Last week Rick Ross released the Mastermind track “Nobody” as a single, and Tom noted that French Montana’s hook repurposes the Notorious B.I.G.’s “You’re Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You),” sending Rozay’s already high “Biggie Smalls corpse-humpery levels”...

Right now, the whole major-label system is such a mess that even A-list rappers have a hell of a time putting out albums. But after months of non-starter first-single attempts and release-date push-backs, Rick Ross is finally ready to release Mastermind, his proper sixth album. We’ve already posted a few of its tracks: “The D...

“The Devil Is A Lie,” Rick Ross’s new Jay Z collab, is a harder and more anthemic song than either Ross or Jay has any business making at this late-career date. And last night, appearing on Jimmy Fallon’s newly reinvisioned Tonight Show, Ross really did look like the biggest rap star in the world (even [...]

Rick Ross’s Biggie Smalls corpse-humpery levels have always been strong, but they reach record levels with “Nobody,” a song from his new album Mastermind. The song is more or less a remake of “You’re Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You),” a classic from Biggie’s Life After Death, r...

It took Rick Ross a while to put together his new album Mastermind, and of all its prospective early singles, the only one that’s going to appear on the proper album is the hard-as-hell Jay Z collab “The Devil Is A Lie.” But the album is finally coming together, and it’s set to feature appearances [...]