New on EV: Rody Aldren, ‘Bad Boy’

Rody Aldren is an independent artist from Greeley, Colorado, who releases music through his own label, Rocky Mountain Records LLC. Bad Boy is one of a run of singles he has put out over the past year, alongside Chicago Freestyle, DANCE RN and his newest, Sin Gancho.

Aldren traces all of it back to Boulder Baby, an EP he released two years ago. He says it was the moment he stopped chasing rap records and leaned fully into trap soul, the R&B side of the sound. He names PARTYNEXTDOOR, Bryson Tiller, Brent Faiyaz and late-night Drake as touchstones. In his words, everything since runs through that EP.

Start with Bad Boy, then work back to Boulder Baby, where the shift began.