Then, he recorded the song Hustlin’, the one that ignited a war between numerous labels fighting for the right to reach a business agreement with the talented artist. Until 2006, Ross had been reluctant to start a solo career and preferred to work with established rappers gaining more experience and gradually accumulating his own material. In the years to follow, he was a regular guest on their records, while his joint concerts with these artists helped him get well-known in the wide hip-hop circles and find big people in his industry. Within a short period of time, the rapper got acquainted with the more mature and respected colleagues, including Trick Daddy and Trina. After signing up a contract with this company, William was proposed to take up the Rick Ross stage name, which he did. As they started, the band intended to cooperate with the small label Suave House Records, yet they were soon noticed by the major recording house Slip N Side Records. In the early nineties, Roberts assembled the rap outfit Carol City Cartel. The songs by its most prominent figures, such as Notorious B.I.G., and Tupac Shakur, could be heard all over the States and sure did reach the ears of the future rapper. As a teenager, he could not but get addicted to the hip-hop culture. 1 score (74 pages): 30 cmStaff and numeric notationAlabama bound - Alabama jubilee - Alexander's ragtime band - Ballin' the jack - Billy (I always dream of Bill) - Beale Street blues - Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? - Because - By the light of the silvery moon - China, my Chinatown - Dear old girl - Fascination - For me and my gal - Give my regards to Broadway - Gypsy love song - Hello! My baby - I wish I had a girl - Ida, sweet as apple cider - In my merry Oldsmobile - In the good old summertime - JA-DA - Johnson rag - Let me call you sweetheart - M-O-T-H-E-R - Missouri waltz - Nola - My melancholy baby - Oh, Johnny! You beautiful doll - Paper doll - Peg o' my heart - Poor butterfly - Pretty baby - Rose room - Ross of Picardy - Row, row, row - Saint Louis blues - Smile, smile, smile! - Spaghetti rag - Somebody stole my gal - Sweet Adeline - The band played on - The Darktown Strutters' Ball - The trail of the lonesome pine - There's a broken heart for every light on Broadway - They didn't believe me - Tiger rag - Wait till the sun shines, Nellie - Yankee Doodle boy - What do you want to make those eyes at me for? - You made me love you (I didn't want to do it) - While strolling thru the park one dayNotesObscured text on back cover due to sticker.Rick Ross (born William Roberts) was born in Carol City, a very poor town in Florida.
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