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| | Rapper highlights the grimy side of Miami |
 | | So when Ross recently got his first chance to hold the jewel case and flip through the liner notes of his debut solo CD, "Port of Miami," the laidback, bald-headed MC was nearly giddy. |
 | | Ross, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs about 300 pounds, acknowledges that his good fortune is largely due to his runaway hit, "Hustlin'." A local sensation that eventually gained national attention, the song features ominous organs, stuttering handclaps, a hypnotic chorus ("Every day, I'm hustlin' ") and Ross' deliberate rhymes about Miami's grimy side. |
 | | Ross considers "Port of Miami" a portrait of Sunshine State culture and hopes it will become a gritty guide the region, as much as any Ice Cube album was for West Coast hip-hop. |
| www.azcentral.com /ent/music/articles/0809ross.html (763 words) |
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