’12 Best Mixtapes: #1 Rick Ross Rich Forever

Wednesday, January 09 2013 6:00 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Album Reviews, Blog

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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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Comments (107)

  1. 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

  2. Fukdj Khaled says:

    Nigga Fuck corny ass rap radar and corny ass William Roberts

  3. Nein6x says:

    FOH, THIS SHIT WAS ASS

  4. g$tedmano says:

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

  5. 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.

  6. Realniggashit says:

    This should’ve been his album

  7. 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.

  8. Scrilla says:

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

  9. kai says:

    the soul tape 2 was hands down better than this.

  10. Da Business says:

    Not mad, definitely better than the lp.

  11. LABB says:

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

  12. clown baby says:

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

  13. B says:

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

  14. productofme says:

    SURPRISE!!!

  15. ROZAYS LEFT TIT says:

    so buddens loose quarter didnt go harder?

  16. Larco says:

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

  17. 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.

  18. Lethargic1 says:

    Rare Chandeliers is a better mixtape than this.

  19. Cheat says:

    Dom Kennedys Yellow Album should easily be on this List

  20. cmon son says:

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

  21. cmon son says:

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

  22. Brandon says:

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

  23. Clover says:

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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. watup says:

    Mixtape was hot but def. Not #1

  27. NYCown says:

    Main question what about JEEZY?

  28. GtotheFO says:

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

  29. 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

  30. 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.

  31. 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.

  32. 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”.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-qx4OUxZBc

  33. 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

  34. chino says:

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

  35. 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.

  36. TommyMD says:

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

  37. MadRapper says:

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

  38. 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

  39. Chubby says:

    *SIGHS*….

  40. kemo says:

    soultape 2 best mixtape

  41. Mario says:

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

  42. 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

  43. 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.

  44. wutuptho says:

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

  45. Jeremy Shockey says:

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

  46. Tim says:

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

  47. 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

  48. 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 !!!!!!

  49. Phonte says:

    Asher Roth deserves to be on this list.

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