''Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes'' is the second studio album by American rapper
Radamiz
Radhames Rodriguez (born October 6, 1992), better known by his stage name Radamiz, is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. He is of Dominican Republic, Dominican descent. Radamiz is a part of the Brooklyn-based collectiv ...
. It was released on October 4, 2019, by
Payday Records. The album features guest appearances from Dot Demo, Tedy Andreas, Rothstein, Adrian Daniel, Rudy Catwell, Riz Allah, DJ Cutbird, Oxytocin, and Khalik Allah.
Release and promotion
In April 2018, Radamiz revealed his signing to the newly relaunched
Payday Records as well as announcing a follow up to ''
Writeous'', telling ''
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'' that "I didn't get signed off what I released, I got signed off what I'm working on." On May 18, 2018, Radamiz released his first single "V.I.M.", produced by
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producer, V'Don. "V.I.M." earned his first appearance on
Ebro Darden's show on
Beats 1
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radio on May 21, 2018.
On September 21, 2018, Radamiz released his second single "NYNYNYNY", which he described to ''Passionweiss'' as "Just New York anxiety. Of course you're going to get the slow, mellow, smoking a blunt on a cold winter, rap. But you're going to get the introspective shit also." Five months later, Radamiz released his third single, "Save the Youth" featuring History and Tedy Andreas that was featured in
Need for Speed Heat.
On September 12, 2019, the album's fourth and final single, "Fake Gucci", produced by
Statik Selektah was premiered with
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. With the announcement, Radamiz also revealed the album's release date of October 4, 2019. Two weeks later, he released the music video to "Fake Gucci". From September 20 till the day of release, Radamiz unveiled daily the tracklist on social media for Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes. Starting with "Lotta Praise" and finishing with "Shadowboxing".
Track listing
Credits adapted from
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Notes
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signifies an additional producer
* "Shadowboxing" features additional vocals by Dulce Peralta, History, King Critical, Dre Dollasz, Madwiz, and Riz Allah
* "Stage Fright" features arrangement by Radamiz
* "Knuckles" features additional vocals by Riggamortis, Sunflowah, and History
* "Save The Youth" features additional vocals by Dulce Peralta
* "V.I.M." features additional saxophone by Corey Staggz and additional vocals by Madwiz and Joffy
* "God Is Not Money" features additional vocals by
Kota the Friend
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* "Nuyorican Poets Cafe (Interlude)" features arrangement by Radamiz and History
* "NYNYNYNY" features additional vocals by History and Remarkable B
* "Seven Digits" features arrangement by Radamiz and additional vocals by Dulce Peralta, Sakinah Bashir, and Oxytocin
* "Lotta Praise" features additional vocals by Dulce Peralta and Radhames Rodriguez Sr.
Sample credits
* "V.I.M." contains a sample from "The E. Song", written by Oliver Doerell and Roger Dorell, and performed by Dictaphone
* "Benzo" contains a sample from "Fashion International (a)", written and performed by Graham De Wilde
Personnel
* Adam Freeman – legal
* Adrian Daniel – featured artist
* Adrian Nunez – A&R for
Payday Records
* Blair Norf – producer
* Blank Noriega – producer
* Brandon "Brigante" Marquez – A&R
* Budgie – producer
* Bvtman – producer
* Chris Conway – co-executive producer; recording and mixing at No Mystery Studios in New York, New York
* Corey Staggz – saxophone
* DJ Cutbird – featured artist; scratches
* DJ Finyl – producer
* Dot Demo – featured artist
* Dre Dollasz – producer
* Dulce Peralta – additional vocals
* Francisco Felix – A&R
* Gabe Monro – producer
* The Goonie Tunes – producer
* Howard "History/H. Illa" Kennedy – co-executive producer; additional vocals ; arrangement ; featured artist; producer
* Ivan Jackson – producer
* Joffy – additional vocals
* Khalik Allah – featured artist
* King Critical – additional vocals
*
Kota the Friend
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– additional vocals
* Leigha Healy – A&R for Payday Records
* Madwiz – additional vocals
* Michael Fossenkemper – mastering at TurtleTone Studios in New York, New York
* MP Williams – producer
* OnGaud – producer
* Oxytocin – featured artist; additional vocals
* Park Ave. – producer
* Radamiz – vocals; arrangement; art direction; executive producer; producer
* Radhames Rodriguez Sr. – additional vocals
* Remarkable B – additional vocals
* Riggamortis – additional vocals
* Riz Allah – featured artist; additional vocals
* Rothstein – featured artist
* Rudy Catwell – featured artist; producer
* Sakinah Bashir – additional vocals
* Sam Lindenfeld – artwork, art direction
*
Statik Selektah – producer
* Sunflowah – additional vocals
* Tedy Andreas – featured artist; recording
* V'Don – producer
* Vintage Vandals – producer
* Will Scott – marketing; product management; sample clearance
Appearances
*The song "Save The Youth" was featured in the video game ''
Need for Speed Heat'' in 2019.
References
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2019 albums
Albums produced by Statik Selektah