The Making Of Rich Gang: Tha Tour Part 1 - How Rich Gang Made One of the Best Debut Mixtapes Ever

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Lightning isn’t supposed to strike twice, but somehow Brian “Birdman” Williams has been the exception to this rule. For better or worse, his vision and pull have helped him develop new artists every decade, and in 2014 he did it again. He combined his foresight with the unparalleled talent of Atlanta newcomers Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug to create Rich Gang: Tha Tour, Pt. 1, one of the best first, and last, mixtapes from a group ever.

Birdman’s Rich Gang experiment was something that didn’t have a main attraction. The first compilation album from the project was released to little fanfare in 2013, and included the hit single “Tap Out.” Composed of already established YMCMB artists and Future, Rich Gang was little more than a catchphrase at the beginning of a song. The real inception of the group came when the Cash Money tyc00n focused on the young energy of Atlanta upstarts Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan, completely leaving his established and, frankly, old attractions behind. The two rappers were looking for an outlet, and the mogul provided the spark to get their music off the ground.

Young Thug was a rebel without a cause but bound to several ironclad record deals that had him stuck in purgatory between Gucci Mane’s 1017 imprint and Atlantic Records (he would later sign officially with 300 Entertainment). Rich Homie Quan was in a similar situation, but he at least had a hit single to his name in “Type of Way,” which impacted earlier in 2013. The two would guest star with each other (on songs such as “fukk Out My Face”) before releasing a proper single under the Rich Gang moniker titled “Lifestyle,” yet another unlikely anthem that had everyone singing along––even if they didn’t know what Thug was saying. The addition of Birdman, who regardless of his negative image had helped create a decade of new stars, had people rubbing their hands in anticipation of the new version of Rich Gang’s next move. Thug was the wordsmith with a dizzying flow, who could spew outlandish similes that sound like non-sequiturs, yet make perfect sense to the listener who loves to research (or do a lot of drugs). Quan was the soulful and erratic member, who made up for his lack of lyrical dominance with sheer honesty and pain in his delivery. The real Rich Gang was born, and we could smell the money on them.

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The production was also more focused than their previous projects, handled by just a few producers. London on da Track, Goose, and Isaac Flame handled the majority of the mixtape, giving it a cohesive feel that Thug and Quan rarely had in their previous projects. Goose, who met with Thug through mutual friend Dun Deal, was already acquainted with Quan and described the creation of the project as a marathon: “[We would] just work from four in the afternoon until six in the morning. You’d have Thug in one room, Quan in another room, and I was making beats in a third room. It was very open.” He also said that the process of making songs took less than 20 minutes between the two rappers, which is an impressive stat considering how efficient the songs were on the mixtape. Over 100 unreleased songs leaked from the project a few months after Tha Tour dropped, further highlighting how comfortable Thug and Quan were at making music together in such a short amount of time. “Nothing felt forced. It was just about getting to the next song,” Goose said.
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that grind :wow::mjcry:
 
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