Man you have a really dope catalogue and we often on Twitter when we get in our
group chats amongst ourselves you know me the homie Charlamagne, homie B.Dot
The homie Hovain, we debate about what the best Rozay album is so I wanted
to bring out your albums and I wanted to see if Rick Ross can rank in order
and favorite your albums, your ten albums now.
Let me see 'em.
Check 'em out.
I'll just lay them out in a certain order so the fans can see it.
I create the music based on where I'm at in my life. You know what I mean? So the 'Port of Miami'
was you know I wanted to create this album and have my city name in the album
and you know, if it didn't do good I would always be a hood star forever. And
it most definitely became the most significant. By the time I was at my
third album I understood that I would be challenged but I realized by this album,
you gonna have to put in some you know some work. Y'all gonna have to put all
black back on you know, and let 'em know it's much 'deeper than rap.' So I'm gonna put
this right there. 'Mastermind.' This was a very dope album. This was the album where
I really took a lot of paper that I was doing with other things and really began
to invest. That's where you know the the Wingstop franchises came in. Checkers. One
time for the beard oil. Rich by Rick Ross. You know I love Khaled for doing it.
Shout out Khaled.
Yeah, shout out Khaled and, you know 'Teflon Don,'
this was the album where I knew I
was gonna take over the game. I went in to Def Jam I broke the bank. I told 'em
whatever y'all was thinking before, forget about it. Do yourself the biggest
favor and quadruple that. Then multiply it by two. Then whatever the taxes would
have been, put that on top.
That's that "Free Mason" on there. "I'm Not A Star." "B.M.F."
On 'Teflon.' That's a classic.
'God Forgives I Don't'
This right here was basically after making all other things clear.
I just wanted you to know I still don't forgive you.
God forgives I don't and if I did catch you down bad in the alley, I would rather
it be you, than me. Who deserves, you know, it's so many ways I could spin
that. But 'Rather You Than Me.' It just apply you know I mean because that's how we
gotta hustle. This album right here, 'Trilla.' You know, man, this was ...it might
be it might be one, this is one of my best. You know, I don't know one of my
favorites. You know, I was just a youngster. I was in the back of my first
Maybach. They digitally removed my blunt 'cause I told 'em I wanted to be smoking.
So if you wonder why my hands was like that, I had a nice L rolled up and it
tasted so good and I didn't even mind the photo shoot was, I forgot how many
hours. I was in a parking lot in the middle of Carrol City, the flea market
parking lot that's no longer there. They knocked it down, but that was just a
monumental moment for me. The 'Black Market.' This got some potent music
on here. "Silk Road" and so this was one of those reflective albums, where
I wanted the music to move at a slower pace and just talk with the words and
that's what I did. 'Hood Billionaire.' This that ghetto rich
record. You know, I collaborated with a bunch of Memphis artists for this album.
I launched maybe five different franchises in Memphis and while I was in
Memphis I said, "I want to do something different for this market." I collaborated
with K. Michelle. I did "Elvis Presley Blvd."
I collaborated with Yo Gotti. I did the Elvis Presley Blvd. Remix with MJG
with Project Pat with ...You know and the list goes on so it was
maybe four or five records with just Memphis artists and I never made
that a big deal, but I just wanted to do something different.
An important city for hip-hop. Historical. Important city for music, in general.
Most definitely
Most definitely. Suave House Records.
Absolutely.
Yeah. This right here,
August 9th. 'Port of Miami 2.' I'ma let you all judge where this stand.
I know me, personally, this is almost definitely a significant album. And to me
what was dope was when you look at the album covers, you know it was all
about my city and where I was from. And the medallion that I wore was Triple C,
Carrol City Cartel, my homie. And I lost one of my closest homies, so I put his face
the medallion, you know what I mean? And so here we are.