Deluxe Version 2014a Top _best_ — Rick Ross Mastermind
Maybach Music Group, Slip-n-Slide Records, and Def Jam Recordings. Executive Producer: Sean "Diddy" Combs.
If you ever get the chance to hear "Sanctified" through a proper subwoofer on this pressing, you will understand. The 808s don't just shake the room—they tell a story. This isn't just the top of the Mastermind album; this is the top of the Maybach Mountain. rick ross mastermind deluxe version 2014a top
's sixth studio album, Mastermind , released on March 3, 2014, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 . The deluxe version contains Maybach Music Group, Slip-n-Slide Records, and Def Jam
The title Mastermind was no idle boast. Across 16 tracks (20 on the deluxe), Ross positions himself as the chess grandmaster of modern street luxury. Where earlier albums like Teflon Don (2010) introduced the caricature of the larger-than-life drug lord turned rap don, Mastermind refines it into a studied philosophy. The album’s opening track, “Intro” (produced by D. Rich), sets the tone not with a bass drop, but with a cinematic monologue: “I am the mastermind / The architect of everything you see.” This is Ross at his most self-aware—acknowledding the constructed nature of his persona while daring you to question its authenticity. The 808s don't just shake the room—they tell a story
The deluxe’s “Drug Dealers Dream” is the emotional core of the entire project. Over a minimal, piano-driven beat, Ross narrates a conversation with a dying kingpin. It’s spoken-word adjacent, devoid of bravado, and ends with the line: “They tell you to follow your dreams / Just know that some dreams… become nightmares.” It’s a sobering gut-punch that recontextualizes the entire album.