The occasion: the announcement of a July 31st release date for the most-anticipated album of 2012, Ross� long-awaited God Forgives, I Don�t. (� New York, NY)� Weeks ago, hip-hop�s elite gathered in a mid-town Manhattan hotel ballroom around the genre�s reigning boss - Rick Ross � in a show of unilateral respect and branding force befitting a man of his burgeoning stature. If this record does what it's supposed to do, the Bawse will perfectly positioned to stake his claim as one of the greatest who ever did it.� - Complex The smart money says that Rick Ross will continue the growth curve he's exhibited with his first four releases-but expectations are higher than ever. God Forgives, I Don't will likely determine Rick Ross's place in hip-hop history. Since then, his stature in the game has grown exponentially, with the growth of the Maybach Music Group brand, his epic Rich Forever mixtape-arguably the best rap album of 2012 so far-and a handful of stellar guest appearances. �Believe it or not, it's been two years since Rick Ross's last solo album Teflon Don hit stores. If his new record, God Forgives, I Don't, doesn't follow suit, it will shock everyone in the music industry who knows anything.� - GQ He has started to exhibit the signs of mainstream iconic status�appealing to the full spectrum �Three of his last four albums have debuted at no. �You can't listen to any station that plays hip-hop for an hour and not hear a Rick Ross song. Feel as much like Ross as he does, and you become your own boss.� � The New Yorker �Both physically and culturally very large �his voice sells, the way Sinatra once sold an implacable but supple kind of confidence.Ross�s confidence can transfer easily to anyone�s inner life, with a little suspended disbelief, and that makes him a kind of motivational speaker. The video for “B.M.F.” was directed by Maybach Films/Parris and shows some grimy spots, party people, shiny things, a few cameos, green paper and Rick Ross catching a bit of a hip hop Holy Ghost.�GOD FORGIVES, I DON�T� SET FOR JULY 31ST RELEASE ON DEF JAM RECORDINGS/MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP From a guy who’s career and “street cred” was in serious jeopardy a little while back, we’d like to believe that simply making good music was the key to offsetting the so-called bad publicity. The buildup for Ross’ Teflon Don continues, and with these tracks, plus others that have been floating around, the buzz is starting to grow a bit deafening. Which we still wouldn’t do if he was sucking, but with “B.M.F.” and “ Free Mason,” he is not. As we mentioned in our Rick Ross/Jay-Z post, Ross has been making some very listenable songs lately, and the inclusion of New York artists gives us the editorial clearance we need to share them here.

(Blowin Money Fast)” premiered earlier, so here it is.

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