Port of Miami 2

On July 16, 2019, the album's release date was announced. On July 31, Rick Ross was featured in an interview on Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show in which he said: Ross shared the album's tracklist on August 1, 2019. ==Artwork==

The artwork, an homage to the original Port of Miami cover depicts Ross holding a pendant with a picture of Black Bo, his friend and manager, who died in December 2017. ==Promotion==

The album's lead single, "Act a Fool" featuring Wale, was released on June 21, 2019, the song peaked at number 45 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The second single, "Big Tyme" featuring Swizz Beatz, was released on July 2, 2019, the music video for the song was released on July 30. The third single, "Gold Roses" featuring Drake, was released on July 26, 2019, the song peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. Promotional singles "Turnpike Ike" was released as a promotional single on August 6, 2019. ==Critical reception==

Port of Miami 2 was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on seven reviews. ==Commercial performance==

Port of Miami 2 debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, behind Slipknot's sixth album We Are Not Your Kind, with 80,000 album-equivalent units, of which 25,000 were pure album sales. It is Ross's 10th US top 10 album. ==Track listing==

Notes • "Big Tyme" features background vocals by Ken Lewis • "Bogus Charms" features vocals by Sam Harvey and November Ultra • "Rich Nigga Lifestyle" features vocals by Will Gittens • "Fascinated" features vocals by Bishop • "Vegas Residency" features vocals by Teedra Moses Sample credits • "Turnpike Ike" contains a sample from "Help (Someone Please)", written by Eddie Levert and Robert Dukes, and performed by The O'Jays. • "Summer Reign" contains a sample from "Rain", written by Brian Alexander Morgan and Jaco Pastorius, and performed by SWV. • "Rich Nigga Freestyle" contains a sample from "Does Your Mama Know", written by Will Gittens, Thomas Bennett, Mic Lovay, Robert Curington, and Rudy Love, and performed by Rudy Love & The Love Family. • "Fascinated" contains a sample from "Ain't No Sunshine", written by Bill Withers, and performed by Lyn Collins. • "I Still Pray" contains a sample from "Let's Fall in Love (Parts 1 & 2)", written by Ernest Isley, Marvin Isley, Kelly O'Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, and Christopher Jasper, and performed by The Isley Brothers. • "Vegas Residency" contains a sample from "Faust", written and performed by Paul Williams. • “Maybach Music 6” contains a sample from “Love Eyes”, written by Hubert Eaves and performed by Art Webb. • "Gold Roses" contains a sample from "Israël Suite", written by Sylvian Krief and Boris Bergman, and performed by Rupture. ==Personnel==

Credits adapted from Tidal. Instrumentation • Ken Lewis – guitar, horn, strings (track 6) • Brent Kolatalo – bass, drums, keyboards (track 6) • Maxime Breton – guitar (track 7) • Joshua "Principal Muzik" Everett – piano (track 13 14) • Alex Page – strings (tracks 13, 14) • Tyler Cates – guitar (tracks 13, 14) • Joshua Vincent – horn (track 14) • Jonah Vincent – horn (track 14) • J Troy Bass – bass (track 14) • Gumbi Ortiz – percussion (track 14) Technical • David Anthony "Trop" Bermudez – recording (tracks 1, 3–6, 9, 10, 14, 15) • Thomas "Tomcat" Bennett – recording (tracks 2, 7, 8, 11, 12) • Fabian Marasciullo – mixing (tracks 1–5, 8–12, 15) • Thomas McLaren – mixing (track 3), engineering assistant (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8–12, 15) • Just Blaze – mixing (track 6) • Finis "KY" White – mixing (track 7) • Leslie Brathwaite – mixing (tracks 13, 14) • Colin Leonard – mastering (tracks 1–8, 10–15) • Ian Kimmel – engineering (track 6) ==Charts==

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