While speaking with V-103’s Greg Street, Miami rapper Rick Ross revealed that he’s hoping to take his next album God Forgives, I Don’t to another level with production from Dr. Dre, Pharrell Williams, and other noted producers.
The rapper explained that with this new album he’s really hoping to bring more options to the table for his fans.
“I just wanted to go somewhere, just you know, to that next level,” Ross explained in a video captured by Quad Nation TV. “I got to work with some producers such as Dr. Dre. Other producers such as Pharrell…So it’s just been all about me just spending more time than I usually would just to make sure I get something that the people will really love and appreciate. And really just bring different types of records to the table.”
Later in the interview when asked what his biggest accomplishment has been so far at Maybach Music Group, Ross spoke on being inspired by Meek Mill’s career and how far the rapper’s come in such a short period of time.
“It ain’t just about the paper. It’s just about being in position,” said Ross. “Seeing Meek Mill come straight out the joint and now he riding big and that’s before his album even came out. It just let me know as an executive I can make those things happen. That’s what inspire me.”
Despite delays God Forgives, I Don’t is still expected to be released sometime this year.
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wow. you can really tell the marketing counteraction thats going on here. One story ‘s saying he is possibly sick. another is talking about his album and how better its going to be than the last one. “the Business” cares about no one. they’s prob. would like it if he was dead, so they could make more money, cause they know Ross is totally replaceable. a damn shame.
Conspiracy on Ross. Wouldn’t doubt that. Becides his whole image is made up anyway.
C’mon Rozay go ahead & drop dat heat already!!!!
He need to worry about taking his gym game to the next level. Dudes health is a problem
Ross is garbage. Save that studio time for real emcees.
ROSS IS A REAL MC THE NEW BIGGIE IS WHAT TIMBO SAID
How would Timbo know he never worked with Biggie
You are a dumbass. Ross ain’t a real MC, he’s a fake rapper. He’s nowhere near Biggie’s level.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR. ALREADY.
dick riding. ALREADY
oh shit rozay is gonna be named meek and rap like a skinny nigga from philly ridin atvs and cut his beard and grow sum waves i cant wait ross i love how he just keeps it REAL
you ment MEEK he goes by that ORIGINAL name now
Ross is a great executive. Meek Mill and Wale are getting great pushes; Stalley is really buzzing and flexing on an underground level. You can tell niggas work over there.
if you put a salad in front of ross he’d sit there scratching his head for an hour straight
LMFAO!!!
I am not surprised rick ross became big he knew how to market himself and make himself bigger he studied it even though i don’t like him
nigga kinda look like a fat bald jamie foxx in that pic at top
Dude is over rated. Production is what makes him.
truth, Rozay knows it best thats why despite th fact he alwasy got crazy production and collabos, he STILL lookin for more…jus sad, why dont u jus step your lyrics up, maybe stop talkin bout how much money u got and maybachs its 90% of his album
Yeah you is right.The beats make his albums hot.He couldn’t survive the game without hot beats.
Whats he gonna do actually rap!?
he’ll rap well when he drops 350 pounds. we both know the high chance of either of those things happening
First time i ever seen a nigga so happy to work with a producer
Regardless of what you say about that man he does put people on. He puts people on his mixtapes & he shows love to any artist that he can. He seems to actually keep it humble. He’s not always the best lyricist but he knows what to do w/a track. It’s not just the beats b/c he didn’t always have beats. Yayo can’t do what Ross can do on a track. Ross has established himself with Hip Hop. To deny him that is ignorant. If you dislike his music that’s your right. His grind is another story though.
Bullshit
Bullshit nigga.everything you said is a lie
Ya for real dude thats why Rick false cant sell over 200k while Yayo has. SMH sit down stan.
not even a Ross fan and I agree with this guy. Ross has an ear for beats and he grinds a lot.. bunch of music videos, connections & promotion. and even sometimes his flow is on point he raps like any shitty rapper but sells 10x more than any of em(at least he’s only doing gold tho)
haters can’t stand hearing anything positive about this nigga, gets their blood level too high
Yayo dropped his album when album sales were stronger and he sold all those units purely off the back of G-Unit’s success, I would loved to have seen him try and make it on his own.
that mixtape WAS the album
thats exactly what I heard. The label didnt accept the project as the album so he changed it to a mixtape.
that makes sense.
Rich Forever was a load of throwaway tracks to build hype for GFID. People like Just Blaze, Alchemist & Jay-Z were confirmed for his album well before Rich Forever came out and they weren’t present on that so that blows your bullshit theory out of the water. I don’t like Ross either but c’mon man.
not true jay-z was confirmed when the album had a release date it was suppose to be one of the last tracks to be recorded this was when the wtt tour was just about to end.
its gonna flop his numbers dont lie a EPIC flop even worse than the red album BOOK IT!!!
wow DR.DRE? hey mr. dre a real artist who goes by AZ is waiting to finish his album, doe or die 2, for you, and your wasting ur time on this fat clown……well fat joe this is a super duper sad day in hip hop, i cant believe this shit
thats cuz despite all the tough talk towards Jeezy this nigga aint have one album thats come close to Jeezy lol
Jeezy 2 platinum albums 2 gold, Rowss – 4 gold albums
u mad? lol
It doesn’t matter who’s producing the album or how many collabos there are, it’ll still be the same album as the last four, musically, lyrically, and content-wise. The only thing Ross talks about is money, drugs, and bitches like every other rapper out there and uses the same boring-ass flow over and over again. God Forgives, I Don’t will be just another weed plate like Teflon Don, Deeper Than Rap, Trilla, Port of Miami, and every mixtape by Rick Ross.
The point is, Ross sucks as a rapper, he’s overhyped and overrated, and people are stupid if they think otherwise.
Same old soup just reheated over.
Give us some flavorful and exuberant wordplay finally and we’ll give you credit, fat guy.
This dude is an industry created joke. He’s doing his thing but damn…
And that Rich Forever mixtape/album was a gatdamn joke. Shit was terrible as hell.
Hip Hop ain’t all about wordplay, that’s just your taste, some people like someone who can tell a good story, or has an interesting personality, or has a dope flow. Not saying Ross has any of that but don’t be so single minded just because you love Eminem so much.
lol nothin but hate for ross, read the comments…make me laugh how yall hate on his
success.
man… yoou know you hoy if u got radio spinnin your mixtape sht
Learn how to spell next time, you illiterate dickrider.
and what does my misspelling have to do with anything i said?
like yo, this site needs a log-in system… people like you are what ruins this site…
Honestly, the only way he is selling crazy albums if he buys them himself like Wayne did.
Any proof wayne bought his CDs? If u dont have any, STFU and eat a dick. U old ass hating faggot
it’s true u dickhead.
Get raped by ur father u bastard
Rick ross music makes me wont kick babys
I mean not really. Neither Dre nor Pharrell are putting out heat right now. Maybe 10 years ago, sure. But not now. But it will take your BUDGET to the next level lol
Pharrell has never stopped dropping heat. How many wack Neptunes beats do you hear? Not many.
Lol Pharrell has been one of the most prolific producers of the last 10 years.
This nigga Dre is a fucking bitch for that shit… Dre producing hits for Ross but won’t even give Eminem a beat for his album with Royce..
Who says they wanted one?
I don’t care if God produced Ricky’s next album, it would just make me turn atheist. lol
this gotta be a joke, I can’t see Dr. Dre doing a beat for him, Interscope Records wouldn’t have that. Maybe he worked with one of the “co-producers” of Dre’s
After all that trash 50 talked about them, they’ll probably work with anyone. After all, that’s what the big labels do.
After all that trash 50 talked about them and Dre, they’ll probably work with anyone. After all, that’s what the big labels do.
Ross has an ear for beats. This should be good.
Your beats are dope already. Go and get someone to help you with your fucking writing instead. I aint saying Ross is a bad lyricist, but his subject matters revolve around: Food, watches, glasses, money, pushing coke. Motherfucker, expand your fucking views. Youre 36 years old, dont you have ANYTHING other than that to talk about?
Why you need Dr Dre his sound didnt change since 1999.
isn’t that why he is one of the best ?
Should be interesting who sells more between 50 and Ross this year, 50 has got all his die hard dickriders and Ross has the mainstream. Too bad neither of them can actually rap.
Its funny that people on here will ask Ross to expand his lyrical content but will listen to mind numbing rappers like Tity Boi Two Chains Cornball. I liked Ross for his production earlier with the J.U.S.T.I.C.E League Cool & Dre but lately everything sounds Lex Luger like and he needs to get back to the earlier sound or cover new ground. Ross may not be ever able to jump in anyones lyrical cypher lol but his production is top notch, he has delivery and a strong presence on the mic. For example what if Nas rapped on a top notch beat like “Maybach Music” or if Nas had beats like Jay’s “Public Announcement” Rick Ross clearly gets it when it comes to production and that goes back to him being around someone like Erick Sermon (EPMD) Ross get on a beat like EPMD “So What Youre Saying” It will be interesting to see what Dr Dre and Pharrell brings to the table. Last Note Rick Ross please change the name of your Album. “God Forgives I Dont” makes it sounds like you think you are as big as GOD and with the way you have been blessed with a successful career and with your recent health issues you should be thanking GOD. You should be thanking GOD for forgiving your sins and keeping you alive although you clearly dont live a healthy lifestyle with all the non-stop parties, women, blunts, liquor etc. If you are gonna try to follow the Jay-Z path to wealth by staying busy in music you are gonna have to change your life.
Who are you, his preacher?
i like your talk about how rick ross should change the album name cuz no one is like god. i know u aint preaching but ur saying the truth. it hurts how ppl straight away think ur too religious but this is the world right now, unfortunately. full of decay in societal terms but ofc its not all gloomy, i love rick ross’s production and i love hip hop in general. lets hope rick releases an instant classic. P.S. the blueprint 1 by jay-z may be the most consistant hip hop album ive ever heard. just finished listening to it for the second time. strange of me to listen to it only twice now lol. okay i’ve talked for too long, peace!
his always using other people to build his hype up
if your the greatest you dont need no one else
PEOPLE STILL LISTEN TO THIS LAME, I AINT HEARD SHIT FROM HIM SINCE ABOUT 07, JUST ANOTHER GIMMICK RAPPER TALKING BULLSHIT TO UNDERAGE KIDS WHO THINKS ITS COOL.
lol selfmade my ass
yall dumb mofos ross is luvin u all talkin bout his upcomin album, so keep hatein while hes stackin benjamins hahahaha
Fuck u talk some shit!!!!
Fuck Dre. How are you gonna produce for Officer Ricky and not 50. Fuck them whack headphones too. Sync headphones are waaaay better
One of the biggest frauds in the history of Hip Hop.
nigga your 40 YEARS OLD!!!!!
its gonna be some random dre beat piano loop baseline you know the deal nothing epic
exactly….all Dre’s beats are simple loops. It kills me that he has to get someone to actually make the beat for him.
Rick Ross reminds me of Lil Wayne….A bunch of hype over nothing.
ross is a manufactured gangster…only people in the burbs listen to dude because they say “hey, he lied about his past so there has to be hope for me…lol”…at this point dude cant rap about his life because he was a middle class dude with a college scholarship and was a cop….smh…dude seems to hate his past but its a great thing that he and his family was successful…smh
to what next level is he gonna start rapping about double big macs over regular big macs. its fucked because he actually believes the shit he says. has he ever made an album where it was just him rather than a shitload of features. you wanna go to the next level you do that shit by yourself and not getting hype using other peoples names
Dude needs to make a “Churches Chicken” record.
ROZAY IS THE MAN FUCKED THE OTHER HATERS #GOD FORGIVES I DON”T
Officer Ricky’s ear for beats is amazing. He knows what he can body. Lyrically he is limited, and that often makes him come out as a “brag rapper” instead of a MC. Dre should get back to 50 instead
How is Ross limited. You clearly don’t listening to the music!