War Ready (album)
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| Released | December 6, 2024 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop, trap, rage | |||
| Length | 39:58 | |||
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War Ready (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Rich Amiri. It was released on December 6, 2024, through Internet Money and 10K Projects. War Ready serves as a follow-up to his third studio album Ghetto Fabolous (2023). The album features a sole guest appearance from OsamaSon, while the album's production was handled by Policard himself alongside multiple record producers. It would be promoted by two singles: "Keep It Cool" and "Count My Bandz", with the former debuting at number 32 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart.
Three versions of the album were created, with Amiri calling them "three completely different versions, with completely different tracks.” Amiri would start working on the first following the successful release of his third studio album Ghetto Fabulous (2023).[1] In 2024, Amiri made the XXL Freshmen Class list, later discussing his improvement with his "craft" in an interview with the publication:[2]
“I don’t think there’s anybody making what I’m going to release, I know I’ve taken about a half-year break where I only had one releases, but within the half-year, I’ve been in this studio every single day working on my craft, and I just don’t think [...] I don’t think anybody in my lane or around my age, like, period, is going to be coming how I’m coming.”
He would later start recording new material for War Ready in 2024.[3] For the visualizers of the songs in the album, Amiri decided to include an American flag burning in the background,[3] which was thought to be political.[1] In a press release, when asked about War Ready, Amiri stated: “So, I feel like what ‘war ready’ means to me is like, internally being ready to combat that, you know? Just combat whatever life may throw my way, whether or not I’m prepared for it. There was just a time when, every time I would go on the internet and see my name it was something that was frustrating to me.”[1]
Composition
War Ready consists of eighteen tracks that clock out at around 38 minutes.[3] RapReview's Juon Steve commented on the runtime, expressing that "most of his songs are two minutes long and a few are even shorter than that." "That's It" features a burbling synthline and "is smoother and hookier than many of the "bombastic" tracks on War Ready,[4] while "U Want That" explores Amiri questioning his life choices.[3] Vivian Medithi of The Fader felt that the album "burrows" into rage rap.[4]