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Zacari Continues To Shine On Sultry New Single “Lonewolf Still”

May 24, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Zacari is the secret weapon of Top Dawg Entertainment. He always crushes his guest verses, and sometimes he lends soulfulness to album cuts he’s not even credited on. His best known feature is still Kendrick Lamar’s “LOVE,” but the singer has shined equally bright on albums by Ab-Soul and TDE as a whole (Black Panther soundtrack). Zacari has yet to drop a solo release, though, and the desire to hear one grows increasingly higher with each new single he puts out. “Lonewolf Still” keeps this desire sky high.

“Lonewolf Still” is Zacari’s second single of 2024. He went the off-kilter acoustic route on “Ocean,” but “Lonewolf Still” sees him veer back into his sultry, R&B sweet spot. It works. The production is spacey in ways we previously haven’t heard from Zacari tracks. It’s reminiscent of blackbear, or perhaps even the weirder side of Post Malone. It’s a welcome change, given that some of Zacari’s earlier singles suffered from nondescript beat selection. “Lonewolf Still” brings all of the atmosphere one could hope for, given the evocative title and album cover.

Zacari Embraces A Darker, More Textured Sound

The lyrics follow suit. “Thunderstorms let me know God is watching over. Ain’t afraid of death as much as I’m afraid of comfort,” Zacari croons. “Leave me ‘lone, you know I been plottin’ on a come up. And I don’t wanna see that girl unless she wanna comе f*ck.” It’s melodramatic on a certain level, but it sounds epic given the textured musical accompaniment. The hope is that “Lonewolf Still” serves as the introduction to Zacari’s debut album. He’s upped his solo game since the late 2010s, and it sounds like’s ready to step off the bench.

What are your thoughts on this new song, “Lonewolf Still” by Zacari? Is this his best single yet? Do you want to hear a solo album in 2024? Who do you want the singer to collab with? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Zacari. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

Quotable Lyrics

Waiting at the table, now I’m serving it
Raw, all white McClaren, now I’m swerving it
Reading my suspicion, now I’m sure of that shit
No more superstition, no wondering

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Kendrick Lamar May Have Dissed Drake Back In 2018 On The “Black Panther” Soundtrack

May 8, 2024 by newhiphopnews

While going back through Kendrick Lamar’s catalog, fans have come to believe the Compton rapper has been dissing Drake for much longer than just a couple of months. In one viral tweet from Tuesday night, a user on Twitter theorized that Lamar dissed Drake on the Black Panther soundtrack for the song, “All the Stars.” They shared a comment from Drake congratulating Lamar for going number one on the charts with his album, Damn. On “All the Stars,” he raps: “F*ck you and all your expectations / I don’t even want your congratulations”

“Can we bring it back to 2018 when Drake congratulated Kendrick for outselling him and Kendrick replied with a verse on the Black Panther album that said ‘Don’t Congratulate Me – I Don’t Like You.’ There was entire hip hop forum discussions about how this verse was for Drake, and I can’t find any of them anymore,” The tweet reads. When another user suggested Lamar has been throwing subliminal shots at Drake for years, they wrote back: “It’s so OBVIOUS, which is why I personally get annoyed when people say the beef is new. It’s been 10 years of jabs back and forth.”

Kendrick Lamar Attends The Met Gala

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 01: Kendrick Lamar attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Lamar and Drake have been beefing directly since the release of Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” back in March. On the song, Lamar called out both Drake and J. Cole for mentioning him on “First Person Shooter.” In the time since, Lamar and Drake have dropped several diss tracks aimed at one another.

Fans Think Kendrick Lamar Previously Dissed Drake

Check out Lamar’s interaction with Drake as well as his “All The Stars” verse above. Be on the lookout for further updates on Kendrick Lamar and Drake on HotNewHipHop.

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Rihanna Shares Behind-The-Scenes Clip From “Lift Me Up”

January 18, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Rihanna has shared a video from behind-the-scenes of the making of her recent song, “Lift Me Up.” The track is featured on the soundtrack to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

The video shows Rihanna showing the song to director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson for the first time.

“You’re making it timeless, you don’t know if it’s past, the future or present,” Göransson says in the clip.

LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 13: Singer Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Lionel Richie at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)

Coogler previously discussed how he landed on asking Rihanna to pick up the task of handling the film’s main song. Speaking with HipHopDX, he said that she seemed perfect for tackling the theme of motherhood.

“It felt right for us because motherhood is a massive theme in this movie,” Coogler said. “And that was kind of timing up for her. In a similar way, when we were finishing the first film, Kendrick was kind of inheriting this crown. What was the chances of us making this movie and Rihanna becoming a mom?”

He also described hearing “Lift Me Up” for the first time as “incredibly moving,” a moment we now have on video.

“When she recorded ‘Lift Me Up,’ which was incredibly moving for me,” he said. “She said ‘I was trying to do this man and his family justice. I was trying to make something worthy of what he gave to us.’ So I take no credit in that. We was all just playing a role.”

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hit theaters back on November 11, 2022.

Check out Rihanna’s behind-the-scenes video for “Lift Me Up” below.

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