專輯介紹：
Rick Ross原名William Roberts，在邁阿密北郊貧困的小城Carol City長大。由於受到魯瑟·坎貝爾（Luther Campbell）和“臭名昭著大先生”（the Notorious B.I.G）等老牌說唱歌手的影響，William Roberts在上世紀90年代中期組建了說唱組合the Carol City Cartel，開始自己創作歌曲。同時，他還把自己的藝名改爲Rick Ross。（注：Rick Ross是上世紀八，九十年代美國洛杉矶最大的毒枭之一）
在加入Slip-N-Side Records之前，Rick Ross曾在孟菲斯說唱組合Eightball & MJG的前廠牌Suave House Records短暫停留。從2000年初開始，Rick Ross開始和同屬Slip-N-Side Records的Trick Daddy一起巡演並在Slip-N-Side Records出版的多張專輯中客串演唱。這使得Rick Ross開始在當地小有名氣。直到2006年，Rick Ross才發行了他的首支個人單曲《Hustlin'》。在《Hustlin'》正式發行之後，一場簽約大戰拉開了序幕，包括Bad Boy公司CEO Sean "Diddy" Combs和The Inc. 公司（原名Murder Inc.）總裁Irv Gotti都搶著要和Rick Ross簽約。但是最終，Def Jam老總Jay-Z以一張數百萬美元的合約將Rick Ross招緻麾下。
在加入以DJ Khaled’s而出名的“we taking over”後，Ross 仍然表現出他一貫的安靜。Rick Ross的樂迷可以聽到Ross一如既往地隨意唱腔，就像一個大學二年級學生在熟悉的學術領域發揮的如魚得水。Rise to Power這支4拍單曲將在Suave House專輯中發行。同時，敬請關注Ross的最新R&B風格的單曲.
After numerous attempts at trying to halt production, Suave House Records is finally dropping a new release by Miami rapper Rick Ross. The new album, titled Rise To Power, features Ross before his deal with Def Jam alongside rappers such as Scarface, The Clipse, Next, Devin Tha Dude, and Big Duke of Boyz N The Hood, among others.
Suave House Records' Tony Draper was the person who originally discovered Ross in 2000, but after a botched distribution deal for the album, he released Ross, so he could sign with Slip-N-Slide in 2002. Ross was signed to me in 2000 -- I found him," Draper told Billboard. "I'm the key to the south. Unfortunately, I was in a bad situation with Jcor Entertainment. I had a joint venture deal with Jcor, who had their distribution deal with Interscope Records. Jcor was supposed to supply marketing dollars, but they didn't. They only paid $500,000 on a $5 million tab. So to not tie up my artist, I allowed Ross to go to Slip-N-Slide Records in 2002."
After inking a deal Slip-N-Slide (SNS), SNS then entered into a joint venture deal with Def Jam Records in 2006, and the rest is history.