| No Stress | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Irama and Rkomi |
| Cover: | Cover_of_No_Stress_by_Irama_and_Rkomi_2023.jpg |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 33:40 |
No Stress is a collaborative studio album by Italian singer Irama and rapper Rkomi, released by Atlantic Records and Island Records on 7 July 2023.[1] [2]
The record project is the artists' first released together, following Rkomi's solo projects Taxi Driver and Irama's Il giorno in cui ho smesso di pensare.[3] [4] [5] The album features the collaboration of numerous songwriters and producers, including Takagi & Ketra, Shablo, Guè and Ernia.[6] [7] In an interview with Rolling Stone Italia, Irama talked about the creative process behind the project and the meaning of the album:[8] In the same interview, Rkomi explained the album artwork and the decision of the title:
Fabio Fiume of All Music Italia gave the project a score of 6.75, writing that although the duo appears to be "one of the least likely pairs" for a shared record project, this "objectively really sounds like the result of a good friendship, a real acquaintance," calling it "enjoyable and expendable." Fiume stressed that the production work turns out to be "impeccable," although no real instruments are heard, tending in some tracks to emulate Blanco or Clementino.[9]
Marco Macchi of Newsic wrote that in the project the two artists managed to "merge while keeping their sound matrices and characteristics intact," making an album with "a sense and credibility," although there are tracks with "hit propensities" that are less successful overall.[10] Claudio Cabona of Rockol described the project as "light and summery," finding in it numerous musical references, including "[music] from the 1980s to the multi-layered sound of Drake, and new-generation international pop, passing through Italian singer-songwriting and some Latin influences," describing it as a "playful experiment" that nevertheless will not remain "in the history of rap and pop."[11]