Hurricanes by Rick Ross

Author:Rick Ross
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Published: 2019-06-18T13:53:34+00:00

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While the runaway success of ‘Hustlin’’ could have positioned Ross for one-hit-wonder status, he confidently sidesteps this fate by delivering the goods on Port of Miami. With a cohesive sound the city can call its own, the bearded rapper gets the release he needs by exposing the dark side of the Sunshine State.

—XXL

A blustery hip-hop antihero, barrel-size Miami rapper Rick Ross used his molasses-thick voice to tackle basically a single subject: cocaine. On Port of Miami, Ross turns the minute details of drug distribution and dealing into ominous, slow-rolling songs, like the hypnotic, organ-driven hit single ‘Hustlin’’ and the Scarface-goes-South Beach stomp of ‘Cross that Line.’ In general, the whole ‘crack rap’ trend is a disheartening one, but Ross’ pulpy debut manages to enthrall despite the drug-centric lyrics.

—Entertainment Weekly

Bolstered by the hit single ‘Hustlin’,’ Miami rapper Rick Ross’ debut album Port of Miami bows at the top of The Billboard 200. The Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam effort sold 187,000 copies in the United States last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Port of Miami also crowns the Top Rap Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tallies.

—Billboard

Jay-Z called after the numbers came in. “Hustlin’” had already been certified platinum earlier that summer, in what was the first time an artist sold more than a million singles prior to releasing a debut album. Now I had the number one album in the country. Port of Miami had sold 187,000 copies in its first week.

“It’s a 187, nigga!” Jay-Z shouted. “We killin’ ’em!”

Jay-Z and I got to celebrate properly a few weeks later at the MTV Video Music Awards. He had his own personal runner bringing us glasses of Ace of Spades to our seats at Radio City Music Hall. As we toasted to Port of Miami’s success, Ludacris and Pharrell performed “Money Maker” on the stage in front of us. In that moment I realized how much of a gap there was in my success and Jay-Z’s. Jay was relaxed. He was enjoying the award show and his bottle of champagne. I was enjoying myself too but that fear was still inside me. Jay-Z could never rap another bar for the rest of his life and he’d be straight. I wasn’t there yet. I still had a lot further that I needed to go.

When Port of Miami went Gold in November I finally gave myself a moment to reset. It had been a full year of nonstop touring, recording and promoting my album. Weeks before I recorded “Hustlin’,” my girlfriend Tia had given birth to our son William Leonard Roberts III. Lil Will. I was there for the delivery but I hadn’t spent enough time with him since. I needed to fix that.

I was blessed to be a father again. Toie was the apple of my eye but I’d always wanted a son too. My relationship with Tia was a little more complicated. Tia and I had a good thing going for a while. If I was Biggie she most definitely resembled a young Faith Evans.

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