Travis Scott’s new album UTOPIA has no scarcity of A-list visitors, however J. Cole was near becoming a member of its star-studded supporting solid.
During his Circus Maximus live performance in Rome, Italy on Monday (August 7), the place he carried out his newest mission for the primary time, Scott revealed that the Cole-assisted “MAFIA” was initially purported to be on UTOPIA, however he determined to swap it out for “I KNOW ?” on the final minute.
“Before we do this song, this is like one of my favorite songs, so if you know this shit just sing it with me,” he advised the group earlier than launching right into a efficiency of the observe.
After his rendition of “I KNOW ?”, La Flame added: “So we was in the studio and I had a choice on either putting [‘Mafia’] on the album or I could’ve put [‘I KNOW ?’]. And this song just ended up being one of my favorite songs I recently did and it was actually the last song I did on the album.”
The Boi-1da and Jahaan Sweet-produced “MAFIA” arrived as a part of a two-pack of singles alongside “ESCAPE PLAN” in November 2021, shortly earlier than Travis Scott’s tragic Astroworld Festival that resulted in 10 deaths.
Last week, it was reported that Scott and Live Nation had quietly settled a lawsuit with a 3rd sufferer’s household, as 14-year-old John Hilgert’s household determined to settle out of courtroom for an undisclosed sum.
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While “MAFIA” didn’t find yourself making the UTOPIA reduce, it looks as if La Flame nonetheless intends on performing the observe when he hits the highway for his accompanying North American tour this fall.
Travis Scott and J. Cole did join years prior in 2019 on “The London,” which additionally featured Young Thug.
UTOPIA exploded onto this week’s Billboard 200 by debuting atop the chart due to 496,000 album-equivalent items in its first week.
All 19 of the album’s songs additionally cracked the Billboard Hot 100, with the highest-charting observe being the menacing, Drake-assisted “Meltdown” at No. 3.
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