Baltimore’s premier dance-rap spitfire Rye Rye unleashes her brand new single “Boom Boom” on eager ears today. The bouncy track, produced by Rudy ‘Mayru’ Maya (Rihanna), samples the Vengaboys’ 1999 hit “Boom Boom Boom Boom.” The video for the single, directed by Legs (Florence And The Machine, Goldfrapp) will drop later this month.
Dubbed ‘the voice of Baltimore,’ 21-year-old hip hop dynamo Rye Rye is no stranger to the limelight. She was the first artist signed to M.I.A’s label N.E.E.T. Records and past collaborations have included hits with mentors M.I.A., Diplo and DJ Blaqstarr. More recently she teamed with Scandinavian dance queen Robyn for summer’s smash, “Never Will Be Mine” and Far East Movement on their fall track “Jello.”
Declared “eminently danceable, with up-tempo break beats, electronic flourishes, and double-Dutch-like rhymes,” by the The New York Times, Rye Rye announces a May 15th release date for her debut album. GO! POP! BANG! guaranteeing the MC’s bouncy playground jams will be pumping out of every actual schoolyard–and car stereo, club, block party, and house party–just in time for summer.
GO! POP! BANG! sounds exactly like its title: an energetic rush of Baltimore beats by Blaqstarr, M.I.A., Bangladesh, Steve Angello, and more topped by Rye Rye’s motor-mouth flow. Rolling Stone, the New York Times, and the Fader have been anxiously awaiting the album’s arrival, but nobody is more psyched than the colorful MC herself. “I’m super excited about my album finally coming out–jumping for joy!” Rye Rye says. “GO! POP! BANG! feels like a breath of fresh air and you guys can expect some booty popping, heavy bass, fun and tight rhymes over massive beats!”
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