Maybach Music Group released its first album in the summer of 2009, which was Rick Ross' third studio album Deeper Than Rap. After the release, Ross focused more on signing artists to his label, in the process discovering musicians such as hip hop group Triple C's who consists of members Gunplay, Torch, & Young Breed. On October 27, 2009 Ross released Triple C's debut studio album Custom Cars & Cycles through Def Jam.
In 2010, MMG issued Teflon Don, with another album titled Color, Cut & Clarity by Triple C's also scheduled for distribution, but was delayed and has yet to be released.
That same year, Ross made an offer to rapper Wiz Khalifa to sign to Maybach Music Group. Khalifa at the time was already signed with Atlantic Records.
In 2011, Ross confirmed that he intended to launch Maybach Music Jamaica along with Maybach Music Latino. He also signed Maybach Music Group's first reggae artist, Magazeen.
On May 23, 2011, Maybach Music Group released the album Self Made Vol. 1, featuring Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Pill, and Wale.
On January 2, 2012 while in the studio with Rick Ross, French Montana announced that he had signed a joint venture deal with Maybach Music Group and Bad Boy Records with Rick Ross and Diddy set to executive produce his debut album. It was announced that his debut album Excuse My French would be released in Fall 2012 through Interscope Records.
On February 4, 2012, Rick Ross spoke about the departure of Pill from Maybach Music Group and revealed that Pill was never actually signed to Maybach Music Group. Pill was already signed to Warner Brothers prior to Maybach Music Group and it was Warner executives who proposed the idea of Pill joining. Ross says that they worked out a one year deal, were Pill would be part of the team and after the year was up, it would be up to Warner Brother Records to decide if he stayed or not.
On May 2, 2012, Rick Ross would go on to sign Omarion to the Maybach Music Group. He also announced that Self Made Vol. 2 would be released on June 26, 2012 and God Forgives, I Don't would be released on July 31, 2012.
On June 26, 2012 while promoting Self Made 2 Rick Ross said that Gunplay signed a solo deal with Def Jam and that more material would be released from Gunplay leading up to his debut album.
There has been rumors that rapper Dom Kennedy is in talks on joining the label but when asked about the rumors Ross stated that he was a fan of him, but as of yet is not signed to Maybach Music Group.
On July 12, 2012 after rumors that rapper Rockie Fresh was in talks to joining the label, Ross confirmed that Rockie Fresh was the newest addition to Maybach Music Group. Rockie Fresh is currently working on a new mixtape entitled Electric Highway that is set to drop sometime in the fall and will be his first project released under the imprint.
Self Made
Rick Ross Lyrics
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Gotta handle your own
I'mma handle mine
They tried and tell me I don't fit up in this motha fucka
'Cause Rozay been talkin' white he think he Uncle Ruckus
I left Jimmy, they was spending silly with my budget
And now I'm rolling with some cooler niggas I can fuck with
You by the cooler yea you niggas don't get no tick
Bitch I think I'm teen wolf, dog nigga, ballin bitch
Fly as Ricky steamboat, me and my Moschino
I dont wear no five o ones,
Thousand dollar jeans flow
Its funny how Gucci made all the slates gone
I'm winning cause Ricky made my mistakes known
Its funny that since I put this chain on
These bitches appear quicker than state farm
Wale Folarin somethin they can't ever smoke
Weed I can't pronounce man
This shit would leave Rosetta stoned
This man can single handedly save the culture
You got no spark you need some lighter man you Sammy Sosa
So get it right okay you ballin' and I'm with the owners
You know my drive is retarded like I'm riding doughnuts
Picture me rollin'
Young, handsome and focused
Got that vision of Pac
Although I'm branded as Oprah
Michelangelo portrait meet Mia Angelou notebook
Michael Jordan performance nigga I dream to be all of it
Yea, I'm just a poet with some hang time
I don't really Shakespeare
I just shake dice
Miami nights, made a couple grand
Private plane TSA can kiss my ass
Lord forgive me I'm trying know I ain't living right
But this card I'm trickin' with got no limit right
In this life you dead wrong or ain't living right
They on my ass like a center make them take a hike
All we wanted was an opportunity
Its MMG baby
The dream team
I made it myself
Guess I'm self made
Fire starter put me anywhere I just blaze
Dropped out of school never made it to the twelfth grade
I'm so fucking raw haters hoping that I catch AIDS
Motivated just from being broke
Had a dream like Martin Luther, little bit of hope
If Sam Rosen never rolled and Malcolm never spoke
They'd probably find me in the woods hanging from a rope
Instead they lock me in the cell just for sellin' dope
When people told me I was signed used to tell them no
Cause I was never hesitant to represent
Devil knocking at the door screaming let me in
Tell the owner hit the locks when we stepping in
Charlie Sheen on them haters, they don't wanna let me win
Nah, niggas they don't wanna let me win
But I'mma build it ground up, once again
I kill these rappers early in the game, abortion
Spit a verse like lemme get ya fam, extortion
Send these niggas back to when they came, deportation
Make'm forefeit and I'm porshin six hundred horses
Nine eleven, somebody call'em
Kemba Walker cross 'em over, somebody fallin'
Jump back, I hit the shot, somebody ballin'
I'm at the dealer and I hear that Maserati callin'
Black and white diamonds looking like my neck be vollyballin'
And this presi lookin' like somebody pottied on it
I don't gotta join Illuminati just to get a new Bugatti
I'm just ridin' I done put a million miles all on my body
Born to win
Look around
From the projects to the penthouse
Our vision never changed, we self made
Count that up
Self made self paid man
P-I double L in the building
Eight in the morning when that street clock bust
Kitchen overload
Door knob turns
The aisle burn baking soda pourin'
The clientele buy and sell like a pawn shop
Profit margings increase
Agent to beat with my gun out
Out witted, out foxed you over matched
House hidden, drop tops the sofas match
This is fine dine take out
First date make out
Diamonds blind the lens and camera men on the stakeout
As I exit the steak house pockets on humongo
Philosophical drama and wildin known as the Congo
Africana, Black as Ghana, be my attire
Mary water, marijuana that stick to get higher
We blow stress through the vents of the Marriott
We self made, carry on while we carry out
If I woke up tomorrow and didn't have a dolla
As long as I have my heart I can get it all over
Dream team
We the ninety three Chicago bulls baby
The lovely Teedra Moses
Self Made
The lyrics to Rick Ross's song "Self Made" speak to the theme of resilience and individual success. Ross asserts that he is self-made, emphasizing the need to handle one's own business and rely on oneself for success. He addresses critics who claim he doesn't fit in, referencing his perceived "white" talk and comparing himself to the Uncle Ruckus character from the television show "The Boondocks." Ross also talks about his journey from leaving his previous label, Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records, due to extravagant spending, to aligning himself with a new group of people he can trust.
Ross brags about his wealth and luxurious lifestyle, referencing expensive designer brands and his expensive chains. He attributes his success to his mistakes being made known by the rapper Ricky, implying that he has learned from his past and become more successful because of it. The lyrics also touch upon the idea of women being attracted to Ross's success and financial status.
Wale, a featured artist on the song, comes in with a verse proclaiming himself as someone who cannot be smoked, using a play on words with weed to convey his untouchable status. He speaks about his ability to save the culture and criticizes others for lacking spark and needing a lighter, referring to the baseball player Sammy Sosa's alleged use of a skin-lightening cream. Wale compares his drive to being "retarded" and references his aspirations to be great like iconic figures such as Tupac, Oprah, Michelangelo, Mia Angelou, and Michael Jordan.
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Written by: JAY KNOWLES, WYNN VARBLE
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