In his first solo outing, the rapper breaks free of the stifling expectations set by the experimental music of his group in pursuit of a pure love of rapping.
The Phoenix rapper RiTchie, on the heels of his genre-breaking group Injury Reserve, returns from a creative block with his solo debut,The Phoenix rapper RiTchie, on the heels of his genre-breaking group Injury Reserve, returns from a creative block with his solo debut,Most mornings at his home in Phoenix, RiTchie rises with the sun."Wifey's nine-to-five, so I try to stay on the same schedule," he tells me.
While he harbors no intention of going solo for good, RiTchie definitely sounds reinvigorated. At a moment where rap is being fueled by competition again, he's found himself right back in his creative wheelhouse. And the heat is on.
I would seriously put you in that same category, especially when it comes to flow. How do you approach recording, because some things you've said about your process in the past make me think it might be as spontaneous as you just sitting in front of a mic and letting it rip? How would those self-imposed expectations manifest while making this album? What would happen when you sat down to record a new track?The type of questions that I think are always healthy to ask yourself, but I would take a little too seriously. It's a bit of insecurity, but it's also just a bit of competitiveness. It was obviously dramatic and just a bit OD.
My music has always been rather personal — whether that's in a bright light or in a dark light. It's just been a fun process to kind of always be recycling this stuff. Cause once I feel like there's not more that I can learn and more that I can build off of, I probably shouldn't do this anymore.
Yeah, for sure. But I guess I would rather be in that situation than the opposite, because man, the people that got to make the same record every time, that sounds like hell. It's at least fun that when I put it out there, they at least are open because a lot of people are not in that position and I would much rather be in this position than that position for sure.
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