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French Montana & Harry Fraud Grab Jadakiss and Benny The Butcher for “Bricks & Bags”

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French Montana and Harry Fraud are giving another tease to their new collaborative album, Montega, with “Bricks & Bags,” featuring Jadakiss and Benny The Butcher, the last single to be released before the album’s official release date.

“For ‘Bricks and Bags’ me and Fraud wanted to bring together two artists that, to me represent that impeccable Cokeboy sound” French commented. “Jadakiss gave me one of my first major co-signs when we did “New York Minute” in 2009.  Benny continues to show why he is one of the best artists to emerge out of the East Coast in the past few years.”

“On ‘Bricks and Bags’ me and French wanted to create a record that brought us back to that grimy New York Era that shaped our youth” Harry Fraud asserted. “A hard-hitting beat with two of the deadliest lyricists in the game. Steel sharpens steel and this song personifies that.” 

Montega will drop on Friday, but you can hear “Bricks & Bags” below.

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French Montana, Jadakiss, And Benny The Butcher Walk Through With ‘Bricks & Bags’ On Their New Collab

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In just a few days, French Montana will release his fifth album Montega, an effort that is produced entirely by Harry Fraud. The project will arrive just seven months after French released his fourth album They Got Amnesia, a 21-track effort that featured appearances from Rick Ross, Kodak Black, Pop Smoke, Lil Durk, Doja Cat, Saweetie, Fivio Foreign, Ty Dolla Sign, Moneybagg Yo, and many more. Before Montega, French and Harry decided to drop off one more single, this one being “Bricks & Bags” with Jadakiss and Benny The Butcher.

The new record is carried by a hook that Jadakiss and Benny repeat throughout the song, as they rap, “I should’ve signed to Coke Boys, but I was selling dope, boy.” Together, Benny, French, and Jadakiss deliver sharp verses on the song in that order as they all rap with confidence over the Harry Fraud-produced beat.

“Bricks & Bags” follows “Blue Chills” which French released last week. The release is one of four singles from Montega as French previously shared “Drive By” with Babyface Ray and “Alcatraz.”

You can listen to “Bricks & Bags” in the video above.

Montega is out 6/24 via Epic Records. You can pre-order it here.

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French Montana Raps All Over New York City In His New ‘Blue Chills’ Video

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Ahead of his upcoming album Montega, produced by Harry Fraud, French Montana has dropped a new video for “Blue Chills.” In the video, Montana is seen in various parts of New York City, including rapping from a rooftop and grabbing bites at a bodega.

Lyrically, the song features Montana addressing his haters and critics, some of which seem to come from within his own circle.

“The grеatest threat is always from the inside / Yessir, they put staples in my head, b*tch, they been tried / Killers wanna bag me or come see me in that dayroom / Shorty wanna rag me and throw me up on Shade Room,” he raps over the Fraud-produced track.

Fraud has worked with Montana on various projects since his mixtape days in the late aughts and early 2010s. In a recent interview with Connected With Wayno, Montana recalled his mixtape days pleasantly, however, he says the songs fans prefer aren’t what he considers his best work.

“Some people, when I dimmed it down, I sold more records,” he said, “and I’m competing in a numbers game. If I could put up numbers, why wouldn’t I put numbers, and I can still do the rap.”

Check out Blue Chills above.

Montega is out 6/24 via Coke Boys. Pre-order it here.

French Montana Is Making Steady Moves On The Slick ‘Drive By’ With Babyface Ray

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It was just six months ago that French Montana released his fourth album They Got Amnesia. The project was the rapper’s first full project since 2019’s Montana and it delivered 21 tracks and features from Rick Ross, Kodak Black, Pop Smoke, Lil Durk, Doja Cat, Saweetie, Fivio Foreign, Ty Dolla Sign, Moneybagg Yo, and many more. While some might have thought that it would be a little while until French released a new project, that won’t be the case as he announced his upcoming Montega album produced by Harry Fraud. Ahead of the project’s arrival, French steps forth with its latest single.

French arrives with the Harry Fraud-produced “Drive By” alongside Detroit rapper Babyface Ray as the first offering from Montega. The record is a hard-hitting release that’s elevated thanks to Harry’s crisp production, French’s steady but determined flow, and Babyface’s laid-back flexing. The new track follows “Alcatraz,” a record French used to address the “curse from the Kardashians.”

The new track arrives shortly after French seemingly concluded the promotional run behind his fourth album They Got Amnesia. Through it, he released videos for “Mopstick” with Kodak, “Push Start” with 42 Dugg and Coi Leray, “How You King?,” “Handstand” with Doja and Saweetie, “Bag Season” with Lil Tjay, “Panicking” with Fivio, “Business,” and “FWMGAB (Remix)” with Moneybagg Yo.

As for French’s Montega project, that’s set to arrive later this month on June 24.

You can listen to “Drive By” in the video above.

Montega is out 6/24 via Epic Records. You can pre-order it here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

French Montana Announces New Album ‘Montega’, Produced by Harry Fraud on Coke Boys Records

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3x Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum recording artist, humanitarian and entrepreneur French Montana announces his sixth studio album, Montega, bringing us back to the original NY grit rap sound, set to release on June 24th via Coke Boyz Records. Executive produced by Montana’s longtime friend and legendary hip-hop producer Harry Fraud (first collaborated on the anthemic “Shot Caller”), the album will be available for pre-order of a limited edition digital, CD or autographed copy of Montega exclusively on montega.shop.

Montega comes on the heels of his fourth studio album They Got Amnesia which peaked at #23 on the Billboard US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart and #59 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album features hit tracks such as “Mopstick” with Kodak Black, “Stuck in The Jungle” with Pop Smoke and Lil Durk, and “Handstand” with Doja Cat featuring Saweetie. He recently released single and visual Alcatraz on May 20th, highlighting significant figures and moments that contributed to his career.

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French Montana Announces His New Album ‘Montega’ Produced By Harry Fraud

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French Montana

French Montana, who recently released the single “Alcatraz,” has just officially announced his sixth studio album, Montega, which is duef in just a couple of weeks on Coke Boys Records. It’s produced by the popular rapper and his collaborator Harry Fraud.

Montega will follow his last album They Got Amnesia, a success with a deluge of features, including “Mopstick” with Kodak Black, “Handstand” with Doja Cat and Saweetie, “Panicking” with Fivio — the list goes on, featuring Rick Ross, John Legend, Pop Smoke, Drake, and more. That album came out in November last year, which shows that his grind never stops.

Around that time, Montana also made a claim that his line of work is even more difficult than others. “You’re better off making it in the NBA than Hip Hop,” he said during an appearance on Hot 97’s Ebro In The Morning. “NBA, they got like what, 28 teams … 15 players on every team? And that’s in the hundreds. You talk about Hip Hop, you can’t even name 10 people that’s hot every couple months. The odds … anybody can do it if it was easy.” He added, “So you talkin’ about trying to make it? Your hustle gotta be relentless. Can’t take no for an answer, you gotta be up when everybody sleep.”

Check out the album art for Montega below.

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French Montana

Montega is out 6/24 on Coke Boys Records. Pre-order it here.