Port Of Miami

Rick Ross | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: August 8, 2006
• Release Date: August 8, 2006
• Label: IDJ / Slip N Slide
• Copyright: (C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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• Total Length: 1:17:16
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• ASIN: B000W0X92Y
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,392 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Far too reptitious for me.., October 24, 2006

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Pablo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Port of Miami (Audio CD)

I wanted to like this release. Some people may complain about the emergence of rappers whose only subject matter consists of cooking, chopping, and selling cocaine; I don't find it too troublesome. In fact, this crack-rap is more appealing to me than the likes of the bling-bling rappers who only talk about how their 'chain hangs low.' Yeah, these guys are glorifying horrible things, and never expose the consequences; yeah, these guys are also materialistic. At the same time, rhyming about coke can get tedious, but as long as it's done with style, it can never get old. Just look at Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... - that album was based around the drug-trade, and it managed to be one of the greatest hip-hop releases of any era.

Unfortunately for Rick Ross, where Raekwon and Ghostface were able to succeed with that classic album is an area Rick certainly can't touch; lyricism. Rae and Ghost had tight rhymes, and their views were far less linear than Rosses. They exposed the penalties of the dope game, even more so than they glamorized the lifestyle; for Rick Ross, it's all fun and games. Now, we all know Rosses story; he's a former crack peddler. He knows the ires of the trade from personal experience, so why does he have such a one-dimensional way of expressing his past?

Where Young Jeezy succeeded last year, Rick Ross fails. Jeezy at least has an undeniable charisma in his style; Ross seems to drone on, and on. Jeezy also at least switched up his adlibs; yeah, they got annoying, but not nearly as much as Ross says his own name, or the title of the song. I can't even remember anything from White House, because out of a four-minute song, Ross repeated the name of the track for nearly three minutes of the song. When he's not going along with his repetitious acts, his rhyming skills are average at best; and quite often, below average. He's not anymore complex as a lyricist than another rapper who shouts his name all the time(Who?), and he's got even less of said rapper's quirky charm.

I've read that Ross has been in the game for about a decade, but he still raps like a complete rookie. There's some hot production on here, yeah, especially on the "Hustlin'" single, and that's why I've given this album two stars instead of one. At the same time, Ross is clearly green, and needs much more seasoning. Could he get better with time? Of course. He has potential, he just needs to tap into it. He doesn't neccessarily need to expand his subject matter too much, but it'd be nice if he could get out some introspective tracks amongst the coke ordeals. Also, he needs to delve deeper into exposing the dope game, and reveal more of its ills than the glamor. Hustling maybe required for some people just to live, but no one wants to hustle forever; and no one wants to listen to someone rapping about one-sided hustling forever, either.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rap has officially DIED, September 1, 2006

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Jason Terrence-Darren Lee Jr. (Pullman, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Port of Miami (Audio CD)

Rick Ross's album has officially showed me that the genre "rap" is officially dead. This guy claims that Notorious B.I.G., Tupac and Ice Cube inspired him to become a rapper. Well, from listening to his garbage of an album, you wouldn't think so. Now, I don't want to sound too negative, but I can't help but be negative when I listen to this LP. "Port of Miami" is just like any modern "rap" album. All the lyrics are about cars, bitches, alcohol and drugs, and all of the lyrics sound like some six year old kid could have wrote. Jay - Z was noted to have discovered Rick Ross. I must say that I have lost a little respect from Jay - Z for bringing this crap into the public. While respected artists like Notorious B.I.G., Tupac and Nas tried hard to make people understand and appreciate black culture, Rick Ross has spitted in all of their faces and adds his name on a list of other artists that cripple and reinforce negative stereotypes of black people today. You should be ashamed of yourself Rick Ross. You have shown the world that it's okay to stereotype your people as drug dealers who don't respect women and who would rather have nice rims on your car then pay your child support. Lady's and gentlemen, rap is dead.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Biting what's currently hot........, August 24, 2006

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Solty (Louisville, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Port of Miami (Audio CD)

Hmmmm....a Miami guy saying "I'm a Boss" in a Texas accent biting off Slim Thug, the real boss. Hmmmm....calling your click "Triple C Mafia".....sounds kind of like Triple 6 Mafia. Hmmmm.....your name is Rick Ross....sounds kind of like the old school producer Rick Rock. Hmmmm......rappin with the same voice and same subject matter (pushin coke) as another artist, Young Jeezy. This is a perfect example of what you call a cookie cutter MC. I give this guy another year before he drops off the map. I gave two stars because at least the beats on this album are super hot. It's just a shame a cookie cutter MC had to rhyme over them.