The Richest in the World is the follow-up to their first mainstream breakthrough album Feng Sheng Shui Qi. Since they achieved their success with the same feel-good hip-hop that they've been doing for years, The Richest in the World will likely find success by sticking to the formula. This is exactly what producer DJ Tommy did, keeping the music coming at an energetic pace that rarely lets down. Meanwhile, the two rappers continue to infuse their light-hearted lyrics with topical taking points and plenty of local Cantonese-based humor. This is an especially fitting time for an album like this; diving morale over the economic crisis brings a real need for Fama's brand of humorous hip-hop.
Naturally, titular song "The Richest in the World" (Track 6) does exactly that. Sampling from the opening lines of the Cantonese theme song for the classic Japanese animated series The Homeless Child (Ie naki Ko), the song takes a humorous approach in encouraging people to find other things to appreciate in the middle of the economic crisis ("When the economic tsunami hit/he went surfing"). The urge for lifetime optimism is assisted by longtime collaborator DJ Galaxy's nostalgic arrangement, and the result finds a nice balance between entertainment and serious current events without undermining the issues.
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