Rico Love
Rico Love
Richard Preston Butler, Jr., better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and rapper. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but split his childhood between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and New York City's Harlem neighborhood. He attended Florida A&M and, while visiting Atlanta, Georgia, worked his way into the music industry through connections with Usher, who would become Love's mentor. The first song Love ever wrote in his career was "Throwback" for which ended up...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusic Producer
Date of Birth3 December 1982
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.
There's a bunch of people who sit around and make excuses for themselves and get upset with artists, but you already know what this is - it's an ego-driven business.
I don't have the desire to just keep every record and put it out. That's not what I do. I make records for people; that's why I just continue to be consistent, where a lot of the other top writers, they kind of fell off because they started focusing on their own careers as artists. That's not where my head is at.
I watch artists say they wrote all these songs and don't mention anybody else who was involved, and that's fine. I don't expect an artist to give me credit. I know that they're gonna take the credit for everything. But, it's my job to give myself that exposure and not make excuses, not grow bitter.
AC/DC, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper - I learned stories of all these guys. That's when I fell in love with Queen, which is one of my favorite bands of all time... I started paying attention to what made music good. I started paying attention to why I liked it.
I really want to work with Rufus Wainwright. Michael Stipe from R.E.M. I would love to work with Kanye West.
Not to be arrogant, but I have a lot of hits, so my phone stay ringing, but it's consistent.
It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.
I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.
I work every single day, even on Sundays.
I really want to work with Rufus Wainwright. Michael Stipe from R.E.M. I would love to work with Kanye West.
I listen to all types of different music. I go to different festivals. I'm around music.
I don't believe in writing people off.
Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie.