Black Market is almost anti-Rick Ross; an underground affair that lacked the promotion and pomp of his previous studio albums. Production was handled by Scott Storch, DJ Mustard, Jake One, Jahlil Beats and Ben Billions, and features included John Legend, CeeLo Green, Mariah Carey, Future and Chris Brown, yet the record still passed with little fanfare. It’s easily his least commercially successful album.
It’s entirely likely Ross planned it as such. He only began promotion in September, and told Billboard it was a more “intellectual” release than his previous work. Lead singles “Foreclosure” and “Sorry” failed to make any headway on the charts. Again, this is likely to only confirm his December 2015 claims that the album is a “classic in the streets.”