci was not a dopeboy. When I was a kid I thought Face was the most gangsta nikka ever then got older and heard Willie was the real g and Brad was more of a sideline, be-around, know some people type brother, more than a dude who was actually getting dirty himself...

Lo, Jeezy, and P are well verified as having made real money off dope...

I dont know nothing bout the rest of them dudes you listed...

Ross is one of the few artists who can say they've released ALMOST classic material several times

His first album, Teflon Don, and maybe GFID all could've been classics but they just weren't for various reasons

Teflon Don especially

Nah Ross has a number of classics, I'm bout to get on my shyt. Ross is a GOAT, he is criminally underrated, his work shyts on most dudes and should easily be considered Top 25 All-Timer. His work is legitimate...

 

[Mindfield333]

El Dorado Red, Shawty LO, Gucci Mane, Jeezy, Master P, Scarface, Bun B, Slim Thug, Twista, Young Scooter, Rich Boy, Lil Flip

pretty much all rapping ex-dopeboys.

You sure about bun? There was a poster on here that’s pretty much a Texas rap historian. Can’t remember his name tho

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

And how OP get away with associating being scary with being dark skin


How he ain't get checked for that??!!

He used to claim to be a lawyer. Was obsessed with light skin Black women and said he looked mixed

Was a flat earther conspiracy clown. He had a lot of red flags.