Ross Just Solidified Himself As A Legend

[Ziggiy]

look fam...i didnt create this thread requesting a "bullshyt criteria for a hip-hop legend" handbook...

dude has been putting out hot music for 7 straight years, you cant name a wack release from dude....he's put out 8 straight dope projects

not to mention the caliber of music...this nikka in bringing in live orchestra's to make classics, then he gives you good trap shyt...

my grandkids are gonna be talking about the Maybach music series, there isnt any music in hip-hop on that level, directing cinematic ass shyt like that

Ross wont ever be irrelevant at this point, the music is too good...and Deeper Than Rap is a classic

 

[William Bassington]

go play all of these back to back...shyt is just that high caliber music

 

[LOUDaffair]

Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap (Lost Intro) OFFICIAL VIDEO - YouTube

i can keep going breh

Bruh when DTR dropped and that wont the intro I was shyt was PERFECT for that album and if Cigar Music closed it but DTR still classic.

GFID, Teflon Don and DTR are all classics to me and he got classic mixtapes...

nikkas be sleeping on Trilla too

 

[beenz]

He's having a hell of a run. I didn't fukk with him when hustlin dropped. I ain't start checking for him til Teflon don to be honest.

 

[Billy Ocean]

TS is going way too far talkin this "legend" shyt now but dudes have to just come to grips with that fact that Ross been killing the game for the past half decade. Dude can spit, has a great ear for beats, has been co-signed by damn near all the cats we show love to ( Nas, Rae, Jay, etc...), dropped dope albums, and has dropped classic songs ( imo Magnificent, Mafia Music, Stay Schemin...will be looked as classic, if not already). If he was to ever expand on his subject matter he will be a beast. As long as he can avoid a lyrical downfall that Wayne is experiencing, he should well be on his way to legend status.

 

[Ziggiy]

go play all of these back to back...shyt is just that high caliber music

I'm not listening to the same nikka spit pretty much the SAME thing back to back to back, hell GFID is pretty much the first Rick Ross album that I've enjoyed pretty much straight through without skipping. It's a very GOOD album from a very GOOD rapper but Legend? LEGEND!!??! nah bruh, not when Nas just dropped a TRUE classic last week after 21 years of relevancy. Not when Jay-Z and Andre 3000 (two ACTUAL legends) had the two most memorable verses on the album, and CERTAINLY not when most of his praise as a rapper comes from his incredible tonal for picking BEATS. Rick Ross isn't Kanye West, he doesn't get a pass for being a rapper/producer, he's strictly an MC, and as an MC it would be ludicrous to compare him to Nas, Jay, Common, Andre 3000, Scarface, etc. Rick Ross's albums display 0 growth, almost 0 substance, and great beats. That's not enough for legend status

 

[LOUDaffair]

I'm not listening to the same nikka spit pretty much the SAME thing back to back to back, hell GFID is pretty much the first Rick Ross album that I've enjoyed pretty much straight through without skipping. It's a very GOOD album from a very GOOD rapper but Legend? LEGEND!!??! nah bruh, not when Nas just dropped a TRUE classic last week after 21 years of relevancy. Not when Jay-Z and Andre 3000 (two ACTUAL legends) had the two most memorable verses on the album, and CERTAINLY not when most of his praise as a rapper comes from his incredible tonal for picking BEATS. Rick Ross isn't Kanye West, he doesn't get a pass for being a rapper/producer, he's strictly an MC, and as an MC it would be ludicrous to compare him to Nas, Jay, Common, Andre 3000, Scarface, etc. Rick Ross's albums display 0 growth, almost 0 substance, and great beats. That's not enough for legend status

From POM to Trilla to DTR none?

 

[502Nels]

 

[Broccoli Rob]

What classic song does he have?

Not a Ross fanatic, but I would say Hustlin and BMF are classics.

No?

 

[Professor Polo]

Not a Ross fanatic, but I would say Hustlin and BMF are classics.

No?

I think Hustlin is his only song you can maaaaaybe make an argument for...I think BMF is gonna go down is a trendy single with that Lex Luger sound, I don't think it will age well

 

[H.S.]

Droptops & Stacy Lattisaw Tapes: The Top 50 Rick Ross Songs Ever Recorded

 

[fundz]

we really gotta expain to y'all ross fans what it means to grow artisitically?

From POM to Trilla to DTR none?

All Eyez On Me to Makavelli

that's growth

even as a superthug/outlaw/gangsta rapper, there's obvious layers to the lyricism that instantly make you go "oh that's all eyez on me" pac, or that's "pac on some makavelli shyt"---i don't see any of that in ross' bars

mind you both albums dropped in the span of months

 

[William Bassington]

I'm not listening to the same nikka spit pretty much the SAME thing back to back to back, hell GFID is pretty much the first Rick Ross album that I've enjoyed pretty much straight through without skipping. It's a very GOOD album from a very GOOD rapper but Legend? LEGEND!!??! nah bruh, not when Nas just dropped a TRUE classic last week after 21 years of relevancy. Not when Jay-Z and Andre 3000 (two ACTUAL legends) had the two most memorable verses on the album, and CERTAINLY not when most of his praise as a rapper comes from his incredible tonal for picking BEATS. Rick Ross isn't Kanye West, he doesn't get a pass for being a rapper/producer, he's strictly an MC, and as an MC it would be ludicrous to compare him to Nas, Jay, Common, Andre 3000, Scarface, etc. Rick Ross's albums display 0 growth, almost 0 substance, and great beats. That's not enough for legend status

this last sentence is whats wrong wit hiphop...

youre just ignorant to the music...get outta here

 

[Theo Penn]

consistency

Port Of Miami - 4/5 (Hustlin is a classic, and that album had great production)
Trilla - 4/5 (had that miami sound, introduced Justice League & MM)
Deeper Than Rap - 4.5/5 (classic album, not perfect but had the classy sound)
Teflon Don - 4/5 (His most 'mainstream' album, still a great body of work)
GFID - 4.5/5 (most soulful album yet, high production value, great)

you cant name too many rappers that have dropped 5 straight dope albums. Not to mention the mixtapes he's released.

Albert Anastasia
Ashes To Ashes
Rich Forever

then you factor in the MMG releases....dude is a legend at this point, now he'll just be climbing the ranks the rest of his career

Trill ass thread, playboi.

 

[spliz]

I don't think Curren$y ever dropped a weak album...Pilot Talk 1 and 2...TANM...Covert Coupe and The Stoned Immaculate are just as good if not better than any Ross album imo...that nikka is a legend too..fukk it...