You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
My name is Rishi Keshe, your way.
This episode contains explicit language.
Denzel Curry is a rapper from Miami.
He started his career at age 16 as part of the hip-hop collective Raider Clan.
He released his first solo album while he was still in high school.
In May 2019, Denzel released his fourth album, Zoo.
He made it with the Australian production duo F&Z, who've 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.
In this episode, Denzel Curry and F&Z break down the song Ricky,
which was named after Denzel's father.
My name is Denzel Curry.
The day this song started, man, we was just, we was all in the studio.
I just got off of a tour in Australia and I was like, when I get back,
we're going to go in because I was still trying to keep the momentum up as much as I can.
I didn't want to lose that or disappear for another two years.
So as soon as I came back, we just went straight to the studio the next day.
My name is Michael, aka Fnatic.
And I am Zach of the production duo FNZ.