Fri 6 Jan 2012
Rick Ross starts off 2012 with a major bang, delivering the much-anticipated Rich Forever mixtape. The precursor to his fifth studio album, God Forgives, I Don’t, boasts an all-star lineup that includes Drake, Nas, Diddy, Pharrell, Kelly Rowland, John Legend, French Montana, Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley and Birdman. Providing the sounds Ross’ assembles J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Boi-1da, Lex Luger, Arthur McArthur, and more on the DJ Scream and Shaheem Reid-hosted project.
Tracklisting, stream and download link all available after the jump….
Rick Ross – Rich Forever (Tracklisting):
01. Rick Ross – Holy Ghost (Feat. Diddy)
02. Rick Ross – High Definition [Prod. By Saint Denson]
03. Rick Ross – MMG Untouchable [Prod. By Arthur McArthur]
04. Rick Ross – Yella Diamonds [Prod. By Beat Billionaire]
05. Rick Ross – F*ck Em (Feat. 2 Chainz & Wale) [Prod. By Academy Productionz]
06. Rick Ross – London Skit
07. Rick Ross – Rich Forever (Feat. John Legend) [Prod. By DVLP]
08. Rick Ross – Triple Beam Dreams (Feat. Nas) [Prod. By Justice League]
09. Rick Ross – Mine Games (Feat. Kelly Rowland) [Prod. By Arthur McArthur]
10. Rick Ross – New Bugatti (Feat. Diddy) [Prod. By DRich]
11. Rick Ross – Keys To The Crib (Feat. Styles P) [Prod. By The Inkredibles]
12. Rick Ross – Last Breath (Feat. Meek Mill & Birdman) [Prod. By DRich]
13. Rick Ross – I Swear To God [Prod. By Beat Billionaire]
14. Rick Ross – Off The Boat (Feat. French Montana) [Prod. By Lex Luger]
15. Rick Ross – King Of Diamonds [Prod. By Mike Will]
16. Rick Ross – Ring Ring (Feat. Future) [Prod. By Dj Spinz]
17. Rick Ross – MMG The World Is Ours (Feat. Pharrell, Meek Mill & Stalley) [Prod. By Boi-1da]
18. Rick Ross – Party Heart (Feat. Stalley & 2 Chainz) [Prod. By Chuck Inglish]
19. Rick Ross – Stay Schemin (Feat. Drake & French Montana) [Prod. By The Beat Bully]
20. Rick Ross – Shaheem Reid Speaks
DOWNLOAD: Rick Ross – Rich Forever (Mixtape) (Hosted By DJ Scream & Shaheem Reid) | Alternate Link #1 (Hulkshare) via Mr.X | Alternate Link #2 (Mediafire) via Yardie
The making of Rich Forever with Shaheem Reid and DJ Khaled via XXL
Previously:
One to Watch: Toronto Producer Arthur McArthur Talks About Rick Ross’ ‘Rich Forever’ and More (Exclusive)
Rick Ross Feat. Wale & Meek Mill – “Bag Of Money”
Pill Says He Never Signed With MMG and Doesn’t Talk to Rick Ross
Rick Ross – “Magic (Remix)”
Rick Ross – “Mirror (Remix)” & “Spend It (Remix)”
Rick Ross Feat. Meek Mill – “No Church In The Wild (Remix)”
January 6th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
how many times we gonna see the words rich and money in his song titles lmaoo haa jk.
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Rhyme & Reason Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 9:08 am
i hope this is not 1 or 2 noteworthy tracks n a bunch of triple c’s throwaway tracks like the last one
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Angry Gillmore Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
You make a good point Jae. He has no versatility.Same content on every song really? Even though I take it for what it is good ride around the car music; sometimes you want something deeper though. Imagine this is him feeling “inspired” from his trip to Africa. If the mother land cant strike a musical exploration cord in you nothing can.
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jae 1 Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
yea i mean for him i think its all about showing off. i mean like once in while its ok everyone likes nyce things but if every song is “oh im rich” “we need that money” ect its like wat the hell lol we all need money but its like well get it then make music lol. just like i dont give props for random names like “zack” at the golf course braging about what he got same for everyone else.like u got rock artist that sold so many records u dont see them doing that.i just wanna see ppl take their “im rich alfits off and put down their wine and make dope shit and rock the show. shit thats wats it about.
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jae 1 Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
i just think its low class to come off like that like all the time.
January 6th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
download link not working??
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January 6th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
only good Fat Willie Cd is a free one…. His last Cd wasn’t half as good as the mixtape he put out just before it…. Look at all the help he needs to fill a mixtape, This dude iz Smoke n Mirrors.. Thats why they throw ones all the time, he wants to distract people from who and what he really is, a CornBall
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January 6th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
triple beam dream >>>> the whole mixtape!!!
Nas did the damn thing! the tape was alright, track 1- beats all sound alike
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Jackin Ralph Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 7:09 am
Thats song is the only thing I can extract from this watered down mixtape the GOD MC Nas sounds hungry cant wait til he drops
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January 6th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
rick ross a descent rapper ?
rick ross a phony= 100,000,000%
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January 6th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
The mixtape is 90% trap music.. Not so great.. Not whack.. It’s ehhhhh lol. I expected more. Like I don’t see any hits on this mixtape. Seems like he talkin about the same shit on the the same damn drum patterns. I give it 3 stars, cuz the the beats bump in the whip. But seriously 15 plus songs of trap is too damn much. I don’t care what anyone say.. 50’s tape is way better
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January 6th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
this is terrible
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January 6th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Nas just KILLED Ross on his own MIXTAPE !
http://leblacketlaplume.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/audio-sway-calloway-the-un-edited-interview/
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January 6th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
This is awesome marketing and promotion…get a bunch of sh-t out there and see how the public likes it or doesn’t like it…so if samples are used, there’s probably no permission asked since it is a free “mixtape”. Then when they see what’s really popping, they include the hot and popping joints on the for-fee album. Genius.
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January 6th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
I’m not sure what I’m about to say would make me as a hip hop fan or as a person. But I for some reason enjoy Rick Ross as a Mixtape Artist. I came from the Era of Real Mix Tapes, Actual Mixtapes. Before Clue and Kay Slay and DJ ENVY fucked up the game.
Today’s mixtapes are much different that what i use to listen to back in the day, but like everything, including me, change with time, so have the Genre I guess. But I find this Dudes Mixtapes pretty good. To me it doesn’t matter that he was A C.O., 99 Percent of rappers are not who they say they are. At the end of the day it is entertainment. There is nothing wrong with bumping this shit for two or three months and then just forgetting about it. You can always go back and listen to the classics. There is nothing wrong with disposable rap. There has always been disposable rap. So I’m going bump this for as long as it doesn’t annoy me and call it a day. I have a hard drive full of classic shit so I don’t know if this shit makes me less of a fan, but at least I’m not a hypocrite. LIKE THEM DUDES THAT WERE BUMPIN B.M.F AND STILL TALKING SHIT.
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ydlafams Reply:
January 6th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Preach
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Truf.com Reply:
January 6th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
I don’t want to get into this argument, but I really don’t see why you should be making excuses for what you listen to.
You’re cool with listening to disposable music? I’m certainly not. I’m not a disposable fickle hip hop fan, so I don’t like being insulted with hordes of disposable music.
Besides, ALL of hip hop right now is disposable. The game is SORELY lacking classic shit for the new generation. Can you honestly tell me that these new rappers are making tracks that the kids can look back on and smile? Like we look back and smile at our Ghostface/Nas/KRS/Redman/etc tapes/cds?
So why do we keep giving a pass for brazen mediocrity? We should be holding these artists to some kind of standard, instead of saying: ‘yeah, drop whatever doo doo you want’
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the Method Reply:
January 6th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
I feel you 100%. I kinda also hold that stance for the most part. But these days I’m more lax as far as listening to a Mixtape is concern. Like I would never buy a Album from this dude Or any rappers like this dude.
We as fans weed out good music from bad music over time. Like for example Nas, perhaps my favorite rapper of all time on certain days, But he has produced and released some really bad music. I.e. Nastradamous. And his Willy Esco days, every time I think about that shit I want to throw up. Like Doctor Knockboot or whatever. That shit was a fake as Ten Crack commandments. Jay-z in all his greatness has put out some weak disposable music. KRS made some wack shit also. 75% of Redman’s shit is wack. But the songs of his I love i really fucking love. Ghostface to me is one of the very few exceptions. He only puts out quality shit after quality shit, but dudes don’t appreciate it as far as actually listening and buying his shit. Everything from IROMAN to Fishscale is fire. The hood doesn’t really gives the Ghost love, every time his name comes up is by a Rap head or a White Kid. (for some reason white kids love ghost face). I think to an extent we have been spoiled. Back in the day I remember I had to buy like 10 CDs and 10 Mixtapes from different Niggas to pick out a good fucking album. Back in the day we were limited to what the Record Labels and some locals DJ and rappers allowed us to listen. Know everything and anything is on the internet, we just have to do a better job giving love to the dudes we like and promote their shit. Things have change and we have to change with it. We complain all the time about the shit that it’s on the radio and on the blogs and on DVDs. To tell you the truth we don’t have to do that anymore. Just pick out the shit you like and just listen to that. I don’t listen to Hot7 for more for months at the time, unless for some reason Flex is dropping bombs. We have the power. We really do. This niggas only care about their pocket. Well most of them rap niggas at least. If we force them to make hot shit they will. Like we force Kanye to do Hot shit Or Jay Z. I don’t wan’t to be corny but at the end of the day this shit is on us.
B
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@poisonedkoolA Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 4:12 am
I’m on that 90s stuff too. as a kid pickin up cutmaster C/clue/slay etc mixtapes. I’m not the biggest Ross fan but the mixtape is hard. This whole “he as a CO , he’s an actor” stuff is a joke.
Dre was in an RNB Disco band, LL was married the whole time he was supposed to be a ladies man, EPMD hated each other, 2Pac was every sort of contradiction you can think of , from going to school for acting to getting married to a rich kid (Quincy Jones daughter)….I could go on all day. I get there are some “real” people like Big Pun/DMX etc who came from hard times and stuck to that agenda in their music (mostly), but either way a good song is a good song.
Stop trying to impress hip hop with your standards, let hip hop set the standards for your ears.
Miss Info Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 10:51 am
“Stop trying to impress hip hop with your standards” I like this
Jackin Ralph Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 7:04 am
I loves this for real you kept it all the way 100%. How long can I cling on to my fav rappers like Nas, Jay-z, Ghost, Rae they getting old and sadly unless you look to the underground or slept on rapper like Phonte or action Bronson youre are left listening to goofy ass niggas like Two Chainz or the other nigga whose name sounds like a Starbucks Flavor French Montana lol support jackinralph.com
January 6th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Drake threw some shots at Common and Ross threw some ay Jeezy on the first verse of Rich Forever
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January 6th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
this shit dope
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January 6th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
NAS last few features Weezy Outro/Ghetto Dreams and now this nastyness (no pun intended) which prob tops them all got the industry buzzing rite now, been almost a decade since he’s on this level. Cant wait for Life Is Good/
Not sure if its the divorce or new work ethic but something def lit a fire under him. W.e it is its good for us
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Jackin Ralph Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 7:07 am
Agree with you I think the gorilla of divorce off his back is gonna breath new life into Nas he sounded hungry. I havent heard that in a long time support jackinralph.com
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January 6th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
he has no talent.they wwed him.theirs no whay any normal person could listen to his music and feel good.when i listen to him i feel like pork chops.
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Jackin Ralph Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 10:50 am
hilarious this has to be the comment of the blog. I am still giggling moments later. support jackinralph.com
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January 7th, 2012 at 2:33 am
Dope!!!
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January 7th, 2012 at 2:46 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQWpk0Jk68o&feature=youtu.be
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January 7th, 2012 at 5:11 am
This tape is Hard, just listen to music people, remember when we didn’t know what Kane did or Ra did or if Kris went to School or P.E. did, now every time a song or new music is released the persons biography has to be mentioned, he talk about hustlin, ‘he wasn’t on the block” stop it 5, relax, just listen to good music And FOR THE RECORD, THIS TAPE GOES HARD
http://www.bit.ly/sundayhh
@sundayhhtimes (twitter)
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January 7th, 2012 at 5:31 am
did anyone else hear the jeezy diss in the song rich forever
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January 7th, 2012 at 6:30 am
AM I THE ONLY REAL NIGGA WHO AIN’T LISTENING TO THIS BULLSHIT
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January 7th, 2012 at 6:57 am
This sounds like a bunch of throw away music. Its sounds like some janitor at MMG was sweeping up the studio floor and took these tracks in dumped them into a mixtape. The one thing I have always appreciated about Ross is that his production was always topnotch. I will wait for God Forgives and best believe if I hear such lazy production again I’m done. Oh thank you Nas for lyrically exercising on a surprisingly weak Justice League track. Lastly Dear 2012 dont make me have to go an entire year listening to over-hyped rappers like Two Chainz, French Montana, Machine Gun Kelly, Wiz etc etc. Shit comical if a mutherfucka came out and they name was HoneyNut or Applejack I guess it would be fine in this watered down rap era…..smh support jackinralph.com
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Chrisdsax Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Say it again my ninja!!!! Dear 2012! Please bless u’s with that real! This shit is Gar-beige!!! That’s “French” for trash! Pun intended!
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January 7th, 2012 at 11:52 am
Y’all critique music real quickly. I’m still listening to this and it looks like it’ll get some play in the truck for beat quality and maybe some play in the gym.
More interesting then all this music Ross threw at us is listening to how folks are really viewing the Hip Hop landscape. Do we control the quality of music produced by accepting poor product? It’s clear the folk that came up in different eras and most of us have similar views.
This is one of the reasons I felt that internet blogs from the “insiders” of the game may reveal more to us. Maybe it’s a pipe dream but I like hearing a major dj, radio personality or reporter like Miss Info step up and say “hey I dont buy the hype” or “I dont get what people see in this.”
It’s crazy when people try to make YOU seem off the wall for wanting more from Hip Hop. And even though its a job and many folk cant speak negatively on an artist I need to hear that I’m nuts for having no interest in a Tyler the Creator, Future, 2 Chainz or whatever is being pushed in my face.
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Truf.com Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
“It’s crazy when people try to make YOU seem off the wall for wanting more from Hip Hop.”
co-fucking-sign, especially when we’ve had a history of getting so much from hip hop at a certain point.
as for industry insiders speaking up — they wont. They’re all trying to protect their turfs and maintain the lifestyles they have.
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Nightfall Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
I don’t blame anyone its just a transition that I’m in cuz even though I’m over 10 yrs removed from my high school days I think vividly remember meeting my boys to hop in the whips after class to listen to the radio for what was going on. And while you knew it wasn’t all as it sounded u could be believe in it for the most part.
It’s really similar to when WWF became WWE. It has admitted to being more entertainment then reality and now it’s harder to enjoy at times.
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Truf.com Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 11:51 pm
homie, what’s good was good. I refuse to buy into the bullshit narrative that hip hop simply ‘evolved’. The music right now is trash. I know it, you know it.
It aint because we got ‘old’, whatever that means. I know old dudes who were listening to Bambaataa in the 70s and are huge Wu fans. which, if you think about it, they’d be like in their mid-30s when Wutang first came out.
so fuck all that ‘you got old’ bullshit. If you love hip hop, truly love it, you’ll love it forever.
I’d love to see youngsters do their thing. the problem is that they’re not invested in making great music because older industry folk have ran the industry into the ground chasing fickle fads and dollaz.
A lot of the hip hop I liked as a kid still holds up. Back then, I wasn’t thinking: ‘wow, the way they flipped that sample was nuts and look at how hungry he sounds on the mic’. I was a kid- I just thought: ‘hey, this is ill. I really like this beat and these rhymes.’
Now I can look back and appreciate the craft. Are you REALLY going to tell me that people will look back at the craft and ‘fine-wineness’ of so-called ‘hip hop’ records now?
fuck outta here. It wont happen. We all know something’s wrong but so many of us are afraid to say it.
and really, the problem is old industry mothafuckas who watered down the game (hello JayZ, Lyor Cohen et al) and spineless DJs (hi hot 97) who wont stand for integrity. When integrity falls, creativity is the first thing out the window.
And that’s the truth, jack.
dancehall videos Reply:
January 8th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I co-sign this whole entire conversation..
The Hip Hop landscape is extremely watered down right now…. Like the overall quality of the music and the production is just cheesy. Recycled beats and niggaz following the next “hottest” trend. Producers biting beats and styles, rappers biting other niggaz flows outright because that’s what’s hot…. WTF?!?!
Not to say that there aren’t some stuff that’s good but there are hardly any rappers/producers trying to push the creative envelope, outside of Kanye West hardly anybody mainstream is pushing creativity. What Common and No ID did was a good look for Hip Hop in 2011, it was nice.
What’s really sad to me is that if anybody speaks up about what’s going on in the music industry gets looked upon like their “bitchin” and “complaining”. Once u stand for something its as if “the powers that be” almost exhile you.
No real “insiders” will actually call it for what it is… *smh* its just sad
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Nightfall Reply:
January 9th, 2012 at 10:33 am
The Hip Hop game is pushing me more into the Underground and International field. Hip Hop is still out there.
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January 7th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
50’s Big 10 > Ross’s Rich Forvever
didn’t rewind not one track, sounds like a bunch of throw aways that weren’t used for slbum filler.
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January 7th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
yu cant compare the big 10 to this trash 50way beta than him real talk..,
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Jackin Ralph Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Agreed 50’s Big 10 is way better than this
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January 7th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
ROSS WENT IN……..DIZ MIXTAPE HARD
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HeavyInThaGame Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
No REALISM.. Just a bunch of fairytales…. Clown music
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January 7th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
A female friend of mine just said “The only reason any women listens to dude is because he okays tricking”.. She he got niggaz trickin like shit, other then that he a clown
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lilsunshinebaby Reply:
January 7th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
yo thats true as shit son lol… him n drake on some other shit
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January 7th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
i’ll give it a month. on first listen not really feelin it. ross raps in riddles so i’ll give him the benefit of the doubt that i just gotta zone out with this or somethin. doesn’t sound like his usual quality of beat selection though. Worst of all, the hooks are just awful. “str8 off the boat?” seriously? I was expecting more following a stellar album. Mixtapes are just a bad idea for established artists at this point. Always a win/lose situation. This won’t give him the momentum he’s looking for. He’s gonna need another huge single from himself or meek if he expects his label to “take over ten summers”.
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January 7th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
50 Cent The Big Ten
http://www.facebook.com/50cent?sk=app_298537663510900
The highlight of Rickys mixtape is a NAS collab!
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January 7th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Crazy thing bout this CD is EVERYTHING TALKING BOUT iz a fairytale… Plus look at whos wit him, DRAKE, William and Drake are about the same when it comes to being real street dudes.
It’s free so it’s cool, i guess. but why can’t people see this the labels way of controlling hiphop.. They create and control the realness in our culture, with artist like Rick Ross. This man has another mans name Tatted on him. He is a walking and breathing LIE, FALSEHOOD… I respect any man of color getting money, but, he takes it to far..
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January 7th, 2012 at 7:51 pm
rick ross licks balls………..let me shut up before I get arrested……..
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January 7th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
I had to post this. Listening to this tape so i can have my own opion and my girl heard one of the song. I Quote “Didn’t i hear this song on the radio today, why does all is songs sounds the same way…HA Ross voice… I almost died laughting…….
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January 8th, 2012 at 6:14 am
50 cent the big ten sounds way more authentic wid different beats and styles,rick rozay is a wat u call a bench warmer just fillin a space dat needs to be filled while we wait for da next real ting!..
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January 8th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Don’t understand some of yal if u say rick ross makes bad music why bother downloading it and take time 2 even comment on it? Fact is this tape goes hard fuck all u haters eat a dick! I’m from south africa and I herd this tape playing deep in the ghetto!
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January 10th, 2012 at 12:36 am
EVERYONE HERE HAITIN ON ROSS IS EITHER ”REAL BROKE” OR SKINNY…..I MEAN JAY Z, NAS RIDE WITH HIM, HE MAKES GOOD MUSIC; HE GIVES IT TO YA FREE….WAT ELSE DO U WANT FROM HIM…Y’LL WANT HIM TO LOOSE WEIGHT?
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February 14th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
best mix tape out
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