I would say when you’re dealing with live musicians and musicality, the warmth of a live instrument brings a certain feel to a song that is really hard, sometimes, to get from synthesized instruments.
Why do you think we’re seeing those sort of sounds come back? The new album feels like a homage to Black music, with jazz, soul, blues and gospel influences. We caught up with the rapper to discuss the things he wants to leave behind and what he chose to do with his new creative space. “That’s the reason why the album is called 4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time.” “The things that I leave creatively are going to stay here long past me,” he says. and the other to a more introspective and soulful Justin Scott, using the album to make what may be his most important statement yet. With jazz and blues informing the journey, he dedicates one disc to the front facing, trunk-rattling Big K.R.I.T. His ambitious third LP, the double-disc 4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time, feels like it’s making up for those lost years. His second album, the following year’s Cadillactica, was critically acclaimed, but didn’t make much of a commercial splash, and the following years would be spent quietly releasing mixtapes and Twitter freestyles. was one of the most celebrated rapper/producers on Earth: signed to Def Jam, shouted out as Kendrick Lamar’s competition on his “Control” verse and regarded as the future-minded heir to the bass-heavy “country rap” pioneered by UGK. Gerald Levert leads with the most: 22.In 2013, Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. Joe ties with Brian McKnight and Alicia Keys (17 top 10s each). The song climbs 11-10 in its 12th week, increasing 6 percent (to 866 spins). Joe Jumps to new Top 10: Switching gears to the Adult R&B chart, Joe lands his 17th top 10 with “If You Lose Her,” tying for fourth-most top 10s in the 21-year history of the chart. “Body Language” concurrently reaches a new peak on the Hot 100 (No. Kid Ink’s second top 10 came with “Main Chick,” also featuring Brown (No. Kid Ink first landed on the chart in November 2013 with “Show Me” featuring Chris Brown, which went on to spend 19 weeks atop the chart in 2014. A 4 percent bump in audience pushes the track to 15.6 million impressions, according to Nielsen BDS. Kid Ink Climbs: On Rap Airplay, Kid Ink nets a third top 10, as “Body Language,” featuring Usher and Tinashe, climbs 13-10. 7 on its Top 100 most Shazamed songs of the week. The music identification app Shazam ranked the song as the most Shazamed track in New York City on Nov. WQHT New York has been a big supporter of the track, leading in weekly spins (45) and receiving an enthusiastic push from resident DJ Funk Master Flex. The song sold 9,000 downloads to also enter Rap Digital Songs at No. 25 with 4.3 million in audience impressions, according to Nielsen BDS). Genasis‘ “CoCo” captures the Hot Shot Debut on Rap Airplay (No. ‘CoCo’ Catches On: A regional hit is starting to break out, as O.T.
1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with “Hot Boy.” The EP’s latest single “Bobby Bitch” climbs 22-21 on Hot Rap Songs, rising 25 percent in digital sales (to 7,000 downloads). 5 with his Shmurda She Wrote EP (5,000) - one week after claiming his first No. 24).īobby Shmurda Bows: Over on Rap Albums, Bobby Shmurda strikes at No.
The new star-studded collaboration is also available as an instant-gratification track with the pre-order of the SHADYXV compilation (out Nov. (Intriguingly, the song samples “Static on the Frequency,” a Christian rock song originally released in 1982 by Australian artist Peter Beveridge.) “Detroit” was streamed 467,000 times domestically, with 69 percent of its clicks stemming from Vevo on YouTube, according to Nielsen BDS. 16), the track debuts in the top 10 on Rap Digital Songs (No. Selling 28,000 downloads (according to Nielsen SoundScan, in the week ending Nov. Everybody,” alongside Royce Da 5’9″, Big Sean, Danny Brown, DeJ Loaf and Trick Trick. 24 on the Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks chart in August.Įminem’s ‘Detroit’ Debuts: Eminem claims the Hot Shot Debut on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, returning with his 51st hit “Detroit vs. The second single from the set, “Pay Attention” featuring Rico Love, spent a week at No. The new set includes a host of featured acts, including Raphael Saadiq and Wiz Khalifa. The 28-year old rapper last debuted atop the chart in 2012 with Live From the Underground (41,000 units). 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with the entrance of Cadillactica, moving 44,000 in first-week sales (his best week ever), according to Nielsen SoundScan.