Roddy Ricch tells Apple Music about ‘911’, upcoming project ‘The Navy Album’, and reveals it’s ‘his most vulnerable album yet’

Roddy Ricch joins Eddie Francis on Apple Music 1 to discuss his new song ‘911’ and upcoming project, ‘The Navy Album’. He describes the selection process for the songs and how important it is to be vulnerable with fans and give them a taste of what his life is like. The two also discuss the bond he built with his collaborator 30 Roc outside of music and his dedication to give it his all every time he performs.

Roddy Ricch tells Apple Music about the recording process behind his new album

I just always be creating bro. That’s just my safe haven, a way to express myself and keep myself fresh. I feel like if I was broke or rich, I’d be doing this, so I just treat it like that, you feel me?

Roddy Ricch tells Apple Music about the concept for this album

I mean, I feel like I’m just getting back to my roots of taking my time, being real lethal with my injection, if I will. Just trying to really just give it everything I got and being vulnerable as I can to my fans, allowing them into my life. They going to get a real experience, almost like a soundtrack, a movie experience of what my life is like. I’m really excited, bro.

Roddy Ricch on working with 30 Roc again on their new track, ‘911’

Yeah, we never met. We did ‘The Box’ but we ain’t know each other. He just sent the beat and I was in New York and I did that and we made history. Shout out to 30, forever grateful for his friendship. Now after the pandemic, everything settled down, dust settled down, me and my team just sitting like, man, we should get with 30. We reached out, he pulled up in the heart of LA And recorded with us. We started to notice a lot of similarities where it’s like I don’t fuck put a lot of people, he don’t fuck with a lot of people. It was like a lot of things similar. And then his career, just how he had to navigate through that with us having that big hit like that and just having to navigate through life, family and all this. We started making good music just because we built a bond outside of the music. You know what I mean? Even though we didn’t really start necessarily together, we were like brothers damn near right off the bat, as soon as we started the dialogue.

On performing his music in Los Angeles at the Ken & Friends Pop Out

My music, it is like something that people can feel, man. ‘Down Below’, ‘Die Young’, all that, that’s really them deep cuts that ‘Racks In the Middle’ shit. ‘Box’ is great, you know I’m saying? It’s great but all that, them deep cuts that people can feel and understand, I just try to give it up my all every time. And even in the hype moments, I try to give my all. I ain’t too much of a crazy performer, but I try to give it my
all, bro.

On his future plans

Bro, I’m always working on music, man. You call me today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, 10 years from now I’m going to still be working on music.