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Rick Ross will drop his new album "Trilla" December 18 via Slip N' Slide/Def Jam.

The album's lead single is "Speedin'" featuring R. Kelly.

"We're speed-racing to the top," Ross told MTV News about the track. "It's a race to see who gets the most money, it's a race to see who puts their side on the map, it's a race to see who's the best. Living, to me, is a race. It ain't no time for sleeping and resting. It's that fast life." Following the platinum success of his #1 debut album, Ross has had his pick of A-list collaborators. R. Kelly was at the top of that list. "I been a fan of his for so long," Ross noted to MTV. "Once I got my money right, I had to go see him."

"This album is better, bigger," says Ross. "When 'Hustlin' took off I finished Port of Miami in the back of the van on promo tour, this one I really sat down with producers and everybody I really wanted to work with and put together something that's really timeless." DJ Toomp, Cool N Dre, and The Runners are among the producers lending their talent to Trilla. "Street Money" features fellow Floridian and Poe Boy brethren Flo Rida and the monumental "Maybach Music" features Jay-Z and takes the chill factor of the "Hustlin" remix to unfathomable levels. Another song "Luxury Music" features Lil' Wayne, Young Jeezy and Trick Daddy.

Ross's previous hit "Hustlin'", off his debut album "Port of Miami", was certified gold at the inaugural RIAA mastertone certification press conference in June 2006, and hit platinum one week before the album's release - to become the first mastertone ever certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of 1 million copies before the associated album had even been released.