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Deeper Than Rap
Rick Ross · 2009
Deeper Than Rap is a 2009 hip-hop album defined by its use of soul and jazz-funk samples, its assertions of status and authority, and its unresolved tension between autobiography and fabrication.
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Port of Miami
Rick Ross · 2006
Port of Miami is a debut album that treats Miami as infrastructure — not atmosphere, not character, but a node in a supply chain. Its sound is monolithic: engineered for repetition, built on one unvarnished sample, and delivered with zero tonal deviation. It landed because it refused ambiguity.