


Trilla was met with generally mixed reviews from music critics. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores On May 23, 2008, the music video was released for "Here I Am" featuring Nelly and Avery Storm. On March 25, 2008, the album's third single, " Here I Am" featuring Nelly and Avery Storm, was released. On February 21, 2008, the music video was released for "The Boss" featuring T-Pain. On February 14, 2008, the album's second single, " The Boss" featuring T-Pain, was released. On December 14, 2007, the music video was released for "Speedin'" featuring R. On October 16, 2007, the album's lead single, " Speedin'" featuring R. I kind of took a little from Michael Jackson's Thriller album and put that on mines and that's how we came up with Trilla.

And I just put my twist and my spin on it. You know in the Texas/Florida panhandle, that's what we say. In March 2008, in an interview with AllHipHop, he spoke about where the album title came from, saying: "Trill is a term we been using down south. This album is going to be much better than Port of Miami and possibly the best album of the year." We laughed, we chopped it up, we just had fun. When I was working with her, I thought about that. She did a lot of work with Michael Jackson. I got Marsha from Floetry to come in and help get the females on my team. In November 2007, in an interview with HipHopDX, Rick Ross spoke about who would be featured on the album, saying: "Most definitely. However, he later announced that the album would be released on December 18, 2007, until it was pushed back to February 19, 2008. On August 17, 2007, Rick Ross announced that the album would be released on November 11, 2007.
