Review Fix Exclusive: Rico Davis Talks ‘Do U Wanna?’ And More

July 5, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer Rico Davis, who discusses the inspiration behind his new single, “Do U Wanna,” as well as sharing some of his goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

RD: Singing’s always been a special part of my life. I’m pretty sure I was singing before I was talking.

Review Fix: What makes “Do U Wanna” special?

RD: Most people will admit that there are lots of grey areas when it comes to romance and relationships. I’m not a fan of grey areas, hence the question “is it love? Or do u wanna f@ck?” It’s a valid question when you live in today’s society. Awareness is always healthy.

Review Fix: How was it written?

RD: A Tuesday afternoon, Summer 2016, three blunts, a dope beat and my writing partner/producer Q.V. It just came to us as we chatted about how hard it can be figuring out what women want.

Review Fix: What inspires you?

RD: Besides Life itself? ….sexuality, passion, spirituality, companionship, art, nature, …pretty much everything and anything can motivate me if I let it.

Review Fix: Who are your influences?

RD: Not so much “who” but “when”…I’m influenced by eras of music and human history. I love the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I guess coming out of the freaky raunchy disco era made people a lot more open minded and adventurous when it came to sex and creating music and art.

Review Fix: How do you want this period of your career to be remembered?

RD: However God intends for it to be remembered. I’m just focusing on doing me, one day at a time.

Review Fix: What do you think you have to do to be a star?

RD: In order to be a star today, you have to simply not give a f@ck about even being a star in the first place. Be yourself. I think we’ve all seen enough examples to know that being yourself should always be the end goal. The rest is an illusion.

Review Fix: What are your bucket list goals in music?

RD: I’m not sure I have an official bucket list lol. But I will say that if my work isn’t helping people to blow off steam, making them dance, or making them feel something…then I’m not doing my job.

Review Fix: How does “Do U Wanna” help you get there?

RD: Only time will tell, but I think questions about love and sex are always a dope conversation starter.

Review Fix: What’s next?

RD: What’s next is more music, touring, developing creative projects with my Young America Entertainment crew, and creating art with every breath I’m blessed to take.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

RD: In the words of the late great Bernie Mac, “if people don’t like you for who you are, fuckem!”

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14267 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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