**The Making of Love Sex or Money:

A Story Bigger Than an Album

Some albums are made for playlists.

Some are made for radio.

But Love Sex or Money wasn’t made for either.

It was born from a question Harlem Richard$ kept asking himself in the quiet moments between writing sessions, heartbreaks, and late-night studio nights:

**“Which one controls me the most —

Love?

Sex?

Or money?”**

The album became the answer.

But not a clean one.

A human one.

A messy one.

The real one.

Love Sex or Money is Harlem Richard$ stepping into his own cinematic universe — dark, vulnerable, seductive, and painfully honest.

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The Concept: Three Forces, One Man

Harlem built the album around three emotional archetypes:

1. LOVE — The Emotional Fire

This part of the album is soft, spiritual, heart-driven.

It explores the people who touched him deeply, the relationships he tried to save, and the moments where love felt bigger than logic.

2. SEX — The Temptation

This is where the darkness lives.

The late-night emotions.

The danger.

The fantasy.

The heartbreak that feels good even when it hurts.

3. MONEY — The Ambition

This side is cold and calculating.

Ghanaian hustle culture.

Dreams bigger than Accra.

The grind that sometimes pushes love and sex aside.

Harlem didn’t just write songs — he wrote a map of every emotional contradiction inside a young artist trying to rise while still human.

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The Sound: Dark-Afropop Meets Traphall Confession

The sound of Love Sex or Money came from a simple idea:

“Make every song feel like a scene from a movie.”

The album blends:

• Dark synth-wave textures

• Ghanaian melodic phrasing

• Traphall cadence

• Emotional confession vocals

• Slow-burning Afropop rhythms

• Cinematic pads + cold reverb

The final sound feels like late-night Accra mixed with neon-lit Toronto, wrapped in heartbreak.

It is The Weeknd + Wizkid + Ghanaian reality.

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The Writing Process: Late Nights, Early Pain

Harlem wrote most of the album during a period where everything was happening at once:

• A relationship collapsing

• Friendships changing

• Financial pressure

• Rising ambition

• Temptation in every direction

• Trust becoming fragile

Instead of running from it, he documented it.

Every recording session was therapy.

Every lyric was a confession.

Every harmony was a memory.

He wasn’t trying to impress.

He was trying to survive.

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The Key Songs & Official Track-List

Here is the official track-list from Love Sex or Money:

1. Prostitute

2. No Regrets

3. Money Over Love

4. Trust Me

5. Lingerie (feat. Tee-Jay) 

A closer look:

• Prostitute – The emotional trap, the deal you never wanted to make.

• No Regrets – The aftermath. The look back with no apology.

• Money Over Love – The ambition that breaches the heart.

• Trust Me – The lie we tell ourselves to feel safe.

• Lingerie (feat. Tee-Jay) – The late-night confession, the whispers in the dark.

These songs became the spine of the album, each reflecting one facet of love, sex or money.

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The Collaborations: Building a Universe, Not a Feature List

Harlem didn’t want random features.

He wanted characters in his cinematic world.

Tee-Jay

Featured on Lingerie, his voice brings the vulnerability, the spiritual undercurrent, the Ghanaian depth.

Together, they don’t feel like a guest slot — they feel like actors in one connected story.

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The Visuals: Black, Gold & Cinematic Shadows

The visuals of the album were planned long before the songs were finished.

Harlem knew the world needed to look like the emotions sounded.

So he built a visual identity around:

• Gold (desire, wealth, temptation)

• Black (pain, truth, mystery)

• Red/blue neon (nighttime conflict)

• Luxury shadows

• Emotional close-ups

• Slow-motion intensity

• West African beauty and darkness blended together

Every single cover, visualizer, and promo image becomes a chapter in the story — not just decoration.

This visual identity is why fans instantly recognize a Harlem Richard$ cover — even without text.

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The Themes: Vulnerability as Power

Love Sex or Money is a coming-of-age album.

It covers:

• Falling in love

• Losing love

• Finding new desire

• Chasing dreams

• Choosing yourself

• Choosing money

• Choosing wrong

• Choosing right

• Learning accountability

• Learning restraint

• Learning truth

It is Harlem Richard$ taking off the armor he showed the world, and revealing the real scars underneath.

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The Message: Everyone Chooses Something

By the end of the album, the message becomes clear:

**Love changes you.

Sex tempts you.

Money drives you.**

But YOU choose what controls you.

The album doesn’t tell you what’s right or wrong.

It just tells you what’s real.

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Why This Album Matters

In a world where Afrobeats is often bright, happy, and party-driven, Love Sex or Money introduces a new aesthetic for Ghana:

**Dark romantic Afropop.

Luxury heartbreak.

Cinematic confession music.**

Harlem Richard$ isn’t competing with other artists —

he’s creating his own lane.

And this album is the doorway into it.

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The Legacy: A Soundtrack For The Ones Who Feel Too Much

The real fans — the quiet, emotional ones — have already claimed this album as their own.

The ones who loved too hard.

The ones who trusted the wrong people.

The ones who chase their dreams in silence.

The ones who live with shadows.

The ones who want something real.

Love Sex or Money gives them a place to exist.

And Harlem Richard$ gives them a voice.

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Final Thought

This isn’t just the making of an album.

It’s the making of a new genre.

A new artist identity.

A new chapter in Ghanaian music.

Welcome to the world of Harlem Richard$ —

where love, temptation, and ambition collide in cinematic darkness.