G Herbo and Benny Back Buffalo, New York’s Rick Hyde on “Alone”

“Alone” is the three-man street sermon from Rick Hyde, the rapper and producer from Buffalo, New York, with Black Soprano Family boss Benny the Butcher and Chicago’s G Herbo on board. Released in early August 2021, it was the second single from Hyde’s album Plates 2, which arrived August 20, 2021, as his debut BSF project.

Who Raps on “Alone”?

Hyde, Benny and Herbo split the record over a beat from DJ L, per Beats Per Minute. Ratings Game Music called the instrumental “very dramatic” and heard all three trading notes on their hustling pasts, scary run-ins in the hood, lessons learned and friends lost. In that review, Benny brings his trademark wit, Hyde gets “very personal” and Herbo sounds “war-ready.” HotNewHipHop pegged it a “bar-heavy single,” arriving as Herbo was celebrating the birth of his son.

Rick Hyde’s Road From Buffalo

Hyde has been in Benny’s corner for a long time. He told Throw Up Magazine the two have known each other since about 2007, when both were part of BuffCity Records, the label founded by the late Buffalo producer DJ Shay. Complex described Hyde in 2019 as Benny’s longtime producer and BSF Records’ first artist. His first solo album, Plates, came out that year, mostly produced by Shay. Before rap paid, Hyde worked a string of jobs, including airport work, hospital security in Buffalo, Target, Sears and Pizza Hut, and went all in on music after seeing what Griselda was doing.

What Is Plates 2?

A 17-track tribute to Shay, released one year after his death. “Releasing my debut BSF project on the anniversary of his passing is both a tribute, and a thank you to Shay,” Hyde said, per Beats Per Minute. “Alone” sits at track 3. The album pulls beats from The Alchemist, Daringer, Harry Fraud and Shay himself, with guests including Westside Gunn, A$AP Ferg, Skyzoo, Meyhem Lauren, Jay Worthy and Heem. HotNewHipHop noted it was the third release under Benny’s global BSF deal with Entertainment One. The Shay-produced outro “Black Sinatra,” with Benny and Heem, got its own video on release day.

Quick answers

What album is Rick Hyde’s “Alone” on? Plates 2, his debut Black Soprano Family album, released August 20, 2021.

Who produced “Alone”? DJ L, according to Beats Per Minute and the album’s published tracklist.

Where is Rick Hyde from? Buffalo, New York, home of DJ Shay’s BuffCity Records, where he and Benny came up together.

Sources

Beats Per Minute — “Rick Hyde shares “Alone” alongside Benny the Butcher and G Herbo, prepares debut project”

HotNewHipHop — “BSF’s Rick Hyde’s Debut Project “Plates 2” Pays Homage To Buffalo’s Late DJ Shay”

Throw Up Magazine — “Rick Hyde: “I worked a load of odd jobs, but now I’m a legend in my own right!””