Rick Ross Calls Out The Game's Documentary III First-Week Sales: "Set In Stone Did More Numbers"

Rick Ross is not letting the sales talk slide. After taking heat over the modest first-week numbers for his latest album Set In Stone, Rozay hopped on Instagram and flipped the script — pointing the receipts cannon at The Game's brand-new The Documentary III.

The Game's Documentary III landed at No. 68 on the Billboard 200 with 14,806 first-week units. Ross's Set In Stone, which dropped in July, debuted at No. 39 with 19,214 units moved.

What made the callout sting: Documentary III boasts a heavyweight feature list — two Kanye West appearances, Drake, Snoop Dogg, E-40, Marsha Ambrosius, and the late Drakeo The Ruler. Ross even had a little fun with the roll call, dubbing PARTYNEXTDOOR "Party Downstairs."

"That was a project that was released last week. The Documentary III," Ross began. "Two Kanye features, Drake, Party downstairs, Snoop Dogg, E-40, Marsha Ambrosius, Drakeo The Ruler–may he rest in peace. I was a huge fan. But more importantly, the point I want you to know is, Set In Stone, which is out right now, did more numbers than Documentary III with what they call a stimulus package."

To be fair, Ross mixed in encouragement with the shots fired: "Listen, keep hustling. That's what it's all about. The Game as an artist, continue to make music my ni**a. The west coast needs you, you feel me? And for all the other artists, don't let that sh*t dictate how you move, what you create. And you keep going."

The bigger backdrop is 50 Cent, who was having a field day at Ross's expense — gleefully trolling after Ross's Set In Stone numbers came out and his shows got canceled. The two have been downplaying each other's successes and celebrating each other's failures for years, and Ross wasn't going to miss a chance to make his own point — even if The Game caught the strays.

SNUBBZ TAKE: Let's be real: 14,806 units for an album with Drake AND two Kanye verses on it is the kind of number that makes the whole industry uncomfortable. Ross did what any heavyweight does when the blogs come for him — he showed them somebody else's receipts first. The Game might not have asked to be in this conversation, but now the whole timeline is doing math, and math doesn't care about features. The real question: in 2026, do big-name features even move numbers anymore — or is it all about who's actually listening? Drop your take below.

Sources: XXL (https://www.xxlmag.com/rick-ross-the-game-mocked-low-album-sales/), AceShowbiz (https://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00261491.html)