Tue 4 Oct 2011
Rick Ross Talks to Funk Flex About Young Jeezy and Mocks His Album Delays
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After his double single “You The Boss” and “I Love My B*tches” debut, Rick Ross stopped by Hot 97 and talked to Funkmaster Flex about his December 13 release, God Forgives, I Don’t, and the friction that he’s run into along the way…..like that shouting match with Kreayshawn….and the ongoing tension between he and Young Jeezy.
Flex: Before your biggest albums came, Jeezy represented that street party element. And since then, you’ve captured some of that…
Rick Ross: Some of that? Or all of that?
Flex: You have captured all of it. And that is pressure…the hood really gravitated to you. That might be where you and Jeezy are having a problem…
Ross: If that’s the case, we label those feminine ways…where I come from, every man gotta hold his own. I can be ’round Puff Daddy, who’s worth close to a billion dollars, and not feel in no way inferior…if anything, that’s gonna inspire me. When I ask Birdman, ‘Was you inspired by Master P?’ He never told me nothing negative or spiteful….
Flex: How does that work with you and Jeezy being on the same label? That has to be hard…
Ross: Not at all, not to me. Def Jam, they know that’s Rozay, baby…and December 13th, we gonna cash another big check. That’s how we do it. We ain’t pushing that back. That’s in cement. We don’t push nothing back around here. We don’t push nothing back but the top on that Rolls.
Listen to the full Rick Ross x Funk Flex interview….
After the jump
Part 1: Rick Ross On Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex Show (10-4-11)
Topics: Ross’ double single “You The Boss”/”I Love My B*tches”, also Ross’ Wingstop fast food business…
Part 2: Rick Ross On Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex Show (10-4-11)
Topics: the Kreayshawn altercation at the MTV VMAs, the tension with Young Jeezy, and an announcement that God Forgives, I Don’t will be released on Dec. 13th, 2011 (with lots of subliminal jokes about Young Jeezy’s album postponement).
Part 3: Rick Ross On Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex Show (10-4-11)
Topics: Upcoming plans for Maybach Music Group, and past influences…
(audio via In Flex We Trust)
More detailed transcription of Rick Ross’ comments about Young Jeezy:
Ross: “From my point of view, [the tension with Jeezy stemmed from] a freestyle done on the BMF track where some things were said, and I attempted to address it like a real G would…(Flex: you reached out?) of course, but I never got a direct answer. So there were some things being said on record, which perpetuated that there may be pressure, that there may be beef. I always did business with homie, so if it was, it would have felt sideways….”
Rick Ross: “When you talk about this street life and being one hundred and being solid, it’s certain things that you bring to a person…and that never happened. But…everyone who want to talk about being gangster, we were just at the BET awards and I sat in the front row. He performed. If there’s any pressure…handle it right then. That’s the person that I am. So if we not gonna handle it right then, if you see me and you keep walking…(Flex: then there shouldn’t be any problem.) Not at all…”
Flex: “Before your biggest albums came, Jeezy represented that street, party element….and since then, you’ve captured some of that….”
Rick Ross: “Some of that? Or all of that?”
Flex: “You have captured all of it. And that is pressure…that second and third album, the hood really gravitated to you. That might be where you and Jeezy are having a problem…”
Ross: “If that’s the case, we label those feminine ways…where I come from, every man gotta hold his own. I can be ’round Puff Daddy, who’s worth close to a billion dollars, and not feel in no way inferior…if anything, that’s gonna inspire me. When I ask Birdman, ‘Was you inspired by Master P?’ He never told me nothing negative or spiteful….”
Flex: “How does that work with you and Jeezy being on the same label? That has to be hard….”
Ross: “Not at all, not to me. Def Jam, they know that’s Rozay, baby…..and on December 13th, we gonna cash another big check. That’s how we do it. We ain’t pushing that back. That’s in cement. We don’t push nothing back around here. We don’t push nothing back but the top on that Rolls.”
Ross: “[Jeezy] and Gucci Mane had a problem and one of his homies lost his life behind that. And they squashed that. We don’t play like that….if you feel a certain way, you gotta stand by it. This ain’t the kind of game where you just utter what you want, tweet what you want, blog what you want, and then when you run into somebody, it’s love….it don’t really work like that.”
Bonus: Rick Ross talks to MTV News about his new collabo with Mary J. Blige
Previously:
Rick Ross Debuts New Music: “I Love My B*****s” Produced By Just Blaze, & “You The Boss” Feat. Nicki Minaj
Rick Ross’ Kreayshawn Diss: XXL Mag Gives Exclusive Details
Rick Ross Screams On Kreayshawn at the VMAs: A Beef Recap (UPDATED)
Kreayshawn On Rick Ross Jab: “There’s No Rick Ross Offensive Things Going On In There”
Rick Ross responds to Jeezy (again): “I had nothing but love for the homie”
Rick Ross discusses Jeezy with Tim Westwood: “You played yourself…If you really have an issue put it on the table and handle it like a G.”
New Music: Rick Ross “The Summa’s Mine” (Young Jeezy diss?)
Young Jeezy addresses Rick Ross diss rumors: “What am I gonna get out of dissing him?
New Music: Young Jeezy “Death Before Dishonor” (B.M.F. Freestyle) (UPDATED)
October 5th, 2011 at 12:04 am
Why does everything seem so forced with Rick Ross? He wants Jeezy to approach him at the awards show? Ok so why didn’t he ever approach 50, since he was the one who came out and dissed 50 first. 50 has been at venues in Miami where Ross is from. Nothing ever happened and the videos about his kids and baby moms…he knows 50 has more money then him so what about that hate he displayed, “we call feminine ways where I come from.”
October 5th, 2011 at 12:20 am
THIS IS JUST TO HYPE BOTH OF DEM ALBUMS……..THEY CAN NEVA BEEF CUZ THEY BOTH ON DEF JAM N THEY BOTH JAY Z PROTEGE…..MOTHERFUCKERS JUS MAKIN MONEYYYY!!!!!!
October 5th, 2011 at 12:58 am
Why is this cop still frontin?? Keeps sayin he a gangster and “i keeps it 100. YOUR A COP TURNED RAPPER!! Damn. What a joke and people believe this sucka. He makes good music but damn stop frontin’.
October 5th, 2011 at 1:05 am
I was thinking the same thing, around that time he was promoting Deeper than rap….n 50 definitely took it way deeper than ross could of handled. Ross got some momentum behind him now but I don’t think he’ll ever reach the kind of national acclaim that Jeezy TI or 50 earned because their entire musical catalog along with their presentation of what they stand for really struck a cord with that gutter hood demographic. Ross catalog MIGHT hold a candle to his cohorts but he has too many holes in his character to be hip hops next front runner. btw everyone is calling him”rosay” now, did he unofficially dismiss the ross?
October 5th, 2011 at 1:09 am
I think jeezy is more of Jay’s protege than ross because Jay put Jeezy on the bill of some big tours (maybe because he’s platinum)
October 5th, 2011 at 1:19 am
Yeah thats whats killing me how can he say “Feminine ways” about anyone? How can he do that?
He was 30 steps away from Banks at summer jam and aint nobody raise they voice.. that boy wouldnt have made it out of NY alive and he know that…
His new name is John Brown..King of The Burbs baby…
October 5th, 2011 at 1:23 am
Correction, Jazzy leaned on both of them when they were hot to keep relevant but he would support no up and coming east coast rappers if they had a real chance to be hot..
October 5th, 2011 at 1:38 am
Rozay left Def Jam months ago, he’s on Warner Bros
October 5th, 2011 at 2:28 am
just a facade… nothin real here
October 5th, 2011 at 5:14 am
OFFICER RICKY A ACTOR AND IF YOU CANT SEE THAT YOU JUST LIKE HIM CHECK 50 PAST JEEZY PAST ANYONES AND THEN WILLIAM IT AINT HARD TO SEE
October 5th, 2011 at 5:21 am
fat ppl are cool
October 5th, 2011 at 8:36 am
Im wit Ross on this. Jeezy been feelin the pressure & has been forced to sit back & watch Ross snatch the spot he’s held onto alongside Tip. If you pressed about Ross musical comeup then just own up to it & come harder than him. Dont take soft shots 4rm a distant just cuz you cant stand the fact he’s been bringin more street hit records. Jeezy has caused his own fallen off over the yrs by not continuing where he left off wit “The Recession”
October 5th, 2011 at 9:07 am
“You know he touched me in a special way”
-Hip Hop’s Jabba the Hutt
October 5th, 2011 at 9:24 am
Jezzy has sold more records than him. He can’t be serious! This is the Fake Era of Hip-Hop! Smh
October 5th, 2011 at 9:25 am
I never got this whole fascination with Rick Ross. He shouldnt even be in the hip hop arena. Once we figured out he was a CO he shoulda been finished.
He takes his name from the ganster who damn near invented crack, says he knows Noreaga, says hes like Big Meech and Larry Hoover and was a CO. Dont add up. Nothing wrong with being a CO, i know plenty of cats who are cops and COs. Their good jobs to take care of your family on. But this fool is handcuffing cats one decade, talking bout shippin boat loads of coke through his iphone the next decade and everyone likes his music just cause of the beat. This dude is a clown, and we are all clowns giving him so much attention.
October 5th, 2011 at 9:41 am
You know who this guy “Rick Ross” reminds me of…The Million Dollar man Ted Dibiase. If any of you guys remember and know the inside story of this guy and his “million dollar man” character is that the wwf use to fund this dude everything so he can live the life of a millionare even outside of the ring. Shopping, traveling, dining, you name it and the WWF had it. I wonder with how much the rap game has been compared to the WWF what are the chances Def Jam has made some of their own characters?
October 5th, 2011 at 10:13 am
BOY THEY NEED JESUS!!
October 5th, 2011 at 10:49 am
thats wat they are now is characters,like 50 cent is real,d block is real, nas wu tang,eminem slaughter house their real.theirs some hidden team in hip hop that decided to make wwf characters in hip hop and try to stop the real rappers.like how come fake wrestling is more famous than real?? see what im saying.they tryed to make hip hop music in to a fake show,but it dident work ppl know about the fake ones now. the higher up dudes they dont care about the music they jus care about money.
October 5th, 2011 at 11:04 am
This nigga is the biggest clown in the game since he took jeezy spot he still aint moving units like jeezy did how can ppl still take this nigga serious he attacked 50 to boost his sells he is best is compared to 50 worst all this nigga sht sound the same with them weak lex luger beats can somebody please call this nigga out and not have ppl save him with bullshit excuses tell this nigga stop living a fantasy and stop being everybody else on record
October 5th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
I always said that the reason why Hip-hop or rap is more dangerous than movies is because when they say cut Arnold Swart. and Sylvestor Stallone put the guns down and they become regular people. Rappers don’t EVER get out of character so kids believe their story and try to be them because it looks profitable to be a gangster or tough guy. You made a great comparison using wrestling because sometimes those people are trapped in the characters they create. Again, the children have no idea sometimes that wrestling is fake. The facade caused by rap is far more dangerous than wrestling because the weapon of choice (and glorification) is a gun; not a DDT (for my old school heads).
October 5th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
no he didnt… the label is on WB but he still got a solo deal with def jam…
October 5th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
words of Jay-Z “we dont believe you, you need more peoples”…As for flex, and I’m very aware that this is hot97 wesite but god damn Flex get that man’s dick out your mouth. You made my skin crawl listening to you slobbing in that interview. You are the voice of NY radio, make these people feel like they are in New York when they come here…plz
October 5th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
i hear a jeezy diss coming on that fat boy
October 5th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
cosign
October 5th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
I agree with you on that
October 5th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
OK ok we can say all we want about Ross but lets not trash dat Lex Lugar lol that kids beats are a movement on their on
October 5th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Yet the ones comin at Ross right now in this comment section probably got a special Rozay playlist on they ipods right now smh. Arguing about him bein a C.O. is old & still dont take away the fact he droppin smash records that you & yo homeboy pretend to be street niggas to.
And remind me again what exactly does Jeezy rap about that’s so thought provoking…. * I’ll wait*
October 5th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
i would have asked if he approached t.i. after talkin about him.. see! give me a job there.. he would have had to dj vlad me cuz i would have asked the tuff questions!!
October 5th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Not officially but with the inability to avoid the fact he’s running with the Original Freeway’s name it was a move made to distance himself from that.
October 5th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
So If Ross is Ted Dibease then is Khalid Virgil? Or better yet it must be Wale now?
October 5th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
I still considered Ed Lover the truest radio voice of NY for the Hip Hop Culture followed by Angie with Info being the Top Reporter.
There are many respected personalities on the air waves but everyones playing the game which is understandable cuz you gotta make a living.
October 5th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Your right that Ross is on point musically BUT as long as his interviews are filled with him starting about “living that street life” he leaves himself open that those comments.
October 5th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
William could give two man boobs about “gutter hood demographic”. Niggas ain’t buying music or going to concerts, for the most part. The vast majority of the money he got has been financed because of little white kids in the ‘burbs. Believe that. Rap has always been that way.
October 5th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
It’s not who he is its who he represents people seem to have a problem with. People think somehow rick ross represents them through the hip hop culture and should be 100 % authentic which is stereotypical b.s. because to be frank no one is authentic in hip-hop. If the music is good it gets rotation play period. Bottom line real gangsters, pushers, gang bangers don’t rap. If they could they would.
I will say this though, he should give the real freeway ricky ross some p.c though, not because of who he was or how many drugs he sold , but because hes using that man’s name. His gov’t name is rick ross, imagine a entertainer using your govt name and you not gaining any capital from it, its an understandable grievance. lol
October 5th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
I know LarryHooverVacuum. The real Hoover Vacuum.
October 5th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
I dont know where yall get off by saying this guy is fake a what not…lets keep it real anybody talking that shit on wax.. walking through all the ghettos of america an getting acceptance as well as getting a cosign from all the major quote on quote real niggaz in the game… cannot be a faker… he would of been eliminated already…real talk
October 5th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
aint none of these niggaz jay Z’s protege yal don lost your mind.. Jay Z just signed these guys to the label and thats wwhere it ends…. these dudes had a established following for years in the south so get your facts straight.. if you thinking protege from a ross prospective think Trick Daddy or maybe trina but thats where it ends.. Jeezy.. he was on a super grind on his own from what I remember… SO get your facts straight… Jay Z protege is more like a memphis bleek or siegel
October 5th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
I defintely concur with your comments my dude.. these people on this site be steady frontin.. actin like they aint got, bought, or bootleged all of Ross’ albums.. then wanna jump on a site and try to diss the guy. The rapper ross is official, he’s cosigned by the streets and cosigned by all the real rappers in the game period.. and thats where it ends period!
October 5th, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Yall cats are fuckin delusional on this site.. talkin bout who real and who fake.. I tell you what my dude.. why dont you run up on Ross and tell him what you just said or tell one of his goons what you said.. and how you think he’s a faker too… I saw ross and some goons stomp the shit of some cats (pleural) in vegas in 07′ so aint nothing WWF about that.. mater of fact only thing WWF about that was the fact that it looked like a royal rumble on niggaz…real talk!
October 5th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
um ok..yourpoint is not valid..isnt 50 cent running with someone elses name too.. so does that make him fake as well
October 5th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
And how many albums of Ross do you have???
October 5th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
@lil mans. The question was “everyone is calling him”rosay” now, did he unofficially dismiss the ross?”
No one asked about who’s fake.
I don’t care about all that fake and real stuff. This right here is entertainment. 50 cent has openly stated where he got the 50 cent name from and via Jimmy Henchman had a tombstone purchased for the original 50’s grave. On the flip side The Original Freeway Ricky Ross attempted to SUE Ross for using that name without his “blessing” clearly he’s not cool with Ross.
Those are facts as to why you hear the new moniker for Ross vs him saying Rick Ross as he used to.
All points valid.
October 5th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
@lil man : he means rick ross is using someone’s real Birth certificate name. Not a street alias or a nick name.
October 5th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
I DONT KNOW….RICK ROSS KEEP MENTIONING THE BET AWARDS LIKE THAT SONG JEEZY AND TI DID FUCKED WITH HIM…..E.N.V.Y….WHATS WRONG HOMIE…WILLIAM NEED TO LEAVE THIS SITUATION ALONE BEFORE WE END UP WITH A DEAD C.O….AND IM JUST BEING REAL…..ITS SOME CATS THATLL DO HIM BEHIND JEEZY….I DONT THINK NOBODY COSIGNING ROSS LIKE THAT ON NO STREET SHIT…..THEY BETTER TALK TO THAT BOY…LOL
October 5th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
ALREADY!! Officer Fawse is pussy all day. He got his chest out cause he step to a lil white girl?? Ho ass clown. He aint bout that life, side step that action with Fif, Banks, and Trick.. and Jezzy was in ya back yard with no response chump.
October 5th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
FOH! He drop that brown bag off to play, and what real cat co-sign him??
October 5th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Which streets is this guy cosigned by. Thats what i want to know. this clown was lucky enough to get the best beats that def jam can by with a decent hook. no one is impress by his lyrical content or his flow.
October 5th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
Love both artist. Keep getting money my dudes. Fuck beef it’s bad for business. In the words of the great B.I.G. spoken to the God MC: “Just keep doing your thing & say no more”.
October 5th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
his.own.life.
October 6th, 2011 at 10:45 am
sir the best beats Def Jam can buy……~___~
Niggaaaaaaaa Ross works wit producers outside of the major heavyweights. Know yo facts dummy. Dont let shit fool you, but he is co-signed in the hoods of Miami & other cities, fuck boy! You guys just want to reach so hard when it comes to music. It isnt the artists, it’s the public who want to strip away the angle of listenin & liking just cuz it’s a hot record. & you say Ross dont have flow? *confused* You may not like his flow, but any rapper needs to be able to flow to the beat accordingly in order for the record to make sense & be successful. I think Ross has proven that.
October 6th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Whether you’re a fan of either or neither, you can take a step back & say with confidence that Jeezy has some green eyed feelings towards Ross’ comeup. If you cant see that just by the BMF freestyle Im concerned for your ability to objectively analyze situations & you have no place in tryin to comment on this post. If Jeezy would just admit & own up to him bein salty cuz of Ross smashin the airwaves wit BMF, MC Hammer or AstonMartinMusic I wouldnt see him as a sore loser. Another artist cant derail your own career, only you can. You honestly think labels purposely wanna ignore their top earning artists projects…um No. Jeezy felt the heat 4rm Teflon Don. In his mind he probably thought that Def Jam looked at him as the 2nd best rapper on the label. But instead of focusing on comin hard & smart wit TM:103 he releases a silly freestyle dissin an artist who has risen in rank as far as the business & quality of music is concerned. I call that TM:DummyMove. He clearly didnt learn a damn thing from JayZ. Whoever his handlers are should of suggested releasing TM:103 as a mixtape for the streets just to say you havent forgotten where you came 4rm & that you’re still in-touch wit the fans. Then continue on the journey you left off wit “The Recession”.
October 6th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Officer Ricky aint never went Plat(album sales) ….He dont live the words he speaks on his CD’s which means what????
Thats the only reason him and jeezy had a fall out “BMF”
Ross makes good music…His shit hot in the streets…..But if you listen to him He’s using & stealing famous names and telling American Gangsta episodes stories…….
October 6th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Yeah he just like Puffy he can sign checks $$$$$$ my guy….Rick ross aint doing chit….he got goofy’s on his payroll that will drop a dime if they ever get bagged ……
October 7th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
This dude’s on Styles P & Raekwon’s albums, matter of fact the whole Lox fuk with him,the Wu fuk with him, Beans did songs with him…..not his biggest supporter but I don’t think those cats would fuk with him if the thought he was funny style.