Deeper Than Rap [Clean Lyrics]

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All Music Guide - David Jeffries
Everything is big with Rick Ross. Triumphs, blunders, singles, videos, and everything else he does is huge, but having the audacity to call his third effort Deeper Than Rap is extra risky, especially since it's his first effort since being "exposed" as a former corrections officer. That's poison in the gangsta rap game, and while there's little here to sway the haters -- and certainly nothing "deep" -- the rapper's ability to steamroll over all of his shortcomings, along with all of our preconceived notions, is simply remarkable. In a sure trilogy of albums, Deeper Than Rap is the surest, kicking off with a decent 50 Cent diss and closing with a "Run with me or run from ...
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All Music Guide - David Jeffries
Everything is big with Rick Ross. Triumphs, blunders, singles, videos, and everything else he does is huge, but having the audacity to call his third effort Deeper Than Rap is extra risky, especially since it's his first effort since being "exposed" as a former corrections officer. That's poison in the gangsta rap game, and while there's little here to sway the haters -- and certainly nothing "deep" -- the rapper's ability to steamroll over all of his shortcomings, along with all of our preconceived notions, is simply remarkable. In a sure trilogy of albums, Deeper Than Rap is the surest, kicking off with a decent 50 Cent diss and closing with a "Run with me or run from me" ultimatum that's gutsy enough to feature harps and castanets. While that's enough fuel for the haters to burn the whole place down, anyone willing to ignore Ross' iffy relationship with street cred and his incredibly narrow subject matter (money, women, victory) will find Deeper is the superstar, gangster weekend album done right. Boss of them all is the grand "Maybach Music" with T-Pain, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne all in top form. Same goes for the cut's production team, the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, who are also in charge of the slippery and swaggering "Magnificent" with John Legend, plus the Caribbean flavored highlight "Yacht Club." "Face," with Trina, is the street cut of note, and "Usual Suspects" places in the album's top five, although Nas' loyal fanbase will find his contribution rather ordinary. Redundancy is an unsurprising and ignorable issue thanks to all the hooks and slick beats, including a batch from the returning Runners. Even if this isn't much "Deeper" than the average Three 6 Mafia album, the glitz and guts of Deeper are a big step up, making Ross sound like a Miami-fied version of Young Jeezy. [A clean version of the CD, with all profanities removed, was also released.]
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/21/2009
  • Label: Def Jam
  • UPC: 602527009261
  • Catalog Number: 001277302
  • Sales rank: 71,159

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Mafia Music (4:16)
  2. 2 Maybach Music 2 (4:59)
  3. 3 Magnificent (4:17)
  4. 4 Yacht Club - Magazeen (5:14)
  5. 5 Usual Suspects (5:14)
  6. 6 All I Really Want (4:16)
  7. 7 Rich off Cocaine (4:25)
  8. 8 Lay Back (4:02)
  9. 9 Murda Mami (3:34)
  10. 10 Gunplay - Gunplay (3:34)
  11. 11 Bossy Lady - Ne-Yo (3:53)
  12. 12 Face (3:14)
  13. 13 Valley of Death (3:54)
  14. 14 In Cold Blood (3:05)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Rick Ross Primary Artist
Foxy Brown Vocals
Nas Guest Appearance
Kanye West Guest Appearance
Lil Wayne Guest Appearance
Jay Jones Bass
David Karmiol Guitar, Talk Box
Rashawn Ross Trumpet
John Legend Guest Appearance
K.C. Vocals
J.D. Anderson Drums
The-Dream Guest Appearance
Lasim Richards Trombone
David L. Anderson II Keyboards
Latonya Givens Vocals
Kevin Cossom Background Vocals
Magazeen Vocals
Monarch Synthesizer
Technical Credits
Chris Athens Mastering
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart Producer
Deborah Mannis-Gardner Sample Clearance
Anthony Gallo Engineer
Kevin Cates Producer
Justice League Producer
Kris Yiengst Photo Coordination
Ted Lucas Executive Producer
Shakir Stewart Executive Producer
Rick Ross Executive Producer
Adam Beyrer Engineer
Ben Diehl Engineer
Derrick Selby Engineer
Kali Khaled Executive Producer
TaVon Sampson Art Direction
The Runners Producer
Marcus Coleman Programming
Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva Engineer, Digital Editing
Kevin Cossom Producer
Monarch Producer
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