This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk honors the anniversaries of landmark albums which have formed the course of music and tradition.
The sides of Rico Nasty‘s artistry appear almost limitless. 4 years after her electrifying Tiny Desk (dwelling) live performance, the rapper/rager/rockstar lastly brings her full pressure to the precise Desk. One factor’s for certain: This live performance will shock you.
Rico performs in entrance of a packed home of Nasty Mob members, household, pals and hometown supporters. “There’s a connection that I’ve with you guys,” the DMV native tells the gang. “It simply makes me really feel very secure.” Fueled by that assurance, Rico powers by a set that is as layered as her catalog.
5 years after her debut studio album, Nightmare Trip, Rico has developed. Her newest undertaking, LETHAL, finds her totally assured within the lane she’s constructed, mixing vulnerability and perspective the way in which solely she will. On the Desk, Rico lets both sides of herself shine: from explosive tracks like “SMOKE BREAK,” to a easy, reimagined model of “ON THE LOW,” to the tender resonance of “SMILE,” a tune devoted to her son. Rico delivers a rigorously curated present that highlights each nook of her musical identification whereas leaving her mark on the enduring house.
SET LIST
- “WHO WANT IT”
- “TEETHSUCKER (YEA3X)”
- “ON THE LOW”
- “Tia Tamera”
- “SON OF A GUN”
- “SMOKE BREAK”
- “Smack a Bitch”
- “CRASH”
- “CAN’T WIN EM ALL”
- “SMILE”
MUSICIANS
- Rico Nasty: vocals
- Joe Cho: guitar, background vocals
- Jacob Ray: guitar, background vocals
- Rexzeal Omaka: bass, background vocals
- Matt “Tort” Campfield: keys, background vocals
- Imad Royal: drums, background vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Alanté Serene
- Director/Editor: Kara Body
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Mitra I. Arthur
- Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
- Manufacturing Assistant: Dhanika Pineda
- Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
- Tiny Desk Collection Editor: Lars Gotrich
- Tiny Desk Group: Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer
- Government Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
