In an interview with Billboard, Rick Ross talked about how, in building his Maybach Music Group, he was inspired by earlier movements like Bad Boy Records.

"Building Maybach Music Group and building this empire, of course I was inspired by some of the earlier movements and earlier dudes that came along such as Cash Money, such as Bad Boy Records," he said.

"And to me, when I really think about the greatest era of hip-hop, those were the greatest eras to me; when I turned on my TV and saw Big and I saw Mase and I saw Junior M.A.F.I.A. and I saw The Lox. That was the most exciting era of hip-hop to me and when I looked at the No Limit era and saw that camaraderie that they had, that unity and that brotherhood that they shared. You know, I think it spilled over from music and me, being an artist that really loves to make music to the point where I would love to have 4 and 5 incredible artists that I could be on the phone with or in the studio with on a daily basis."