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J. Cole — “Port Antonio”
J. Cole lastly displays on the Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud in his music. Months after bowing out of the rap battle throughout his Dreamville Fest set, the Fayetteville MC unleashes his latest track, “Port Antonio.”
The lower begins with a considerate reflection on the previous. “Younger Jermaine walked the straight and slender,” he explains. “I’ve seen good, I’ve seen dangerous, had my melanin mocked / I’ve seen lifelong buddies flip to devilish opps / I used to be Mike in crimson leather-based, tryna inform ‘em to cease / You higher beat it ‘fore you see the heavy-metal get popped.”
That type of childhood peacekeeping stays intact in maturity, it appears. Through the track’s second verse, he explains why he prevented the feud between two of his friends as properly. “I pulled the plug as a result of I’ve seen the place that was ’bout to go / They wished blood, they wished clicks to make they pockets develop / They see this fireplace in my pen and assume I’m dodgin’ smoke / I wouldn’t have misplaced a battle, dawg, I’d have misplaced a bro / I’d have gained a foe.”
That concept of a bloody battle spills into the remainder of the second verse. “I perceive the thirst of being first that made ’em each swing / Defending legacies, so traces obtained crossed, maybe regrettably / My buddies went to conflict, I walked away with all they blood on me / Now some will discredit me, attempt wipe away my pedigree / However please, discover a n-gga a out that’s rappin’ this extremely.”
“Port Antonio” might be a unfastened single or it might be a part of Cole’s forthcoming long-awaited album, The Fall Off. The Dreamville boss has been lively and just lately dropped bars on songs by Daylyt and Tee Grizzley. Hearken to “Port Antonio” under.
Pharrell Williams — Piece By Piece
Pharrell Williams is constant to construct upon his storied legacy with a brand new movie, Piece By Piece. He’s sharing his life journey via LEGO animation and, naturally, via new music that accompanies the movie.
“The Piece By Piece soundtrack is a celebration of my music and buddies, that includes tracks each outdated and new,” he just lately introduced on social media. Tyler, The Creator exhibits up on a kind of new tracks, “Virginia Boy (Remix).”
The soundtrack additionally options another Pharrell classics like Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright,” Snoop Dogg’s “Lovely,” Clipse’s “Grindin’,” and Noreaga’s “Superthug.”
Director Morgan Neville spoke in regards to the movie throughout an interview with MovieFone. “This loopy concept got here from Pharrell, the place he apparently had the concept if he was ever going to do something like a documentary, it might be in LEGO,” he mentioned. “Apparently, everyone he instructed this to mentioned, ‘That’s a horrible concept,’ or ‘It’s a loopy concept. It’s an unattainable concept.’ Luckily, he was an enormous fan of my movies, and he mentioned, ‘I need Morgan to do it.’”
Skateboard P just lately spoke in regards to the movie, as properly. He marveled at how the format allowed him to discover his love for music in a novel method. “Serving to folks perceive the method of synesthesia, seeing sounds and listening to colours, illustrating it’s one factor, however taking it to the following degree and depicting it via LEGO was one other problem,” he instructed Scorching Ones. “However I used to be very pleased with the best way it ended up.”
GloRilla — Wonderful
After dropping a sequence of hits and an acclaimed mixtape, GloRilla continues to put in writing a Wonderful story with the discharge of her highly-anticipated debut album.
The solo banger “Hollon” is on the LP, however Glo comes with a flurry of options too. Latto, Muni Lengthy, Megan Thee Stallion, BossMan Dlow, T-Ache, and Fridayy are among the many album’s visitors. In the meantime, Sexyy Crimson seems on the providing’s latest single, “Whatchu Know About Me.”
GloRilla broke onto the scene again in 2022. After releasing “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” and “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B, the rising star appeared poised for extra. However after a few songs didn’t land the best way she may need supposed, she stopped engaged on her debut album and centered on her Ehhthang Ehhthang mixtape as a substitute.
Glo spoke about this with Shannon Sharpe earlier this 12 months. “I instructed myself to cease overthinking,” she mentioned. “I used to be simply making an attempt to stretch out. However the entire time, I obtained huge off being me. So I used to be like, ‘I don’t have to attempt to be greater than what I actually am. Individuals like me for me.’ So I’m like, okay. I don’t have to be greater than what I already am. Individuals like me for me.”
Hearken to Wonderful under.
Rod Wave — Final Lap
One 12 months after Nostalgia, Rod Wave returns with a brand new 23-song album, Final Lap. The rising star holds most of it down on his personal, however calls on acquainted names like Lil Yachty, Lil Child, and Rylo Rodriguez, who seem on the undertaking.
Rod kicks the album off with an introspective be aware. “Lord, don’t let me go away this Earth so early / Let me watch my seeds develop and flourish,” he says on “Turtle Race.” “Promise to alter my methods; I’m going company / Mama mentioned this the place the thuggin’ ends.”
The album’s title refers to this concept of a turtle race as properly. “It’s unimaginable for me to see you want that / Inform me how do I transfer ahead with out you watching my again / Inform me, how do I transfer on now that you just gone? I can’t / It’s the final lap of the turtle race,” he rhymes on the title monitor. “And each step I take, I can hear you say, ‘Maintain going.’”
Rod just lately spoke about the place he’s in life throughout an interview with Montreality. “I’ve obtained numerous combined emotions,” he mentioned throughout the dialog. “That is most likely essentially the most misplaced I’ve ever been however on the similar time essentially the most free I achieved ever felt, although. Financially free. Emotionally free. No chains holding me down. Nothing can actually trouble me or get beneath my pores and skin. Proper now, I’m simply floating.”
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