Bay Area Rapper Ricky Lake Set To Drop New LP ‘Saving Ricky’

Oakland based rapper Ricky Lake drops his latest album ‘Saving Ricky’ this Friday. Although he’s all too familiar with the chill pace of Bay Area life, nothing could have prepared him for having enough downtime to produce yet another release in 2020, and nobody is complaining. Pieced together via a network of incredible producers, Ricky spent weeks at his label Text Me Records in San Francisco to create what is possibly his best work to date. The album is described as a reflection of those first heartbreaks, lots of weed, too many books and all that brought together while mixing his trademark trap sound with early influences like NERD, Blink 182 and Crystal Castles.

On the heels of his ‘Wobbles’ EP and last year’s full length ‘Last Summer Sucked’, we’re feeling his collabs and growth on ‘Saving Ricky’ and he’s worked with artists like Father, Mikos Da Gawd Satica, Yung Skrrt, Lando Chill and Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire. We are excited to give a full preview of the album below, and listeners can check out the release this Friday on Spotify and Apple Music.

About Ricky Lake:

Ricky Lake left his home of LA at the age of fifteen, moving with his family to Nashville. The son of two doctors, steeped in the usual high school trappings of weed smoke, weird books and hip hop, Ricky (real name Marcus McAlpin) got a wake up call. The pseudo-progressive Southern Nashville landscape showed him the real United States: a land full of contradiction and paradox. Ricky dug deep into teenage influences like NERD, Blink 182, Crystal Castles and more; gleaning and selecting his favorite elements of modern pop and Soundcloud rap to develop a sound that’s big and glowing. He’s hedonistic, stylish and sensitive – a young artist who embraces the lavishes of our culture but doesn’t shy away from his sensitive side But it wasn’t until he found himself fitting into the artsy enclaves of Oakland, CA that he took on the title that he holds today – the dark but delicate trap craftsman we all know as Ricky Lake.

Ricky Lake on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/rickyylake/

Ricky Lake on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GdMcrjSN10m4oBnk8AKVz

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