Rich Forever by Rick Ross
Rich Forever is a free mixtape by American rapper Rick Ross. It was released on January 6, 2012. It used to be the most downloaded hip hop mixtape ever, breaking records on websites such as DatPiff and Live Mixtapes, until later in the year, other artists, such as Ross's protégé Meek Mill on Dreamchasers 2, received more downloads later on in the year. The mixtape spawned only one commercial single but it was very successful, "Stay Schemin'". The mixtape is notable for its large amount of high profiled guest features, featuring Diddy, Nas, Pharrell, Drake, John Legend and Kelly Rowland.
If <i>Black Market</i> represented a nostalgic Ricky Rozay, <i>Rather You Than Me</i> reverses course. A-list rappers are all over this, with Chris Rock even adding a touch of comic relief. Moments of vengeance are embellished by a clarity that comes from experience. Ross paints a vivid picture—the brown bags, ankle monitors, pulling the ragtop back at a red light. “Apple of My Eye” and “Game Ain’t Based on Sympathy” contemplate the trap life as smoke twirls in the air. <i>Rather You Than Me</i> is the Bawse’s Michael Corleone moment: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in".
