Within the project, Ross has also tapped a bevy of his favourite voices, including Swizz Beatz, who guests on the Just Blaze production “BIG TYME”, R&B upstart Summer Walker (“Summer Reign”), one-time adversary Jeezy (“Born to Kill”) and the dearly departed Nipsey Hussle (“Rich N***a Lifestyle”), among others. His “Where My Money (I Need That)” has yielded a “Rich N***a Lifestyle”, and where he’d once had to announce “It’s My Time”, Port of Miami 2 looks into the not-so-distant future towards a “Vegas Residency”. Instead of “I’m Bad” on the original, the always proud villain has graduated to “Nobody’s Favorite”. The raps on Port of Miami 2 reflect the clout Ross has managed to acquire over the years. His sound, with our energy.” "Act a Fool" also features long-time MMG cohort Wale he joins Gunplay (“Nobody’s Favorite”) and Meek Mill (“Bogus Charms”) to reaffirm that the home team is fully intact. “And this album, on track one, ‘Act a Fool’, I felt like it made sense to kick the door in with an MMG foundation: the producer Beat Billionaire. “ Port of Miami 1, you talkin’ ’bout young producers, a new sound, a different vibe,” Ross says. Port of Miami 2 isn’t just a continuation of the original, though-it's a project that allows Ross to revel in his legacy while adhering to a blueprint the MC executed on the original and continued to build from throughout his career. Within it there are luxury raps aplenty, along with references to streets of Miami outside of South Beach, the area Ross immortalised in the music video for “Hustlin’”. “We’ve accomplished so much since then, and sometimes you just gotta reflect on that.” Thirteen years, nine albums and too many hits to count later, Ross returns to the first brand he ever built, delivering a sequel to that seminal debut.
“ Port of Miami was the foundation I built the empire on,” Rick Ross tells Apple Music.