Ross released the street track, titled "Kiss My Pinky Ring Curly", which was intended to attack towards a fellow rapper 50 Cent. In July 2008, during the album's development, the controversy arose over some photographs leaked of Ross (real name William Roberts), which was taken during his career as a correctional officer. In addition to this album, Ross also has been working through his several mixtapes, freestyle tracks, and his upcoming collaboration with a fellow rapper Birdman, titled The H. In May 2008, Rick Ross announced his plans to begin recording his third album, titled Deeper Than Rap. As of August 2010, the album has sold 439,000 copies in the United States.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 158,000 copies its first week in the United States. It was supported by three singles: " Magnificent" featuring John Legend, " Maybach Music 2" featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and T-Pain, and "All I Really Want" featuring The-Dream alongside the promotional single "Mafia Music".ĭeeper Than Rap received generally positive reviews from music critics. During the album's development, some controversy arose over the releasing of photos, showing Ross working as a correctional officer during his ongoing feud with a fellow rapper 50 Cent. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009, while the additional productions was handled by The Inkredibles, The Runners, DJ Toomp and Drumma Boy as well as guest appearances from Nas, Avery Storm, Foxy Brown and Ne-Yo, among others. It was released on April 21, 2009, by his record label Maybach Music Group and Slip-n-Slide Records distributed by Def Jam Recordings. (featuring Jazmine Sullivan and 21 Savage)Deeper Than Rap is the third studio album by American rapper Rick Ross. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (featuring Kanye West, T-Pain and Lil Wayne) Singles As lead artist List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Mixtapes List of mixtapes, with year released Soundtrack albums List of albums, with year releasedĮxtended plays List of mixtapes, with year released "-" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. "-" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.Ĭompilation albums List of albums, with selected chart positions The latter peaked at number 10 on the Hot 100, becoming Ross' most successful song to date, and was also nominated at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.Īlbums Studio albums List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Ross has also appeared on many other artist's singles and tracks, including " All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled also featuring Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and T-Pain, and " I'm On One" also by Khaled featuring Drake and Lil Wayne. On July 20, 2010, Ross released his fourth studio album, Teflon Don, which includes the hit single, " Aston Martin Music", which features Drake and Chrisette Michele. Deeper Than Rap included the singles " Magnificent", which features John Legend, and " Maybach Music 2" featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and T-Pain. Ross's third studio album, Deeper Than Rap was released on April 21, 2009. Ross's second album, Trilla was released in 2008, which spawned the singles, " The Boss" which features T-Pain and " Here I Am" which features Nelly and Avery Storm. Ross's debut album, Port of Miami, was released in 2006, which features the singles, " Hustlin'" and " Push It". The discography of Rick Ross, an American rapper, consists of ten studio albums, one compilation album, 145 singles (including 100 as a featured artist), one soundtrack, and 40 music videos.