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Rapsody Reveals A Lot To Listeners On “Stand Tall”
For the better part of a decade, Rapsody has floored fans with her tremendous pen game and ear for great production. After a four-year hiatus, the North Carolina-bred MC returned in 2023 with her GOATED: Rapsody LP with a bevy of features from JID, SiR, BJ The Chicago Kid, Queen Latifah and more. In the next couple of months she will be returning with another LP and to hype it up, Rapsody is here with “Stand Tall.”
This track is essentially a tell-all in a sense. In “Stand Tall,” she addresses some personal topics such as authenticity, sexual preferences, anxieties. The accompanying music video is also pretty heavy. According to the press release, Rapsody is speaking with actress Sanaa Lathan for about two minutes or so about the things she then attacks in the song.
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Listen To “Stand Tall” By Rapsody
As we mentioned earlier, Rapsody is getting ready to unveil her next album. It will called Please Don’t Cry, and fans can expect a May 17 release date. So far, this is the second single we have gotten for the stacked tracklist. “Asteroids,” another excellent teaser, was dropped back in October and featured production from one of the best to do it, Hit-Boy. Other superstars include, Lil Wayne, Erykah Badu, Baby Tate, and more.
What are your thoughts on this brand-new single, “Stand Tall,” by Rapsody? Is this one of her strongest tracks in recent memory, why or why not? What is your favorite element of the song and why? Does this get you excited for her forthcoming record, Please Don’t Cry? Whose guest verse are you most intrigued by and why? 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 Rapsody. Finally, stay with us for everything the most informative song posts throughout the week.
Quotable Lyrics:
Tryna meditate to calm my heart, racing like a ambulance
So I ain’t got no answers, you can beliеve what you choose
I’m tryna focus on sleeping at night without waking up panicking
Steph lost hеr father, I’m tryna be here for my friends and them
Mees lost her father, I’m tryna be here for my friends and them
Free my spirit so I ain’t looking in the mirror seeing Candyman
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Rapsody Shares “Stand Tall” Single
Rap’s fourth album is on the way.
Rapsody Is Returning With Her First New Album In Five Years, As She Announces ‘Please Don’t Cry’
Rapsody fans have a lot to look forward to this year, as she recently announced her fourth studio album. Titled Please Don’t Cry, the record will arrive in May and will include collaborations with Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne, and more.
This marks her first new studio album in five years, and people are pretty excited to hear what she has in store. According to BET, she has also self-executive produced and found her taking inspiration from Terrace Martin, 9th Wonder, and more.
“It was a little nerve-wracking for me because it was like, Can I do this? Am I gonna make the right decisions for myself?” she shared. “But I learned that that was a little bit of me worrying about the wrong things, about the fans and what they’ll think when instead of just doing what I felt was good and telling the story that I wanted to tell, and that’s what art is.”
Last October, Rapsody released her “Asteroids” collaboration with Hit-Boy, which served as the album’s first single.
Continue scrolling to view Rapsody’s cover art and tracklist for Please Don’t Cry.
Rapsody’s Please Don’t Cry Album Art
Rapsody’s Please Don’t Cry Tracklist
1. “She’s Expecting You” (feat. Phylicia Rashad)
2. “Marlanna”
3. “Asteroids” (feat. Hit-Boy)
4. “Look What You’ve Done”
5. “DND (It’s Not Personal)” (feat. Bee-B)
6. “Black Popstar” (feat. DIXSON)
7. “Stand Tall”
8. “That One Time”
9. “3:AM” (feat. Erykah Badu)
10. “Loose Rocks” (feat. Alex Isley)
11. “Diary Of A Mad B*tch” (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
12. “Never Enough” (feat. Keznamdi)
13. “He Shot Me”
14. “God’s Light”
15. “Back In My Bag”
16. “Niko’s Interlude” (feat. Niko Brim)
17. “Raw” (feat. Lil Wayne)
18. “Lonely Women”
19. “A Ballad For Homegirls” (feat. Baby Tate)
20. “Please Don’t Cry Interlude” (feat. Phylicia Rashad)
21. “Faith”
22. “Forget Me Not” (feat. Amber Navran & Phylicia Rashad)
Please Don’t Cry is out 5/17 via We Each Other/Jamia Records. Find more information here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Rapsody’s “Please Don’t Cry” Tracklist Features Hit-Boy, Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne, And More
2023 was a big year for female rap, and so far, we’ve been seeing that trend consistently carry into 2024. Nicki Minaj is proving that she’s still all that on her Pink Friday 2 Tour following her back and forth with Megan Thee Stallion. Elsewhere, Ice Spice and Latto have gone viral with their latest solo drops, each seemingly aiming at the other. As the frost melts and makes way for new life this spring, Rapsody is set to amaze us with her upcoming album. The project is reportedly called Please Don’t Cry, and it has a scheduled release date of May 17.
On Thursday (March 14) morning, @OnThinIce shared the upcoming LP’s tracklist on Twitter/X. Rapsody will start us off with a Phylicia Rashad (who returns for more contributions twice at the end of the album) collaboration on “She’s Expecting You” before showing out on “Marlann.” Afterward, we have the previously unleashed single, “Asteroids” featuring Hit-Boy and more joint efforts with Bee-B, DIXSON, Erykah Badu, and Alex Isley. Some solo efforts are peppered in between those, proving that Rapsody has no problem riding the beat on her own. Other guest appearances on the 22-song tracklist will come from Bibi Bourelly, Keznamdi, Niko Brim, Baby Tate, and Amber Navran.
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Rapsody’s Highly-Anticipated Return Set for May 17th
Arguably the biggest name in rap to appear on Please Don’t Cry is Lil Wayne, who’s feeling “Raw” beside Rapsody. “He’s one of my biggest inspirations and one of my most favourite. I love me some Weezy,” the 41-year-old declared on social media earlier this month.
Elsewhere in the realm of hip-hop, Hit-Boy and The Alchemist cooked up a surprise EP for us earlier this year in the form of Theodore & Andre. The short but sweet project proves that both producers aren’t holding back in 2024, along with many of their other contemporaries. Read all about that at the link below, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.
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According To Joe Budden, The ‘Girl Rapper Wave Is Over’ For Several Reasons, But He Did Make A Few Exceptions
Joe Budden is no stranger to controversy. In fact, the musician-turned-media figure’s takes on trending topics on his namesake podcast often land him in hot water. In fact, his past opinions of women rap stars Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion had fans pulling out their pitchforks. Well, Budden’s recent hot take will have them on the attack yet again.
Yesterday (March 2), in a teaser clip for a forthcoming episode, Budden boldly claimed rap fans shouldn’t get excited about the push for women acts. “Y’all ain’t gonna want to hear it from me, but the girl rapper wave is over,” he said. “Just telling you what it is. I’m normally a few months ahead with this stuff, sometimes a few years ahead with this stuff. The girl rapper wave is finito.”
Budden went on to share the reasonings behind his claim. “I think labels are looking at it like, ‘Very few of y’all are selling records, it’s too much work to get your coin back, we got to go do brand deals all over the world with y’all, y’all are expensive, some of y’all are annoying,’ and none of these records are working,” he said.
But all hope isn’t lost, according to him, as there are a select few recording artists that he expects to have longevity. “The cream rises to the top,” he said. “So, Latto shall remain; Flo Milli shall remain; Rapsody will always be there, but she wasn’t really a part of [that scene]. But all of that, ‘Go find a girl, send her to Columbia, get it done, put her in the studio with fucking Mike WiLL [Made-It] or any one of them n****s’ … all that planting the girl in the scene, getting the record and it taking off — that wave is over.”
Watch the full video below.
Joe Budden proclaims “the girl rapper wave is over”: “Very few of y’all are selling records”
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— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) March 2, 2024
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Erykah Badu Previews Upcoming Song With Rapsody While Leaving Fans Drooling Over Revealing Outfit
Erykah Badu is the epitome of what it means to be an all-time great artist in the realms of hip-hop and R&B. She has been going strong for about 22 years now. On the other hand, Rapsody has not been around that long. She got her start in 2020. Even though her lack of experience on paper is nowhere near Badu yet, she is well on her way to becoming a legend already. Which is why Erykah Badu and Rapsody’s marriage on this upcoming song is something to be extremely excited about. The two were onstage together recently to help celebrate Badu’s 53 birthday. In fact she turns 53 today, so happy birthday from HNHH!
The event was held in Dallas, Texas, according to HipHopDX. Erykah Badu and Rapsody decided to call the song “3:AM.” From the preview, we can tell their second collaboration will be something serene and downright beautiful. Badu soulfully sings as she always does, while Rapsody comes through with the rapping. However, that was not all the fans were lusting after.
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Erykah Badu Has Fans Thirsting & Not Just For The Song
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In the post above from Rapsody’s Instagram post, people could not help but notice what Badu was wearing. The Dallas native was proudly showing off her rear in skin-tight pink and purple shorts with thigh-high black leather boots. One person comments, “Good Googly Moogly.” Another praises Andre 3000 for getting with her, as they do have a son who is in his later 20s. “Andre 3 stacks we understand 
” There is no information on when this song will drop, but we cannot wait for it.
What are your thoughts on this new upcoming track with Erykah Badu and Rapsody? Are these two of the greatest voices in hip-hop? How do you feel about Erykah’s revealing outfit during the performance? 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 Erykah Badu and Rapsody. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on around the world of music.
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Rapsody & KenTheMan Share “Love Answers All” Video
From Roc Nation’s ‘Humble Soles’ mixtape, which is out now.
Missy Elliott And Rapsody Headline Queen Latifah Tribute At Kennedy Center Honors
Earlier this week, the Kennedy Center Honors took place. The event seeks to highlight and pay tribute to some of the most significant contributors to pop culture around. This time, one of the honorees was Queen Latifah and the legendary female MC had a talented roster of artists contributing to her tribute. Generations of talented rappers came together to speak to the significance of her influence.
It began with Missy Elliott, who has some recent history with Latifah. Earlier this year Elliott was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, becoming the first-ever female rapper to join the ranks. During her induction ceremony, she received a poetic tribute from Latifah as a part of her introduction. Missy spoke to hearing some of Queen Latifah’s earliest hits and the influence they had on the music she would go on to make. MC Lyte and Monie Love took the stage next to perform one of those classic songs, “Ladies First.” Then finally Rapsody brought the house down with her rendition of Latifah’s song “Just Another Day” as a finale. Check out the full ceremony honoring the legendary rapper below.
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Missy Elliott Pays Tribute To Queen Latifah
It’s fitting that Missy Elliott would end off her 2023 honoring a legend. She spent most of the year being honored herself. The biggest moment came during her Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction. Not only did numerous celebs show up to induct her in person but dozens more online expressed their admiration for her work and revealed how she influenced so many.
The praise hasn’t slowed down either. Just earlier this week Trina heralded Missy as one of the “Greats” alongside Lil Wayne. Her influence on hip-hop itself is also still pretty visible. A few months ago Lil Durk shared a teaser with fans which made prominent use of a Missy sample. What do you think of the speech Missy Elliott gave and the performance Rapsody contributed to Queen Latifah’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony? Let us know which performance was your favorite in the comment section below.
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Missy Elliott And Rapsody Led A Lineup Of Iconic Hip-Hop Women Honoring Queen Latifah At The Kennedy Center Honors
There have always been women at the forefront of hip-hop’s 50-year reign over pop culture, and perhaps none is more iconic than Queen Latifah. The “U-N-I-T-Y” rapper is widely acknowledged as one of the genre’s greatest of all time, and last night at the Kennedy Center Honors, she received loving tributes from some of her most iconic peers and proteges.
First up, Missy Elliott repaid Latifah for her touching Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech introduction, recalling hearing “Ladies First” for the first time as a teenager and having her life changed by Latifah’s “Queen” moniker and positive messaging.
Then, there were performances. Queen Latifah’s fellow hip-hop pioneers MC Lyte and Monie Love performed her signature hit “Ladies First,” with Lyte taking over Latifah’s verses and Monie performing her own.
Rapsody then performed one of Latifah’s best, but most underrated songs, “Just Another Day…” (Would have been cool if she performed “Hatshepsut,” the song on which they collaborated from Rap’s 2019 album Eve, but extra light being shed on the smooth Black Reign cut is never a bad thing.)
The Kennedy Center Honors simply seal a legendary legacy which includes such accolades as Grammys, Emmys, and Oscar nominations, as well as roles ranging acting to heading one of hip-hop’s first women-led labels. She is, indeed, an icon and a queen.