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If there’s one factor Rico Nasty refuses to do, it’s be boxed in. So, when the Maryland rapper teased that she had her most “liberating” mission but on the way in which again in February, followers had been excited. Now, the wait is lastly over: LETHAL dropped on Friday (Could 16) at midnight.
The album opens with “WHO WANT IT,” on which Rico Nasty finds herself “means up within the mountains” and daring anybody to problem her, very similar to the observe’s title suggests. From there, it segues into “TEETHSUCKER (YEAH3x)” and “ON THE LOW,” two promising information that listeners had been handled to prematurely.
To followers’ nice shock, the musician experiments quite a bit on the 15-song effort. “PINK,” as an illustration, leans barely into hyperpop territory whereas staying trustworthy to her alt-rap roots. Then there’s “SMILE,” which is a notably slower minimize. Nonetheless, if there’s one style that may be very prevalent on the LP, it is rock.
Rock Is Extra Prevalent Than Ever In Rico Nasty’s Music On ‘LETHAL’
Two tracks specifically, “SON OF A GUN” and “SMOKE BREAK,” actually crank up the rock vitality. On the latter, she screams, “I do not need nothing, I haven’t got nothing / I do not want nothing, get the f**ok away.” The sonic route makes excellent sense contemplating that LETHAL was launched by way of Fueled By Ramen, residence to Fall Out Boy and twenty one pilots.
Not solely that, however Imad Royal, who’s recognized for his work with Doja Cat and various acts like Panic! On the Disco, is credited as a producer on all 15 of LETHAL’s songs. Earlier than the mission’s launch, Rico Nasty opened as much as Rolling Stone about working with the beatmaker.
“At first, I’m not gonna lie, I used to be like, ‘Bro, this n**ga hates me. He actually hates me,’” she joked in regard to him insisting they report only one tune per day. “Then I had this realization. I made ‘BUTTERFLY KISSES,’ ‘SAY WE DID’ and ‘ON THE LOW.’ These are all one-song classes. I made the songs, and I left the studio. And have you learnt how liberating that’s?”