 In Spring of 2002, Rick Rock produced "Automatic" featuring Fabolous, which became the lead single for E-40's album "Grit & Grind".In 2003 Rick Rock gained more commercial success working with New York-based producing hits "Make It Clap" for Busta Rhymes "If I Could Go" for Angie Martinez and "Breathe, Stretch, Shake" for Mase.Following his commercial success, Rick Rock became a sought after producer on the West Coast producing underground tracks like Keak Da Sneak's "T-Shirt, Blue Jeans, & Nike's", "Back it Up" by Ras Kass, "Whip Appeal" by Bambino Brown and producing over half of the songs featured on B-Legit's fourth album "Hard 2 B-Legit".