Rick Ross - Live Fast Die Young

This record says two things...

1) Rick Ross is highly respected by his industry peers.

2) Kanye West if f**king back!

jus sick! the beat is incredible. 4.5

Wack. DJ Z you have bad taste in music seriously. Everytime you guys make a rating or prediction about a song it's always a different story in my city or on the billboard.

1) Rick ross is so f*ckkin wack

2) Kanye west could do much better

3) Live fast die young wtf do you expect me to be banging this song chanting live fast die young?

Again kanye can do much better and i really hope he does not feature rick ross on any other tracks off his upcoming album.

It's summer save all that sad shit for the winter and come out with some summer bangers.

and why do my posts always come out centered -_-

have to agree with niko minus the z comment lol...but this beat isn't even tight and rick ross sounds aint the same as when he first came out...he just blah blah blah on a track...kanye west verse wasn't even hittin either...sounds like a throw away track...

1. Once again, Z's comments are SPOT-ON. (I was moving in my seat to this!)
2. Did Niko203 and M.A.C.B. get bit by the hater bug? (I'm not one to use that word a lot, but it fits with their comments)

Kanye's verse is genius. Pretty catchy song, definitely a classic, lyrically.

not bad but if this is the best Teflon Don has to offer it'll be a flop

Looking at the other comments, the song is both overhyped and taken too harsh. I might have to listen to it a few more times but right now hearing it, the beat is all over the place and is just too crazy.

I still don't get how Rick is so respected by his peers (I guess that shows what type of people they are) but he was decent. I'm glad to see Kanye again, but he still hasn't came with anything lyrically dope like I was hoping for (maybe my expecations are too high). Oh yeah, wack hook too. Maybe it'll grow on me.

Nice track..got a good feel to it Ross really knows how to cruize on the track...nice work with the production Kanye

Kanye is great on here, both on the beat and on his verse!I think kanye is on the way to picking up right where he left off in the rap game. Rick Ross was better than usual, but not great. The hook could use some work though. Overall, it's a banger in my book.

Rick Ross' new album is going to be interesting to listen to, especially since he has guests like Cee-Lo, Erykah Badu, and Raphael Saadiq. I'm looking forward to hearing more of it.

Amazing!

Kanye did one hell of a job here! Production is top notch, the music is beautifully crafted and catchy!

This is so heavily Kanye-influenced that the only way one can tell it's a Rick Ross song is that he gets 2 verses and does actually sound hungrier than usual.
Nonetheless Kanye was the most comfortable on the beat and was outstanding.

The chorus is just feel-good and genuine.

Rap listeners are definitely not music lovers. Rating this garbage and hating is plain ignorant.

Lol a bit of hate so far? I honestly would have to be far deep into a different section of hip-hop to NOT enoy this, this is pure straight fire Hip-Hop!

Haterbug... Did you make that up yourself? No seriously do you think this song is a classic? You probably don't say haterbug a lot but you guys sure do use "classic" loosely. It's not just DJ Z it's a few of you guys. I can name a few songs that you guys rated poor and they became smash hits. Don't try to play me i know what i'm talking about.

My first thought is that this reminds me of College Dropout Kanye! Rick Ross usually gets owned on his songs by the guest artists, but I think he managed to hold his own for once. The beat goes hard as expected with Ye on the boards. This is a definitely banger status!

As for the other comments i listen to much more than rap. I rated this garbage not because im ignorant but because i know kanye can do so much better. Also rick ross just isn't the same anymore. I wish he could make more songs like The Boss and Here I Am but after trilla everything was just garbage. Now can everyone please get off me?

@Niko203-wow...

I'm feelin' the production... Rick Ross's last verse is somethin' special... And Ye can do no wong in my eyes... 3 - ***'s

the only time "ross" and "fast" will be in the same sentence lol...and is it just me, but i feel like ross has matured in his raps and flows, moving away from his "hard" beginnings, the song with john legend comes to mind ("magnificent" i think it was called). not that there's anything wrong with it, but it just sounds like adult music lol no hate baby

This definitely sounds like a kanye west song, it doesnt wow me, but it's good none the less.

I've never seen the booth so split on a song. It isn't just veteran raters against the newer guys; everyone's split.

Rick Ross has stepped up recently. Hi Super Fly remix verse was very respectable to hip-hop purists. His verses here were also on point. They contain some of that Rick Rossian repetitive lines, but thats just him.

Kanye was an absolute disappointment. He had that College Dropout tone to his verse, but honestly, he just spit recycled metaphors on top of cliches. No creativity. His last line about dying was the only one that caught my ear. Definitely a throwaway verse by 'Ye.

The production was a good fit for these artists. I feel like Ricky is on his way up. I agree, he's been featured way too much, and been unimpressive on those features, but Super Fly, and Live Fast Die Young were lyrically on point. I hope he can keep it up.

Rick Ross>Production>Sheldon Williams in the Finals>Kanye

I don't think this deserves a 1 star... you can try for 2 stars.

kanye been back

This is what happens when a track dosnt deliver on all the hype that surrounded it. The production is decent though not as hot as Ross had been claiming. Kanye's verse was good, though ive heard better from the lad. Rick Ross himself was probably the tracks highlight. Neither of his verses were classics, but they were still pretty solid.

The hook gets annoying pretty quickly after multiple listens

3.5

Don't know whats wrong with Niko and MACB, I agree with Z. I don't see why Rick Ross is respected so much, but he can be dope sometimes. I don't think his album has one song with just him. Maybe 1. These 2 need to make more music together. They always sound good together. They compliment eachother and make hot music. 4.5

Thanks, Niko. Glad I can always count on you for insightful and spot on flattery!

I think this is a dope record. I could not see it on the Billboard Top 100. It definently would move radio. But it a really dope album track.

@Niko203-

Dude, if you want people to get off your back, stop replying to everyone's posts with an argument.

People have their own opinions. You can't hit on other people to make everyone see your way.

If you're calling the Maybach Boss wack, then make a three albums that topped the Billboard 200 consecutively.


Now back to the track:

Rick Ross: His standard money-crazy flows are generic and predictable, but it's just him. Nothing too special, but yeah, the last two lines of the opening verse is hilarious.

Kanye: Somewhat annoying, as is the hook. But again, that's just him at his swagger-laced braggadocio at its best. I can only vaguely accept him auto-tune singing, but him at his rapping game is always the best. The verse was pretty memorable.

The beat is crack! 'Nuff said. The sample does get kinda monochromatic after a few listens.

Overall, a slightly above average track for me.

Huge 'Ye fan, and was a little let down by his verse (although I did appreciate the ressurection of his humor and sound effects). Not so much a Ricky fan but his verses actually proved to be more than tolerable, nice work. Kanye's beat is just ridiculous though.

In addition to xuUP17's comparison:

The Sheldon Williams joke(which had me rollin'>Z's response to niko203(also had me rollin')>Production>Ross

Gotta love the Booth.

@mmcoolman2000 - "the only time "ross" and "fast" will be in the same sentence lol..."

^LMFAO^

From the gurgling analog beats with delicate and refined horn-line to the sliced n diced disjointed sample, only Kanye West can pull off a mess of a tune… in a good catchy way and the hook lines are big and sticky as an oil spill. Be warned. Ricky Rozay!! definitely stepped up to the challenge, seems like he too saves his best bars for his own tracks. Good strategy, but you just can't top WHATEVER Kanye West spits. Period.

[Intro]
And I wanna show you how you all look like beautiful stars tonight!

(You’ve got to feel it)
(Aww, you soundin’ good!)

[Chorus]
They say we can’t be livin’ like this
for the rest of our lives
But we gon’ be livin’ like this
for the rest of tonight
And you know they gon’ be bangin this sh!t
for the rest of our lives

Live fast (live fast)
and die young (die young)
Live fast (live fast)
and die young (die young)
Live fast
and die young

[Rick Ross]
Livin’ fast, now it’s all in the rags
hard-headed, but my top peelin' back
tinted glass on my ’57, n!gga with an attitude (me)
young and radical, methods are mathematical
let my convertible marinate on the avenue
Mami, that’s half a million, I’m livin la vida rapido!
die young, but fcuk it, we flew first class
turned you to a rich b!tch by your first glass
Up in this b!tch and we lit up like a screen
every time we hit the charts, n!ggas shoot up like a fiend
stuntin’ like we printin’ money with machines
what you see me wavin’, Vacheron Constantine?!?
like Mike, my Spikes stay all white
24 karat gold, 80 carats worth of ice
ice insured, fcuk life insurance
I live for the moment, and put a bullet on that (Bawse!!)
got the club rockin’ like a fcukin’ boat
I’m the pirate on this ship, all you mates got to go
good party over here, everybody over here
you know the word travel fast, everybody know we here
all the bottles over here, even spread it over there
all the models over here, but they swallow everywhere
she came to party like it’s 1999
if she died on my d!ck, she would live through my rhymes

[Chorus]
They say we can’t be livin’ like this
for the rest of our lives
But we gon’ be livin’ like this
for the rest of tonight
And you know they gon’ be bangin this sh!t
for the rest of our lives

Live fast (live fast)
and die young (die young)
Live fast (live fast)
and die young (die young)
Live fast
and die young

[Kanye West]
For all Miami ladies that drivin’ Miss Daisy
drivin’ me crazy, rock the beat, baby
hop up out the err, she eat up the pavement
I don’t give a err, baby, he crazyy
I’m back by unpopular demand
least he still poppin’ in Japan, shoppin’ in Milan
hoppin’ out the van, screams from the fans
“Yeezy, always knew you’d be on top again!”
And we bout to hit Jacob the Jeweler
so I can be like Slick Rick, and rule ya
Dr. Martin Louis the King, junior
and Imma never let the dream turn to Kruegers
my outfit so disrespectful
you can go head and sneeze cause my presence blessed you
I mean, we walked in this b!tch so stylish
n!ggas done mistook me for my stylist
and I know its superficial and you say its just clothes
but we shoppin in that motherfcuker and it just closed
so go ahead and just pose
when she walked up out the dressing room, the store just froze
and I know they tryna get they cool back
and them ghetto b!tches hollin’ “How you do that?”
Unh, so they could never say we never lived it
and if I see Biggie tonight, I loved every minute

[Chorus]
They say we can’t be livin’ like this
for the rest of our lives
Well, we gon’ be livin’ like this
for the rest of tonight
And you know they gon’ be bangin this sh!t
for the rest of our lives

So live fast
and die young
Live fast
and die young
Live fast
and die young

[Rick Ross]
Peter Piper pickin’ peppers, Rick pitch poems
my leather long enough to keep a thick b!tch warm
when that a$$ is enormous, abs abnormal
and tans in the morning on sands in California
seems like we gettin’ money for the wrong things
look around, Maseratis for the whole team
look at Haiti, children dyin’ round the clock, n!gga
I sent a hundred grand, but that’s a decent watch, n!gga
I’m gettin better, cause it woulda leased a drop, n!gga
Imma get my money right, just watch, n!gga
she had a miscarriage, I couldn’t cry, though
cause you and I know she was only my side ho
Uh, I got em catchin amnesia
time to pull my fcukin minks out the freezer
see the lynx and you just think, “Jesus!”
I’m hot till the day a day freezes
young and radical, methods are mathematical
I’m multiplyin’ my money through different avenues
took many to war, shook never before
for my mother I applaud Ms. Afeni Shakur
ice insured, fcuk life insurance
three bad bitches, don’t come concurrent
still, you know the dope won’t stop
and if I die today bury me in a dope-ass watch

We can’t be livin’ like this
for the rest of our lives
Well, we gon’ be livin’ like this
for the rest of tonight
And you know we gon’ be bangin this sh!t
for the rest of our lives

So live fast
and die young
Live fast
and die young
Live fast
and die young

Good Morning Mr. West. Good Morning.

Good to have you back again!

even though kanye can't sing it's pretty dope. . .

So basically what you're telling me is that Kanye has a new track featuring Rick Ross. The beat? Kanye. The hook? Kanye. The best verse? Kanye. Ross does his thing, and I'd be surprised if Teflon Don doesn't smash, but this feels like a Kanye track to me.

@Guest - When did this comment section become about accurately predicting charts performance. Some of my favorite music never touched the charts, and some of my least favorite music sat in the top ten for months. I was under the impression that we were all (including DJ Z) giving our opinions on how we feel personally feel about the track.

I like the song but hate the chorus. And Nathan I disagree that this sounds like it's Kanye featuring Rawse. Ross carries his own throughout the whole song but the beginning of Kanye's verse is dope. And Kanye on the hook is supplemented and horrible. I hope this isn't the best the album has to offer.

Pretty average cut. I have never thought of Rick Ross as one of the better rappers. This song doesn't do anything for me. Kanye was alright. Rick Ross is terrible unless he features someone. Without Kanye this is trash.

Now listening to the song again, it has grown on me more. I love the beat and I'm glad where Kanye is taking his production (Power and Drake's Show Me A Good Time). Even the hook is dope to me now, I still don't like Kanye's verse and Rick is decent but I'm able to overlook that for the most part. Banger.

Nice song from Rozay

can't say I've heard a better Rick Ross track...probably because the production is so incredible. He usually messes with Justice League who's super dope, but you just can't top a vintage Kanye beat and that is exactly what this track is.

naw this song production is stright fire,but its like the review said how trher F##K!!!! are you thirty and sum change talking about live fast die young....last but not least
KANYE WEST-its about time he goes back to rapping
RICK ROSS-F##K him hes fake as @*#$! thats why the REAL RICK ROSS is suing him

Classic hits. Rick Ross & Kanye West are killing this shit.

i like the production and kanye was dope but i just cant make myself like ross... its like making myself believe the WWE wrestling is real... first he thought he was rick ross now he thinks hes big meech

After listening to this more, I would love to hear a G.O.O.D. Music Remix to this. I can imagine Consequence and Big Sean sounding great on this production...but all the same, a lot of people would sound great over production like this!

I thought dis song wud b much betta mainly cuz of who's on here bt im thoroughly dissapointed...shame on u guys

one word > SOLD!!! Play it again, my maing!!! This is all that; and a bag of chips!!! :)

This song is great .
I usually really dont like Rick Ross ,
but he did alrite on this song .
The beat was amzing & so was Kanye .
'U can gon head & sneeze cuz my presence jus blessed u'

The production above all else disappointed me. Everyone on this track played their part well, especially Kanye.