Instead, he processes everything through music. “It’s easier for me to just talk to you about general shit than my own personal ideas and experiences.” He admits that it’s difficult for him to open up about his past in most conversations.
DIE YOUNG RODDY RICCH INSTRUMENTAL SERIES
When you write about shit you don’t know about, it’s not going to sound right, because you’ll miss the details.”Īfter navigating the streets of Compton as a teenager and having to face a series of violent events, including the death of his best friend, Roddy says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. “When you’re illustrating a story, you have to go based off of your personal experiences. “Kendrick Lamar taught me that life experience is an important part of being a good illustrator,” he says. He credits this calculated approach, in part, to another Compton rapper. Roddy understands that his ability to thoughtfully dissect the world around him is one of his biggest strengths as a songwriter. He's in everyone else’s head, and his own, so he becomes the smartest man.” He gets to hear everyone’s point of view instead of just voicing his own and staying within his own head. He’s understanding where his strengths are in the room, and figuring out everyone’s perspectives.” Talking in a slow, measured tone, Roddy continues, “He’s the listener. He’s pinpointing everyone else’s weaknesses. “The quietest man in the room, who is being very observant, is the smartest and the strongest. “Usually, the loudest in the room is the weakest,” he remarks, holding steady eye contact as he speaks. He’s much more comfortable sitting back and observing the subtleties of those around him. Roddy Ricch is always the quietest one in the room. As we wait for our food and make small talk about his recent cross-country flight from L.A., he’s easily the quietest person in the room. You wouldn’t know Roddy is in the midst of a career-defining moment by looking at him right now, though. Roddy takes it all in stride, but he cops to being surprised by a co-sign from Rihanna, who recorded a video of herself dancing to “Out Tha Mud,” which he says will appear on a deluxe version of the album that he’s “about to drop.” Pulling up the clip of Rihanna on his phone, he laughs, “I was really tripping out about this shit.” One comes from LeBron James, another from Young Thug. On this rainy December afternoon, Roddy Ricch is just three days removed from the release of his chart-topping debut album, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, and his phone has been lighting up with messages of congratulations all weekend. A few months later, the young rapper’s soulful vocals laid the foundation for Mustard’s Grammy-nominated “Ballin,” crowned the best song of 2019 by Complex. In January 2019, Roddy followed that up with an appearance on close friend and mentor Nipsey Hussle’s final single, “Racks in the Middle,” which earned him multiple Grammy nominations. His first major breakthrough on a national level came with 2018’s Feed Tha Streets II mixtape standout, “Die Young,” a song about street violence written on the night of XXXTentacion's murder. Since adolescence, the 21-year-old Compton rapper has been pulling on these experiences to write strikingly honest songs about street life. Or some shit about how you’re on fire and water’s getting to boiling.”īorn Rodrick Wayne Moore, Jr., Roddy Ricch has spent his whole life paying close attention to everything happening around him. And I’ll make a song about how, metaphorically, life is heating up like a pot. “That pan may symbolize something for me. “Sitting at this restaurant, I might see a pan on the wall right there,” he says, pointing at a cast-iron skillet that’s hanging over a table on the other side of the room. Even in the mundane surroundings of this chain restaurant, though, he carefully analyzes his environment and files away observations in his head. Holed up in the back corner of a quiet chicken and waffles spot in lower Manhattan, he repositions himself on a small wooden chair and fights back a yawn. Roddy Ricch is staring at a wall across the room.
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