In one fell swoop, Ross tore down his carefully assembled existence while simultaneously building up the one that paved the way for the career surge he's riding, which has culminated in Rich Forever, the new mixtape that now stands as his artistic pinnacle. The beat was so titanic that Ross- who had gone to great pains to protect the self-constructed image of himself as an opulent drug kingpin- shouted a chorus where he imagined himself as genuine, real-life drug kingpins Big Meech and Larry Hoover. (Blowin' Money Fast)", the song that will go down as the indelible single of Ross' career. Ross was a successful artist before he ever hooked up with Luger, but his stunning transition from begrudgingly accepted popular rapper to one of the genre's most respected artists can basically be traced directly back to Luger's beat for "B.M.F. With both Rick Ross and star producer du jour Lex Luger at the top of the rap game, it's easy to forget how much of the former's career is now owed to the latter.
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