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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” venture but on the way in which again in February, followers have been excited. Now, the wait is lastly over: LETHAL dropped on Friday (Might 16) at midnight.

The album opens with “WHO WANT IT,” on which Rico Nasty finds herself “approach up within the mountains” and daring anybody to problem her, very like the observe’s title suggests. From there, it segues into “TEETHSUCKER (YEAH3x)” and “ON THE LOW,” two promising information that listeners have been handled to upfront.

To followers’ nice shock, the musician experiments rather a lot on the 15-song effort. “PINK,” as an example, leans barely into hyperpop territory whereas staying devoted to her alt-rap roots. Then there’s “SMILE,” which is a notably slower minimize. Nevertheless, 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**okay away.” The sonic course makes good 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 identified for his work with Doja Cat and different acts like Panic! On the Disco, is credited as a producer on all 15 of LETHAL’s songs. Earlier than the venture’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 document only one music per day. “Then I had this realization. I made ‘BUTTERFLY KISSES,’ ‘SAY WE DID’ and ‘ON THE LOW.’ These are all one-song periods. I made the songs, and I left the studio. And are you aware how liberating that’s?”