Former correctional officer turned drug-dealer name-jacker turned Wingstop-owning rapper, Rick Ross will return with his sixth album Mastermind (via Def Jam) on March 4. The follow-up to 2012's God Forgives, I Don't will feature a primo guest list of banner hip hop names today including Big Sean, Kanye West, Meek Mill, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z, who appears on "The Devil is a Lie", a blunderous soul banger that showed some good promise as the album's first single when it was dropped back in December.
Today, along with the Mastermind track list, a new song has appeared and it features Ross' apparently-former beef, Young Jeezy.
The over seven minute track "War Ready" features a syrupy-slow trudge of snare crunches, gun shots and buzzy synths layered beneath Ross, who sounds like a menacing 10,000-lb version of himself, and Jeezy, who comes off absolutely ferocious with a double-time verse that's hard not to head-bop to.
Ross has never been a proficient rapper, but the dude sure knows how to set a mood, surround himself with the right talent, and execute consistently. Listen to "War Ready" and check out the Mastermind track list below...
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01 “Intro”
02 “Rich Is Gangsta”
03 “Drug Dealers Dream”
04 “Shots Fired”
05 “Nobody”
06 “The Devil Is a Lie” (Feat. Jay Z)
07 “Mafia Music III” (Feat. Sizzla & Mavado)
08 “War Ready” (Feat. Jeezy)
09 “What A Shame”
10 “Supreme”
11 “BLK & WHT”
12 “Dope Bitch Skit”
13 “In Vein” (Feat. The Weeknd)
14 “Sanctified” (Feat. Kanye West & Big Sean)
15 “Walkin on Air” (Feat. Meek Mill)
16 “Thug Cry” (Feat. Lil Wayne)
(via MTV)
