Kid Cudi, YG, Freddie Gibbs and More – New Hip-Hop Projects

As September involves an in depth, the rap sport ends the month on a excessive notice with some stellar new music releases. A hip-hop legend from Cleveland makes massive strikes with one other floor-breaking mission, a Compton, Calif. spitter drops an LP stuffed with star-studded visitor appearances, a energetic MC repping Gary, Ind. unleashes his fifth studio album and extra.

The lengthy wait is lastly over and Kid Cudi comes via along with his tenth studio album, Entergalactic, on the exact same day because the premiere of his new Netflix animated sequence of the identical title. With 15 tracks that function an audio companion to Cudder and Kenya Barris’ new TV present, the album model of Entergalactic follows the July launch of Mr. Rager’s first biggest hits compilation, The Boy Who Flew to the Moon, Vol. 1.

In the months main as much as the extremely anticipated launch, Cudi gave his rabid fan base a style of what is to return with the lead single “Do What I Want,” which was produced by Take A Daytrip, and the Ty Dolla $ign-assisted “Willing to Trust.” Entergalactic‘s monitor itemizing contains different visitor options from notable artists like 2 Chainz and Don Toliver.

With a press run that noticed Kid Cudi showing on main retailers like The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, the hype round all issues Entergalactic has been heavy and rightfully so. Both the album and animated sequence are excessive in idea and high quality with Kid Cudi persevering with to push the tradition ahead.

YG drops off his first mission of 2022 with the discharge of I Got Issues, the Compton, Calif. spitter’s new studio album following 2019’s 4Real 4Real and 2020’s My Life 4Hunnid. The LP has been previewed by a complete of 4 beforehand launched singles together with, “Scared Money” that includes J. Cole and Moneybagg Yo, the Hit-Boy-produced “Maniac,” “Alone,” and the wildly standard “Toxic,” which prominently samples Mary J. Blige’s 1994 hit, “Be Happy.”

After YG initially introduced the discharge date for I Got Issues again on Sept. 1, a pre-order choice unveiled the 14-monitor LP’s spectacular checklist of visitor appearances, which embrace hip-hop heavy hitters like Roddy Ricch, Post Malone and Nas.

In the week main as much as the album’s launch, YG dropped off a visible for the aforementioned single, “Maniac,” which sees the Los Angeles native cruising via his residence metropolis in true West Coast style whipping a traditional Impala low-rider.

After signing with Warner Records two years in the past, Freddie Gibbs drops his main label debut within the type of $oul $previous $eparately. With darkish undertones of the customarily-shady aspect of fame and fortune, the album’s 14 tracks discover Gibbs flexing his rap expertise via an acute sense of self-reflection. With “Dark Hearted” and “Too Much” that includes Moneybagg Yo serving because the LP’s two beforehand launched lead singles, Freddie Gibbs enlists the lyrical providers of artists like Pusha T, Rick Ross, Offset and Anderson .Paak, amongst others, for his newest providing.

The Indiana-bred MC pulled no punches in selling $oul $previous $eparately uniquely in varied methods. Coinciding with the album’s on line casino-themed cowl artwork, the rollout included mysterious billboards popping up in cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Also, an elaborate web site for the fictional “SSS Resort & Casino” was used as a promotional instrument, absolutely-geared up with an energetic toll-free telephone quantity that includes a message from the identical “concierge” who may be heard all through the mission.

Following a listening occasion for the album earlier this week, Freddie Gibbs cited the looks of Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul, who’s featured on the $oul $previous $eparately monitor “PYS,” as “one of the best moments” of his profession.

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