“For sure, I want to help people and put people on… But I wanted to have elevated, lit songs.
Fivio says his collaborator choices weren’t made out of malicious intent he just had another vision in mind. Out of the 16 features on the album, though, none of them are Brooklyn drill artists.
The album has 17 tracks, featuring appearances from major artists like Quavo, DJ Khaled, ASAP Rocky, and more.
Let’s make everybody able to do drill rap.” As one of the front faces of drill, I feel like it’s my responsibility to widen it. “I want to show people, there’s reggae drill, there’s pop drill. “People put drill artists in a box,” he says. Fivio says he wants to take the subgenre to the next level. is a drill album at its core, Fivio confirms, but with the inclusion of mainstream features. “To get to this point being as nice as I am, being able to make the song, and being able to put together a project that I like… Yeah, I’ve been working on this shit all my life.”ī.I.B.L.E. “I feel like I’ve been working on this album my whole life,” he says. The project includes songs that were recorded as early as two years ago, but to Fivio, the road to his debut has been much longer. People can relate to it, and there’s a lot of motivational shit to take from my life.” It’s a whole bunch of stories in my life. When you read it at some points in life, you can learn from it and deal with your life through the Bible. “The Bible consists of a whole bunch of stories from people-huge stories-and things that happened. Fivio identifies as a Christian (“I’m not living like a perfect Christian, but I’m very religious and I pray a lot,” he says) but he clarifies that the title is representative of a larger concept. He followed the single by signing a deal with Columbia Records and dropping two EPs, Pain and Love and 800 B.C.Īt first glance, the album’s title ( B.I.B.L.E.) hints at heavily religious themes. Back in June 2019, Fivio Foreign, born Maxie Lee Ryles III, was a new artist who had just dropped his breakout anthem, “Big Drip,” which would become a quintessential song of the Brooklyn drill movement. It’s a milestone he’s been working toward for the past three years. The sleepless nights will likely last a little longer, especially now that his debut studio album, B.I.B.L.E. Now, he tells me the celebration will continue later tonight with a dinner party. She’s a super genius.”įivio didn’t get home from the music video shoot until 8 a.m., and the day before that, he was out celebrating his 32 nd birthday with close friends and family. “She’s like, ‘You got something in mind?’ So we’ve been going back and forth trying to get that perfect song, and I feel like we got it. “I hit her up a year ago, like, ‘Yo, let’s do some drill shit,’” he says. Pulling out his iPhone, he shows me messages between the two. “She doesn’t really mix with a lot of people, so this is a blessing.”įivio and Nicki had been in talks about collaborating since he reached out to her in January 2021. “You do a song with Nicki, and it’s different from doing a song with anybody else,” he reflects. I really didn’t sleep.”įivio stayed up all night for good reason: he was shooting a music video with Nicki Minaj for their new collaboration “We Go Up,” and photos emerged of the duo partying with a large crew in Brooklyn. The most he spoke during the photo shoot moments earlier was to mutter one of his signature “bow!” ad-libs. He’s sporting a cream sweatsuit with the title of his debut album, B.I.B.L.E., emblazoned on the front, and although he makes a point of greeting everyone in the studio, he’s noticeably a muted version of himself. At the moment, he’s unquestionably one of the hottest artists in the city, and when he lags into Complex’s Manhattan office, the effects of his fast-paced lifestyle are apparent. Don’t ever let that nigga say he the King Of this city.”įivio has a point. “I’m going back home.” Fivio can’t help but respond, tweeting, “5 Billboards in Times Square, Top 5 songs in NY on Apple at once, & articles in both Daily News & NY Times. “The King of New York is coming back,” he taunts. “You’re the King of New York? Well, I’m trying to be the King of the World.”Ī week after our conversation, Tekashi 6ix9ine reemerges on social media, announcing he’s returning to claim the title. “That’s not the goal I’m trying to reach,” he explains. Instead, Fivio has his eye on a bigger target.
Some boy’s going to claim that shit, but it don’t matter.” “I feel like it don’t matter,” Fivio declares, snacking on Cup Noodles ramen in Complex’s Manhattan office on a cold afternoon in late March. The title has been the highest honor in New York City rap for decades, inspiring heated debates about artists like Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie, 50 Cent, and Pop Smoke, but the current heir to the throne doesn’t seem to have much interest in the crown. Fivio Foreign says the “King of New York” throne doesn’t mean what it used to.
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