Denzel Curry - RICKY

Song Exploder

Hrishikesh Hirway

Music

4.8 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Denzel Curry is a rapper from Miami. He started his career at age 16 as part of the hip hop collective Raider Klan. He released his first solo album while still in high school.

In May 2019 Denzel released his fourth album, ZUU. He made it with the Australian production duo FnZ, who have been collaborating with him since 2016. The album was named Best New Music by Pitchfork, and Denzel made his TV debut on The Tonight Show.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece
0:06.6	tell the story of how they were made.
0:09.5	My name is Rishi Keishi Hureway.
0:14.8	This episode contains explicit language.
0:19.9	Denzel Curry is a rapper from Miami.
0:22.2	He started his career at age 16 as part of the hip-hop collective Raider Clan.
0:26.2	He released his first solo album while he was still in high school.
0:29.6	In May 2019, Denzel released his fourth album, Zoo.
0:33.6	He made it with the Australian production duo, FNZ, who have been collaborating with
0:37.2	him since 2016.
0:39.2	The album was named Best New Music by Pitchfork and Denzel made his TV debut on the Tonight
0:43.3	Show.
0:44.3	In this episode, Denzel Curry and FNZ break down the song Riki, which was named after Denzel's
0:49.6	father.
0:59.9	My name is Denzel Curry.
1:02.7	The day this song started, man, we was all in the studio.
1:07.7	I just got off of a tour in Australia.
1:11.0	And I was like, when I get back, we're going to go in because I was still trying to keep
1:14.8	them all minimum as much as I can.
1:17.0	I didn't want to lose that.
1:18.0	I disappear for another two years.
1:19.4	So, as soon as I came back, we just went straight to the studio the next day.
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