’12 Best Mixtapes: #1 Rick Ross Rich Forever

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Rick Ross rung in 2012 with a bang. With a release date for God Forgives, I Don’t still a mystery, Rozay unleashed a new collection of tunes, an album before the album. We knew this was serious from the start when Sean Combs talked his shit all over the glorious “Holy Ghost”. The Teflon Don showed his true aggressiveness on “High Definition”, “MMG Untouchable” and “Yellow Diamonds”. But a major part of Mr. Roberts’ success is his ability to bring the best out of his collaborators. Nas sounds re-energized on “Triple Beam Dreams”, Styles P glides on “Keys To The Crib” and we all know what Drake did on “Stay Schemin”. Sorry Lonnie. While most artists wait until the summer to bring the impact, the MMG general took the initiative to take over, early. It was a great time to boss up.

Previously: #10 360 Everywhere & Back l #9 Trouble 431 Days l #8 Mac Miller Macadelic l  #7 Fabolous Soul Tape 2 l #6 Big K.R.I.T. 4eva N a Day l #5 Wiz Khalifa Taylor Allderdice l #4 Freddie Gibbs #BFK l #3 Meek Mill Dreamchasers 2 l #2 Big Sean Detroit

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  1. Steve says:

    Waaaaay tougher than the album by the way.

  2. g says:

    his album sucked so bad

  3. Slim Baller says:

    Yeah this is better than the album but definitely not the best smh. And the album isn’t even top 10

  4. Facts says:

    In jail was the only time I hung around a C.O. (ugh)

  5. zezzoi says:

    SMH, you know RR & MMG got ties when this shit ranks over Big Sean’s tape. No way this shit was better than Sean Dons work.

  6. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    ” ’12 Best Mixtapes: #1 Rick Ross Rich Forever”…Suddenly its Comedy Hour.

  7. Tev Milli says:

    Yea I agree with this…..I over played the shit out of this mixtape wen it dropped…..it bumps in the whip wat can I say

  8. Belize says:

    smh..man i gotta stop fuckin with this site and just stick with Nah. Yall niggas gonna raise my pressure up

  9. Devante says:

    Who can argue with this? Didnt like 3 songs on this mixtape make the radio?

  10. real niggas only says:

    big tape was way better

  11. epinz says:

    1999, blue chips, 4eva n a day, bfk, detroit, was all better than this…there were def some bangers on here, but overall?!?!? Aint now way!!!

  12. Mic check 1-2 says:

    “But a major part of Mr. Roberts’ success is his ability to bring the best out of his collaborators.”

    How can you big up Ross for consistently getting killed on his own shit?

  13. J says:

    Fuck you YN…BFK was the best of 2012

  14. ...ummm says:

    …huh?…this is better than Soul Tape 2?!?! get outta here! RR is on MMG’s payroll.

  15. Concrete Rose says:

    Definitely the best mixtape of 2012. BETTER THAN all 50 Cent’s mixtapes combined.
    BOSS!!!

  16. Fuck rap radar says:

    @Bdot Go suck a dick Sean’s tape was like a fucking album damn near. @YN when I see you imma rape dat ass

  17. Based Van Exel! says:

    CB4 ass nigga…..

  18. Black Shady says:

    SURPRISE SURPRISE lol

  19. Phucku Dusumtin says:

    This tape was hard as fuck. And I don’t even fuck with Ross like that.

  20. Balla says:

    Yall RR niggas give a whole new meaning to dickriding

  21. tucq says:

    Absolutely correct.

    “Keys To The Crib” is the hardest mixtape song I ever heard. Rich Forever is a classic mixtape. Period.

  22. HOVA says:

    As much as you may try, you can’y argue with this. There were way to many radio songs on this mixtape (Stay Schemin, F*ck ‘Em, Ring Ring, Triple Beam Dream, Rich Forvever, etc) for you to be putting Big Sean’s mixtape over this. Stop coming on here arguing pointless -ish. Rapradar not d*ck riding, it is what it is.

  23. myG says:

    … but yall forget that this was the album from the begining so he did record the whole teflon don again.. i think this was way better than teflon don aswell…

    BUT WHERE THE FUCK IS CHIEF KEEF MIXTAPE THAT SHIT WAS HARD BANGER AFTER BANGER

  24. jeezy says:

    Your comment is awaiting moderation.

    Really lmao…rozay editing comments lol

  25. jeezy says:

    RozayRadar…so predictable

  26. majormar says:

    How is the truth dickriding? Hottest mixtape hands down. Murdered jeezo on the song rich forever. Sean didn’t even have a single on Detroit. Soul tape2 was classic too.

  27. majormar says:

    Its his work ethic. Resemblance of hov. Where is a emiem nas kanye hov mixtapes @. Shout out to gunplay torch and the whole mmg for the consistent music and quality.

  28. That Guy says:

    Hahaha this rated higher than K.R.I.T’s 4EVA N A DAY mixtape, which he produced entirely himself and then killed. Humorous, just humorous.

  29. mac DIESEL says:

    MMG…………..MIXTAPE MUSIC GROUP!!!!

    ………..IT’S ONLY RIGHT FOLKS!!!! HA!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  30. cj says:

    HAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAH

  31. d'evill says:

    once again…mmg radar.

    are you guys sponsored by mmg or something?

    there were so many better mix tapes than this. this was just the same ol ross….

  32. Winston Churchill says:

    Breaking news: RR in putting MMG at #1 shocker!

  33. Brown Shady says:

    co-sign what jeezy said

  34. DJ says:

    no fucking way is this number one? these niggas serious? im not a hater but really this is not even Art! this tape was just bullshit.. the content for all songs are pretty much the same!

  35. Winston Churchill says:

    I’m starting to think they do this shit on purpose to keep the comments hot.

  36. yella says:

    this shit was hella hard…ross out did himself

  37. Lowkey says:

    Wait Joey Bada$$ ain’t make this list at all??

  38. really 23 says:

    Rap Radar finally got it right!!!

  39. DJ Semtex's Prothsetic says:

    shits so wack, detroit and dreamchasers 2 should have taken place over this

  40. Oh Dat's your Gurl!? says:

    no 1999 joey Bada$$?
    seriously!?

  41. Rap Critic says:

    Here’s My Top 10 Albums of 2012.. http://rap-critic.blogspot.co.uk/

  42. cj says:

    are you really keeping this post as the first post no matter what?! wow

  43. Reg says:

    WTF no Childish Gambino Love???

  44. YOUNG RACKS says:

    WE BALLING OUT HERE. MMG. KUSH GANG

  45. KINGme says:

    BULLSHIT FUCK ELLIOT AND THAT BITCHASS NIGGA BDOT … WHAT HAPPENED TO SLAUGHTER HOUSE ????AND JOE BUDDEN A LOOSE QUARTER TAPE ??????? FOH im done with elliot and his butt boi……………

  46. Dlove says:

    Haha comedians. 1999 was that work. And Joey was only seventeen. Rick Ross and his music is a joke

  47. Al Bundy says:

    Bull this mixtape top 10 maybe but not #1 a lot of better mixtapes was release Curren$y mixtapes was better Don Trips mixtape was better Starlito shit was better

  48. Fukdj Khaled says:

    Nigga Fuck corny ass rap radar and corny ass William Roberts

  49. Nein6x says:

    FOH, THIS SHIT WAS ASS

  50. g$tedmano says:

    man WTF!! This dude on sum other shyt for real

  51. Space Ghost says:

    Can’t argue with this. I rocked this way more than his album. This stayed on my SD card in my car stereo for months…Literally.

  52. Realniggashit says:

    This should’ve been his album

  53. Benja says:

    this one definitely did not make my list but i guess i can see the appeal to people if that’s your thing. Y’all should check out my list here:
    http://da-what.com/2012/12/29/top-10-free-hip-hop-projects-of-2012-mixtapes/
    Let me know what you think and leave a comment! Got some overlaps with RR and some other new ones. Naming 10 best is impossible but we are trying ot throw some shine on projects that we thought were great from 2012.

  54. Scrilla says:

    How come no name niggas like Trouble make it but not Jeezy “Its Tha World”?

  55. kai says:

    the soul tape 2 was hands down better than this.

  56. Da Business says:

    Not mad, definitely better than the lp.

  57. LABB says:

    No doubt this should be number 1.. RR needs some honerable mentions tho that Styles P diamond life mixtape was tuff

  58. clown baby says:

    was expecting to see Childish Gambino ROYALTY on this list. very disappointed

  59. B says:

    Y’all clowns stay hating on Rozay, Rich Forever was better then most niggas albums this year stop hating on MMG

  60. productofme says:

    SURPRISE!!!

  61. ROZAYS LEFT TIT says:

    so buddens loose quarter didnt go harder?

  62. Larco says:

    Where’s Hit-boy Hitstory?? Surely it should’ve snuck into the top ten somewhere??

  63. Phucku Dusumtin says:

    To you niggaz shoutin out that Jeezy mixtape Its The World, that shit is trash. Had about 2 good songs on it.

  64. Lethargic1 says:

    Rare Chandeliers is a better mixtape than this.

  65. Cheat says:

    Dom Kennedys Yellow Album should easily be on this List

  66. cmon son says:

    RR… you now have the credibility of MTV when they snubbed Cole on that hottest MC’s list. Smh

  67. cmon son says:

    Yellow Album, Soul Tape 2, and Detroit all top Rich Forever.

  68. Brandon says:

    Rich Forever was hard!! God Forgives, I Don’t was his best album to date! I sware, n*ggas love tot hate!

  69. Clover says:

    This website is a joke. Fuck RossRadar.com!!!!

  70. Niggas a cop and these birches work for jake says:

    I see you William Roberts. Coincidence Elliot had his five year anniversary of being fired from xxl this week?

    HA

    yn
    Bitch made

    Bdot
    Suspect faget

    Big homie
    Dick rider extrodinair

    These snitches are on the payroll

  71. Niggas a cop and these birches work for jake says:

    YONAS
    THE TRANSITION
    WAAAAAAAAAY DOPER

    TECH NINE
    BAD SEASON

    WAAAAAAY SICKER

    LOGIC

    YOUNG SINATRA
    WAAAAAAY ILLER

    SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    WAAAAAAAY MORE KILLER SHIT ON HIS WHOLE CAREER IN ONE SONG

    Shit

    Kyle bent had a better mixtape than Ross

    And

    So did Sammy Adams OK COOL

    But these knuckleheads thinking cuz they cousin Leroy and his lame ass trunk rattling with eight inch subs and old as shit kenwood deck with Ross playing somehow is better

    Nigga please

    YOU DA PO PO.

    Fat ass should hung it up after the first seizure. Let alone the second one

    I feel like they are baiting slim shady to drop a mixtape

  72. watup says:

    Mixtape was hot but def. Not #1

  73. NYCown says:

    Main question what about JEEZY?

  74. GtotheFO says:

    No A$AP or Trinidad James or even Wayne with Dedication 4? C’mon na

  75. 5 years ago XXL fired Elliott Wilson for to much dicksucking and he later had throat problems for swallowing too much sperm says:

    JUST LIKE I PREDICTED DAYS AGO LOL

    I REALLY THINK PEOPLE SHOULD START BOYCOTTING THIS SITE THERE ARE LOADS OF OTHERS OUT THERE

  76. Tbones says:

    @Jezzy, these niggaz up in here are moist for real, what is to be moderated in my post. All i said was they just praised Ross for getting killed on his own shit by better mc’s which is quite foolish.

  77. j.coal says:

    Rick Ross is awful. He is the epitome of everything wrong with hip hop, and yet here we are putting him at #1. I’m going to go listen to Britney Spears in a dark room.

  78. lilrizq says:

    I’m not really that heavy into Trap Music so I didn’t really get in to this mixtape that much. I like the beats when he has the soulful samples like he has on the albums. But to each his on, now look at this video I edited for my homie “The Voice”.

  79. kayandgee says:

    yall n*ggaz hate on rozay, thats nothing new but Richforever was hands down the best mixtape for not only 2012 but arguably eVER!! yea i said it, ive never heard anything better banger for banger, so please stop with all this trash talking, you might not like the man but give him his props. detroit ,1999 and soul tape were dope mixtapes too but richforever was a monster

  80. chino says:

    how did the ivy league club by cyhi not make this list shoulda been at least #10

  81. jackfrost601 says:

    I know these selections are the opinions of those that run this site and we are all entitled to your own opinions but this was not the best mixtape of 2012! Detroit should not be number two either! Ive traveled all over the country and people were not playing these tapes, Stay Schemin is the only reason this tape got any real exposure. Ross is repetitive and how long can you rap about Maybachs jewels and a life you didnt live? Cant agree with you all on your picks for number one and two.

  82. TommyMD says:

    what about CM7 by yo gotti or “ItsThaWorld” jeezy , “Folarin” by wale smh

  83. MadRapper says:

    I don’t know how Joey’s ‘1999’ didn’t make the top 10. Or Jeezy’s ‘It’s Tha World’.

  84. TommyMD says:

    no real effort or thought went into this mixtape list and any of us cudd have just went to datpiff filtered for the hottest mixtapes of all time then picked all the ones off that list that came out this year and thats basically what it seemed like was done here like cmon i like ross and everything but yall gotta do better lol or create a way were u can take a poll and the viewers and fans can vote like all star weekend lmao

  85. kemo says:

    soultape 2 best mixtape

  86. Mario says:

    WOW Ross is #1 on Rap Radar. So you don’t say

  87. HJOOD says:

    mixtape is dope as fuck, even if he was a C.O. ya niggas are the reason why hip hop fell the fuck off. Rick Ross > Lil Wayne anyday

  88. JT says:

    wow, you rapradar employees stay ridin these dicks. how the fuck can this dude get away these bull shit raps. I dont give a fuck if this guy is the most lyrically inclined rapper since biggie or jay (which hes not) he is lying about everything he says. This dudes the modern day milli vanilli with all this fake bullshit. He aint no drug lord, no mafia boss no nothin.

  89. wutuptho says:

    i dont get the rick ross love affair, hes average to me

  90. Jeremy Shockey says:

    Really? No Joey Bada$$ 1999? Or Dom Kennedy Yellow Album? Your credibility is dropping big time, big homie….

  91. Tim says:

    How the FUCK do you leave Joey Bada$$ and Slaughterhouse off this list. Fuck y’all.

  92. Tim says:

    Does Ross pay Elliot and the site admins to suck his balls? Is it a salary pay or an hourly type thing? I admit this tape had some bangers but its more so the fact you leave 1999 out of the countdown, some buuuuullllshit son

  93. SHORT BUS SHAWTY says:

    ‘Rick Ross is awful. He is the epitome of everything wrong with hip hop, and yet here we are putting him at #1. I’m going to go listen to Britney Spears in a dark room.’ THAT COMMENT SUMS UP ANY AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN AND WILL SAY ABOUT RIKKI IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LMFAO !!!!!!

  94. Phonte says:

    Asher Roth deserves to be on this list.

  95. B.A.G. says:

    Right when I started liking this site you fags started all this ranking shit! Critics are supposed to be like Sports Reporters and not just pick your favorites, you know stay neutral. But God damn this is ridiculous… Get your shit together YN! And why do you all act like Drizzys verse was the tightest shit in the world? Common merked that pretty girl on that Stay Schemin beat. Ross is a joke, straight C.O. and you all still dick ride him!!!

  96. NEM says:

    *HAWGH*
    .
    ROSS RADAR @ it again…
    .
    Hope they — MMG — at least pay you guys well.

  97. Young ra says:

    First Single Off My Mixtape “Be Ok”
    Listen To It & Leave Your Comments
    If You Like It Support Me & Share The Link….THANKS!

  98. WTF?! says:

    What about Slaughterhouse: On The House?!?!?1

    Really?!?!?! Do you even know RAP?!

    GET A NEW JOB!!! CLOWN!!!

  99. slik says:

    I’ve lost respect for this site

  100. bullti says:

    Wtf… this was SHIT

  101. The original lucci says:

    Salute, the bo$$ muthfunkin Rick rozay hottest rapper in the game!!! Mixtape could’ve been a album, and the shits free!!! Masterpiece looks epic ’13 rozay next too blow!!

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