Rico Nastyis used to the post-tour comedown.
And when its over, she readjusts to solitude.
You do feel unimportant and alone.
Rico Nasty announces her third studio album, ‘Lethal,’ out May 16Chris Yellen
But during her most recent tour, the 27-year-old experienced an unfamiliar sensation before she even reached the crowd.
I looked at myself and I said, This is just not me anymore.
She set out to find the answer on her third studio album,Lethal,out May 16.
Its first single, Teethsucker (Yea3x), is two minutes of raging rock catharsis.
I remember my mom telling me, Music is not your purpose.
And then theres Maria shes a person too.
I feel like the situation I was in before taught me how to ask for what I want.
I got rid of everybody.
These were people that Ive literally put my whole career in their hands.
I knew them personally outside of work, and that isnt enough sometimes.
There were things that I wanted and things I was being told that I couldnt get.
They would not listen to the music that I was putting in the little link, or whatever.
There was no direction.
Hell, yeah, you could drop it!
I dont like not being a person of my word.
Im no longer taking maybes.
Im taking yeses or noes and Im no longer saying maybe my damn self.
Im only saying yes or no.
Im not teetering on, Well, I kind of like this.
I dont want to hurt their feelings.
Feelings are completely out of it.
Youre on my shit.
What the hell are you talking about?
Im gonna speak up for myself.
Ive already been looked at as the big, angry, screaming bitch anyway.
So why the fuck would I care?
I remember you teasing a song on TikTok that sampled Missy Elliotts Get Your Freak On.
And then another person was like, This is disrespectful.
So Im like, Wait a minute.
Hold the fuck up.
Aint nobody gonna call me disrespectful for paying homage.
I love Missy Elliott.
So when it started getting into that, Im like, Fuck it, take the whole shit down.
Once I heard an inkling of her being like, Why did she put this out?
I thought we were waiting its just business shit.
Its no hard feelings.
Me and Missy have spoken about the song.
Its really not that deep.
I take myself way too serious to be looked at as unprofessional or like a joke in any way.
Me and Missy Elliott are from the same area.
All of it was a dud, they ruined it.
They put a horrible taste in my mouth.
Im so sorry to my fans, to the people that were looking forward to it.
Bitch, you know how to sing?
Hold the fuck up.
Where did you learn how to sing?
I really want to fucking just go there.
Theyre not gonna fuck with me.
Im just learning myself.
And honestly, I probably wouldnt believe that I made an album like this.
Every day it feels like were living in a more and more extreme version of that.
Everything is meant to kill us.
Nothing is in moderation.
Everything is given too much, too fucking much.
Yes, I thought about it.
I am all of these things.
Hed be like, Oh, my God.
I cant believe that thats happening.
This world is really bad.
And I told him, You know what, though?
This world was fucked up when you came I dont care if people are like, Youre cursing.
Hes all right and its gonna be fucked up when you leave.
We all carry this chip on our shoulder of I want to make a difference.
Then make a difference in your community, within your friends, within your family.
Stop depending on these people to be the difference.
They have too many people in their ear telling them what to do.
You be the change.
And thats what I tell him all the time.
Man, just worry about yourself and trusting God.
Thats really all that my parents would say to me, because what can we do?
We are one person.
Was this the world I imagined him growing up in?
Did my mom have more rights than me?
This shit is disgusting.
Youre hyper aware of everything.
How deep is this needle going to go?
Is this going to hurt?
Am I going to bleed?
Am I going to swell?
Is this going to leave a scar?
Youre thinking about all these things, and then once you experience it, none of those things matter.
Youre relaxed and youre scared.
You literally have needles on you, so you dont want to move.
So youre soothing yourself internally, having this battle of like, Calm down, relax.
I think thats why the album starts off crazy, like a tantrum.
Im going crazy, and then Im like, Wait.
I have to take a breath.
I have to soothe myself.
What matters to me and, underneath this rage, what am I feeling?
Im feeling proud of myself.
Im questioning myself, like, Do I deserve to be proud of myself?
Am I OK?'
And then you get to a song like Smile.
I feel like I got really close with my parents making this album.
That song isnt only for me, but its for them.
You cant lose that childlike wonder of wanting more from life.
But most rappers, we love working.
Well make six songs in a day and then we only like two of them.
Thats how I came into this album, working like that.
And then Imad was like, We should just make a song a day.
At first, Im not gonna lie, I was like, Bro, this nigga hates me.
He literally hates me.
He dont want me to make no music.
Everybody fucking hates me.
I was very irritated.
I would start off by being like, No, Im still making two songs today.
I dont give a fuck, Im still following my own rules.
And then I had this realization.
I made Butterfly Kisses, Say We Did, and On the Low.
Those are all one-song sessions.
I made the songs and I left the studio.
And do you know how liberating that is?
I spent a lot of my career locked away in the studio.
I would do 12-hour sessions.
I feel like I lost myself making albums or making mixtapes.
I focused way too much on the music.
You dont like it anymore and its something that youre known for Oh, well!
That definitely was a part of my Saturn return, because I just remember being like, But why?
Why dont I like this anymore?
This is all that I fucking like.
This is all that I know.
How does someone just wake up one day and not like shit?
What is that about?
If you dont have hobbies, youre gonna be miserable.
But like I said, we are all just grown-up kids.
We need hobbies and things that fulfill us outside of our work.
Kehlani, she has a lot of hobbies.
You want to know why?
Because shes doing something that fulfills her.
Shes doing something that makes her excited to wake up.
That little body making all this noise?
I love that my fans even allow me that.
That theyre like, Girl, youre my space.
I am trying to get rocked and rolled.
That song is exactly how I feel about the world and the industry and everything.
But well start the conversation now.
Being on certain rock festivals is a goal of mine.
Weve definitely done Rolling Loud, and weve done the other types of festivals.
I loved when I did Lolla and I loved when I did Outside Lands.
I just feel like festivals in general are always insane.
Getting certain festivals is always a huge accomplishment in any artists career.
We love that shit.
Youll figure that shit out later.
When the music is good, dont worry about that.
Just make good music and talk about how you feel.I also watchedLife of Pi.I really liked that.
My son was like, Oh, my God, I love this movie!
Im like, Cameron, this movie is sad as hell.
