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Rico Nasty’s New Album Is the Perfect RX for Trap’s Ails: Review
Rico Nasty has released her new album RX, reuniting with longtime producer Kenny Beats (now Kenneth Blume) less than eight months after the deluxe edition of her debut, LETHAL. The nine-track project sees the pair rekindle a creative partnership that began with 2018's "Smack a Bitch" and the 2019 mixtape Anger Management, with critics praising it as a confident, high-energy return that reasserts Rico Nasty's standing among rage rap's leading figures.
According to the review, RX runs just under 21 minutes and features minimal outside collaboration, with no guest MCs and only one additional production credit, from Dylan Brady of 100 Gecs on the track "Butthead". This stripped-back approach is said to let Rico Nasty and Blume operate at their creative peak, with the reviewer noting Blume's beats sound bolder and more expansive than on previous collaborations, giving space for Rico Nasty to reaffirm her influence on punk rap and the sugar trap sound she helped pioneer.
In short
- Rico Nasty releases new album RX with producer Kenny Beats
- Nine-track record has minimal guest features, one from Dylan Brady
- Reviewers say it reaffirms her status as a genre pioneer
Explained simply
Rico Nasty is an American rapper known for mixing hip-hop with punk-inspired sounds and sharp, energetic vocals. Her music helped shape “sugar trap”, a style that combines trap beats with brighter, more pop-influenced sounds.
Producer Kenny Beats, now known as Kenneth Blume, has worked with her since “Smack a Bitch” in 2018 and the mixtape Anger Management in 2019. Their partnership is part of a wider wave of “rage rap”, a high-energy style built around forceful beats and vocal delivery.
RX is their latest album-length collaboration. Its sound and production are relevant to how Rico Nasty’s work is heard within punk rap and sugar trap, and to the continuing influence of the styles she helped develop.
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