Port of Miami (album)

Port of Miami
Studio album by Rick Ross
Released	August 8, 2006
Recorded	2005–2006
Genre	Hip hop
Length	77:49
Label	Poe Boy Slip-n-Slide Def Jam
Producer	J.R. Rotem Cool & Dre The Runners DJ Nasty & LVM Akon Giorgio Tuinfort C. Fournier K. Luck Jazze Pha Mario Winans Miykal Snoddy DJ Toomp Jean "JRock" Borges Big Reese Jasper Cameron J. Venom DJ Khaled
Rick Ross chronology
Port of Miami (2006) Trilla (2008)
Singles from Port of Miami
"Hustlin'" Released: March 11, 2006 "Push It" Released: May 17, 2006

Port of Miami is the debut studio album by American rapper Rick Ross. Originally titled Career Criminal,^[1] the album was renamed, in reference to Miami being a major arrival destination for cocaine shipments to America. The album was released August 8, 2006, on Poe Boy Entertainment, Slip-n-Slide Records and Def Jam Recordings. The album was engineered by Miami-based songwriting and production team The Monsters & The Strangerz. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 187,000 copies sold in its first week.^[2]

The album's first single, "Hustlin' ", received an exorbitant amount of airplay. The remix version features Jay-Z and Young Jeezy. The album's second single, "Push It", produced by J. R. Rotem. This track samples the song "Push It to the Limit" from the movie Scarface. Port of Miami was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 8, 2006, with over 500,000 copies.^[3] According to Soundscan, the album has sold 857,000 copies to date.^[4] It was later certified Platinum by the RIAA In July 2016.

A sequel, Port of Miami 2, was released on July 26, 2019.