It’s no surprise that Rick Ross knows about “timeless music.”
The rap titan, 47, has always been a fan of the classic sample spin. But what about the classics he listens to himself? Speaking with PEOPLE about his new collaborative album with Meek Mill, Too good to be true, Ross admits that there is a lot of music on his personal playlists that would surprise fans. And he even took out his phone to prove it.
“It’s too easy. Phil Collins, ‘In the Air Tonight.’ This is that yacht music right here,” Ross says before turning up the volume.
“So when I talk about that sound, I know where to draw from,” he adds. “I know where I want inspiration from. I know where I need it. Timeless records. When I’m talking about records that are 40 years old, 30 years old, how does it feel to look? I could just go on.”
Rick Ross and Meek Mill perform on ‘The Tonight Show’.
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After listing Sade’s “Hang On to Your Love” and PM Dawn’s “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss,” Ross also admits he likes Gloria Estefan’s music.
“Welcome to Miami! You feel me? It’s just that tip down, Miami s—. Put the tip down. Actually, leave the tip at home. Don’t just let it down. Leave it at home. You can’t even let that come back. F— that,” he says. “It’s Miami.”
Ross’ new album also features the song “Go to Hell,” by the duo Cool & Dre, which includes “Shout” by Tears for Fears. As Ross explains, the song — and the European music scene as a whole — hit Miami “perhaps differently than anywhere else” in the ’80s.
“I was a little kid then, but when you look at all the TV shows that were based in Miami, and being in Miami, there was no way to do that,” he says. “So if you weren’t from Miami and you watched Miami Vice, they drove around in Ferraris, that went with the Ferraris. That European sound, man.”
“But definitely, that European music scene in Miami was… Like the Latin scene was in Miami, the European music scene was in Miami,” he adds. “So Tears for Fears, definitely, that s— was like 2 Live Crew.”
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