The album marked the only release under the name “Trick Daddy Dollars” before he dropped the “Dollars” moniker for his sophomore effort, www.thug.com. More importantly, it established a grittier blueprint for Miami rap at a time when the city was still largely associated with the party sounds of Miami bass. CLOSELooking back during a 2015 interview with Revolt, Trick Daddy explained that he never set out to become a conventional rapper. During the same Revolt interview, Trick Daddy reflected on breaking through in a music industry that largely overlooked Southern artists. advertisement advertisementFor Trick Daddy, success was never about celebrity as much as responsibility to the community he represented.