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.
- 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