Since first revealing his solo endeavour earlier this month, RiTchie has announced his debut album Triple Digits [112], to arrive on April 5. In celebration, the Phoenix-based rapper today shares ‘Dizzy’ with guest feature from fellow non-conformist Aminé. LISTEN + WATCH HERE.

‘Dizzy’ is a sleek stream of consciousness bouncing between RiTchie and Aminé poking fun at attention-seeking scenesters in music. Sharing the same spirit of his formal debut ‘RiTchie Valens‘, described as “tongue in cheek but stylistically inventive” by the FADER, the single arrives with self-directed music video from RiTchie’s perspective of said interactions. Laidback with a finger barely lifted flow – a verbal eyeroll – he paints a playful extension to characters like Atlanta’s Socks who can reveal themselves to be the most tone deaf of all.

First alluded to via open letter direct to fans via Instagram, the forthcoming full-length continues RiTchie’s stream of music removed from self-imposed confines and expectations that surround his legacy through Injury Reserve and By Storm. Continuing the tone of his guest features on Loraine James’ ‘Déjà Vu’, Ho99o9’s ‘Stunt Double’ and Tony Velour’s ‘TV James a.k.A B3K’ the expansive album stretches RiTchie’s critically acclaimed technicality to radical new heights.

Marrying the bombastic chaos of a free wheeling mixtape with the cult-innovation that comes hand in hand with Nathaniel Ritchie’s name, Triple Digits [112] represents an extension of his personality as much as it poses an introduction to a whole new character. Here, RiTchie is as diaristic as Earl Sweatshirt, mischievous like Wiki and still, as deeply intentional as Saba, delivering an immersive experience throughout. Trunk rattling experiments warbling through broken trap beats and autotune spoken word delivered as comfortably as he crafts straight up crowd pleasers and old school sample flips galore.

Born from happy-accident catharsis, where Triple Digits [112] lays bare RiTchie’s most overt influences musically, lyrically his greatest asset remains his malleable voice. In his vocal toolbox, mumble rap has as purposeful a home as Gil Scot Heron like sermons through to Westside Gunn style drawl; soulfully sung melodies next to hushed whispers and inflections unlike anything from the noise-rapper yet. As playful as it is an honest soliloquy, Triple Digits [112] is poised to certify the soloist as an incongruous anomaly. The latest compelling example of an artist able to stay true to their crazy-inspired origins as a collective, able to extinguish any doubt of their promise when standing alone.