idk
IDK & KAYTRANADA Join Forces For ‘Simple’ EP
Best New Music This Week: Future, Lil Baby, Giveon, and More
Future f/ Drake, “I’m On One”
Lil Baby, “Frozen”
Giveon, “Lie Again”
Kehlani, “Everything”
Internet Money f/ Yeat, “No Handoutz”
Justin Bieber f/ Don Toliver, “Honest”
Action Bronson, “Ninety One”
Toro Y Moi, “Goes By So Fast”
Bobby Shmurda, “They Don’t Know”
Lil Tjay, “Going Up”
IDK f/ Denzel Curry, “Dog Food”
Reuben Vincent, “Butterfly Doors”
Tanna Leone, “Fatal Attraction”
IDK & KAYTRANADA Connect With Denzel Curry For “Dog Food” Single
IDK And Denzel Curry Keep Their Heads On A Swivel On The Groovy ‘Dog Food’
After DMV rapper IDK dropped his stellar debut album Is He Real? at the end of 2019, fans had to wait a little over a year to receive his next body of work, that being U See 4 Yourself. The project delivered 17 songs with features from Young Thug, Offset, Lucky Daye, Sir, T-Pain, Rico Nasty, MF DOOM, Westside Gunn, Jay Electronica, and more. Less than a year after he released U See 4 Yourself, IDK is already gearing up to share his third body of work. He previously announced that it would be titled Simple, and ahead of its release, he shares its third single.
IDK calls on Denzel Curry for their new collaboration, “Dog Food.” It’s an effort that captures the duo with their heads on a swivel as danger lurks around the corner in their neighborhood. The new song marks IDK and Denzel’s fifth track together following “No Wave,” “Once Upon A Time (Freestyle),” “Bulletproof,” and “Uh Huh.” The track also follows IDK’s previous single, “Taco,” which he released earlier this month. Both “Taco” and “Dog Food” are produced by Kaytranada, who IDK previously said would handle the production on Simple. Additionally, IDK also revealed that Simple would arrive on May 6.
You can listen to “Dog Food” in the video above.
Simple is out 5/6 via Clue and Warner Records.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
IDK Announces His Upcoming Album ‘Simple’ Will Be Produced Kaytranada
For the better part of a month now, DMV MC IDK (say that five times fast) has been teasing the impending release of his third studio album. He’s been calling the follow-up to 2021’s USee4Yourself a huge departure and today, he revealed why: The whole album will be produced by the house pioneer Kaytranada. It’s called Simple, and he shared its abstract cover via Instagram and Twitter. He also shared its release date via his new Discord server. Here’s a hint: He’ll be competing with Jack Harlow.
Simple. An album written by IDK, with production from Kaytranada. pic.twitter.com/skk8oKR0u7
— IDK (@IDK) April 25, 2022
The collaboration announcement shouldn’t be that much of a surprise after IDK’s last single, “Taco,” was produced by Kaytranada and gave a glimpse of the rapper’s new direction. An upbeat track with heavy dance music influence, “Taco” presented a juxtaposition between the glittering production and the rapper’s gritty, rhymes — exactly the sort of contradiction that IDK has loved to present on past projects like IsHeReal? and USee4Yourself. Meanwhile, Kaytranada has gotten more active lately, ending 2021 with his EP, Intimidated, and showing off his production chops on Joyce Wrice’s new single “Iced Tea.” It should be interesting to see what these two genre-benders have come up with.
Simple is due 5/6 via Clue and Warner Records.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Best New Music This Week: Pusha-T, Jack Harlow, Fivio Foreign, and More
Pusha-T f/ Jay-Z, “Neck & Wrist”
Fivio Foreign f/ Quavo, “Through the Fire”
Jack Harlow, “First Class”
Lil Baby, “In A Minute”
Vince Staples, “When Sparks Fly”
BIA f/ J. Cole, “London”
Omar Apollo, “Evergreen”
42 Dugg & EST Gee, “My Yungin”
Coi Leray, “Box & Papers”
IDK & Kaytranada, “Taco”