NBA YoungBoy, Russ, Soulja Boy and More – New Hip-Hop Projects

The competitors within the rap recreation is heavy this week in terms of new music. This spherical of drops brings forth a singular set of circumstances. A newly-married rhymer releases his third mission this 12 months, a really profitable impartial artist drops an EP and an influential rapper comes by means of along with his eleventh studio album.

NBA YoungBoy has been the recent matter this week since he rekindled his beef with Lil Durk after Akademiks initially claimed that they settled their variations. The Baton Rouge, La. rapper has been sending subliminal photographs on the Chicago rapper whereas making ready to drop his Richest Opp mixtape. The gathering, which boasts 17 songs and no visitor options, follows his two earlier efforts, Do not Attempt This at House and I Relaxation My Case.

Not solely does YoungBoy have beef with Durk, it seems to be like he has points with just a few different rappers as effectively. On Friday (Could 12), the 23-year-old rapper launched “F**okay the Trade, Pt. 2” the place he dissed Drake, J. Cole and Lil Yachty. You may hearken to the observe beneath.

For J. Cole, he rapped: “J a ho, that n***a performed it chilly like he was gon’ do a function/So I texted his line a muscle signal, I swear it’s gon be good to fulfill you.”

YoungBoy could also be referencing his studio session with J. Cole in 2021 the place he allegedly made him wait eight hours within the studio to file a track, however nothing materialized.

To carry followers over till he releases one other full-length album, Russ provides followers one thing additional along with his Chomp 2.5 EP. The mission is the follow-up to his 2021 mission, Chomp 2. The EP accommodates six songs with no options. Nevertheless, the Atlanta-bred artist tapped some stellar producers for manufacturing assists: Havoc (of Mobb Deep fame), The Alchemist, ninth Surprise and Statik Selectah.

A number of the standout tracks on the gathering embody “Buckle Up Freestyle.” Earlier this week, Russ hopped on his Instagram web page and defined how he produced the soulful hip-hop observe. Test it out beneath.

One other is the orchestral banger “Depraved Race.” Once more, on his IG web page, Russ invited his followers into his artistic course of with discovering the pattern and producing the nice track. See beneath.

As all the time, Russ is on his impartial grind and isn’t resting on his rap lurals.

In the meantime, earlier this week, Soulja Boy was pissed off at NBA YoungBoy and Lil Durk after it it was reported that they have been dropping their albums on the identical day as his new mission, Soulja Season. Nevertheless, on Friday, Durk did not launch his album however YB delivered as promised.

Final Tuesday (Could 9), Massive Draco lashed out at YB and Durkio for stirring up their rap feud to advertise their respective albums.

“Y’all ain’t gon’ do s**t. Y’all woulda been scrapped. Y’all woulda been fought. Reduce it out,” Soulja mentioned within the video beneath. “P***y-a*s n***a, you seen me announce my muthaf***in album and the subsequent day you introduced your album. So, guess what? You lame, n***a. F**okay you speaking ’bout? Scary-a*s n***a.”

“Y’all try this s**t by yourself time,” he continued. “Once you see an actual gangsta dropping, get the f**okay out the best way. Durk, you scary as f**okay. In the event you gone battle YoungBoy, gon’ and battle him.”

Soulja then made a daring declare that he could have the largest gross sales week between YoungBoy and Durk. “I am finna outsell Lil Durk and YoungBoy on the similar time,” he predicted. “This my date.”

We’ll must see about that.

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