Anger Management

Anger Management is a collaborative mixtape between American musicians Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats. It was released independently on April 25, 2019 through Rico Nasty's label Sugar Trap as a surprise release. Featured artists on the record include Baauer, Splurge, and EarthGang. Background and release Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats recorded the entire project within a five day session in early 2019. On March 24, 2019, Rico Nasty announced the project on Instagram live and noted that it will "probably come out in April [2019]." On why she kept the project a secret from her fans, Rico said: "I want you guys to really enjoy it and I want you guys to let me enjoy creating it and not be rushing to finish." She announced its imminent release on April 24, 2020 and released the promotional single, "Big Titties". Anger Management was officially released on April 25, 2019. Cover artwork The mixtape's cover art was created by Keith Rankin, and was inspired by the cover of the 1991 psychology book, The New Primal Scream, by Arthur Janov. Dom Glover, the creative director of the project, originally approached Rankin with this cover as inspiration. Rankin told The Fader, "As soon as I saw that idea I had a pretty clear image of what it should be, just a straight up view of Rico’s face with the gradient background." The cover art was created using the pen and airbrush tools on Photoshop. Composition Musically, Anger Management was noted by critics to be a hip hop record with elements of trap, punk rap, metal, and nu-metal.