Quavo is an artist who has been through a lot over the past calendar year. Back in 2022, his best friend and blood relative Takeoff was killed in a senseless shooting. Overall, it was an event that took a lot of people by surprise. Even now, Takeoff’s passing doesn’t even feel real. It feels like a bad dream that no one has woken up from. However, his friends and family have done an amazing job honoring him over the last year. They understand how important that is, and they have not taken the responsibility lightly.
Recently, Quavo came through with a new album called Rocket Power. Overall, it was a great album that delivered a delicate balance of tracks. On one hand, you had those emotional tributes to Takeoff, while on the other, you had solid bangers that stood on their own. It was a project that resonated with fans and as it turns out, there is more new music on the way. Taking to Twitter, the artist revealed that he has some tracks in the vault that he wants to bring out for the Holidays.
Holiday season coming it’s tuff for me but still gonna feed y’all… mixtape vault music sooon then we go back to the moon wit the Rocket #LLT jus putting ya down! Ain gon say nomo twin we gone!
“Holiday season coming it’s tuff for me but still gonna feed y’all… mixtape vault music sooon then we go back to the moon wit the Rocket,” Quavo wrote. “Jus putting ya down! Ain gon say nomo twin. We gone!” This is a solid promise from the artist, and we’re sure fans are very excited to see exactly what he brings to the table. The note about a mixtape vault is certainly very exciting. Perhaps we will be hearing more posthumous verses from Takeoff, who was on Rocket Power a couple of times.
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Quavo takes a sightseeing tour of the Dominican Republic in the video for “Galaxy” from his new album Rocket Power. The “Galaxy” from the title refers to the ceiling of his Rolls-Royce Phantom, which notoriously has a star pattern in the ceiling (it’s apparently a favorite topic of his, as in 2017 he also dropped a song called “Stars In The Ceiling”).
While the song boasts about the luxury car, Quavo’s video sees him walking around the island with a gorgeous woman, cutting into a coconut with a machete, and hanging out with the local kids. The picturesque video is reminiscent of a travelogue show, capturing the laid-back day-to-day life on the island and lush scenery of the popular vacation destination.
“Galaxy” follows “Greatness,” “Turn Yo Clic Up,” and “11.11” as standouts from the new album. Meanwhile, much of the album is dedicated to Quavo’s late partner-in-rhyme, Takeoff. The Atlanta rap pioneer’s last full-length project was a collaborative album with Takeoff (Only Built For Infinity Links), while his last proper solo album was 2018’s Quavo Huncho. In the two years since the last Migos album, Quavo and Takeoff fell out with Offset — something Quavo references a few times on Rocket Power. The remaining bandmates have since made up.
Watch Quavo’s “Galaxy” video above.
Rocket Power is out now via Quality Control / Motown / Capitol. Get it here.
“I gotta go up for Take’.” That is exactly what the head of the Migos, Quavo did back on August 18 of this year. The day reflects the release date of his sophomore solo project, Rocket Power. The 18-track LP is a tribute to his late nephew and trio member,Takeoff. He tragically passed on November 1, 2022, after he was fatally shot after a dice game went south. It put the world of hip-hop at a standstill as many, especially the Migos, mourned his untimely demise.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago, we received the rapper and singer’s new project. The album did not perform well sales-wise, with about 32,000 copies sold. However, it is most likely safe to say that Quavo cares more about the impact of the record and the music behind it, rather than the dollar amount. That shows throughout the tracklist in different packages. The opening track, “Fueled Up” is an epic way to start the album with Quavo rapping about doing this for Takeoff. Simultaneously, this all performed over some amazing production.
A track that takes a different approach to showing emotion is “Galaxy.” It is more of an R&B cut, where Quavo is doing more melodic singing here. This song is about showering his lady with love and wanting to splurge on her. The beat has a nice groove as well that you can dance to or just sit back and relax and feel the vibe. The music video above features him with a woman in some Latin American country while also taking in the surroundings of city life. There are plenty of gorgeous shots containing the architecture and the native people.
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Quavo is taking a victory lap of sorts following the release of his highly-anticipated new album Rocket Power. The project saw the former Migos rapper getting raw and vulnerable on his feelings about fellow Migos member Takeoff’s murder. Fans connected with his vulnerability and praised the album quite a bit. While it achieved critical success, it was a bit of a slip in terms of commercial sales following his previous solo album and collaborative project with Takeoff. The project sold 34k in its first week and debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200.
Now Quavo is having an interaction directly with some of his fans. Video hit the internet of the rapper stopped in traffic with some fans gathered outside the window of his car. In the hilarious clip, the fans and even other passing drivers pull out their phones to film the surprise interaction, which the rapper seems to find quite amusing. In one particularly funny moment, a fan tries to go in for a handshake with Quavo, which he doesn’t acknowledge and ends up leaving the hanging. Check out the entire funny clip below.
Rocket Power has features from Takeoff, Future, Young Thug, BabyDrill, and Hunxho. It’s spawned a hit song in “Turn Yo Clic Up” with Future and another budding hit in “Patty Cake” with Takeoff. Earlier this week, Quavo caused some concern with fans when he tweeted about being back on Xanax. But in an interview a few days later he clarified that he was merely quoting lyrics from his album that expressed his state of mind following Takeoff’s passing.
Quavo’s assistant and Takeoff’s mother have both sued the bowling alley where the late rapper was murdered last year. They are claiming that there was negligence in regard to both safety measures and emergency response on the night of the murder. What do you think of the video of Quavo meeting fans in traffic? Let us know in the comment section below.
Earlier this week Quavo caused some fan concerns with a tweet he made. “I kno it’s been some years but now I’m taking Xanz,” he said in a tweet that got his fan’s attention. Many expressed concerns that the former Migos rapper could be returning to substance abuse. Though it took him some time to reply he eventually made a statement to VIBE clarifying what he meant and putting fan concerns to rest.
“I’m fine. I’m okay. It’s just y’all gotta listen to my lyrics. Y’all ain’t listening to the lyrics. So right now, I’m breaking them down over Twitter,” Quavo said. He explained that the tweet was merely lyrics from his song “Disciples” where he processes the tragic loss of Takeoff last year. He also assued fans that he’s doing okay. “I might say a line, I might say a bar. But if you listen to the album, those are bars and lines that I’m actually displaying on my Twitter. But I’m good. Thank y’all for y’all concerns.” Check out the full discussion below.
Earlier this month, Quavo released his highly anticipated new album Rocket Power. The project saw the artist taking on the emotional process of his former Migos collaborator Takeoff’s murder. Takeoff was tragically killed in November of last year in Houston. The album’s first-week sales were a step back for the rapper debuting at number 18 on the Billboard 200. That came even as the album over-achieved from its initial sales projections ending up with 34k units sold.
Rocket Power contained features from Takeoff, Future, Young Thug, Huxho, and BabyDrill. The project has already received a number of music videos most recently “11:11.” That was the second new music video he released since the album came out following “Hold Me.” In the video, the rapper is seen flexing a nice car in the forest while some glitchy visual effects are layered over top of him. What do you think of Quavo’s clarification on his comments about taking Xanax? Let us know in the comment section below.
Earlier this month, Quavo released his new album Rocket Power. The project deals in some pretty personal subject matter for the rapper. His former Migos collaborator Takeoff was tragically murdered last year and the project confronts much of that grief head off. Takeoff himself actually appears twice on the record posthumously with verses on the tracks “Patty Cake” and “Back Where It Begins.” Now, fans are worried that some of the grief could be getting to the rapper after he posted a new tweet.
“I kno it’s been some years but now I’m taking Xanz,” Quavo said in a new tweet. The rapper has spoken about his issues with certain substances in the past but many fans clearly hoped he had worked through it. Some fan in the comments hope that he is taking the medication as intended to combat anxiety or a panic disorder. Other, more pessimistic fans believe he could be abusing them and share stories of how dangerous they can be. Check out the tweet and all the responses to it below.
Quavo’s new album Rocket Powerofficially sold 32k units in its first week. Those numbers were officially good enough for the project to debut at number #18 on the Billboard 200. While still among the higher rap album debuts of the year, that’s still a step back for the Migos album. Quavo’s previous solo album and his collaborative project with Take off Only Built For Infinity Links both debuted in the top 10 last year.
Quavo’s assistant and Takeoff’s mother are both currently involved in lawsuits with the bowling alley where Takeoff was killed last year. They’re both suing the establishment for negligence accusing them of ignoring safety protocols and emergency response procedures. Takeoff’s tragic murder took place on November 1 of last year and many rap fans poured out tributes for the former Migos member. What do you think of Quavo tweeting about getting back on Xanax? Let us know in the comment section below.
Quavo gets away from all to relax and vent while offroading in the video for “11.11” from his new album, Rocket Power. While the whole album is dedicated to his late bandmate/nephew Takeoff, “11.11” is one of the songs that most heavily focuses on Quavo’s sense of loss and frustration. In it, he reflects on both Takeoff’s death and the fracture between them and fellow Migos member Offset on the day of Takeoff’s funeral, which took place on November 11th, 2022.
Meanwhile, in the video, Quavo drives a four-wheeler down a forest path, then finds space to light up and reflect on the brotherhood between him, Offset, and Takeoff. “I watched my brother Takeoff go to heaven, an angel,” he raps. “We celebrate eleven-eleven.” And of Offset, he says he can still count on him despite their past friction, rhyming, “I’ll call on him if I need a partner / Even though what he did was kinda / It’s bigger than us and let’s not remind her / We together, n****, get the chopper.”
At the time of Takeoff’s death, he and Quavo were wrapping up the rollout of their album Only Built For Infinity Links, and Offset was on the outs with his former crew. However, in the wake of Takeoff’s death, Quavo and Offset did eventually put their past differences behind them to pay tribute to him at the 2023 BET Awards.
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I guess this is the new normal. Migos, as a group, is definitely gone. The trio’s surviving members, Quavo and Offset, may have resolved whatever bad blood caused the split in the first place (or at least resolved to move forward in the wake of tragedy), but with Takeoff no longer available to offer the third dimension to their music, even a reunion between them just wouldn’t be the same. A few years ago, this might have spelled disaster for both Quavo and Offset as solo artists. This may be harsh, but Quavo’s 2018 solo debut Quavo Huncho just didn’t display the sort of depth to suggest that his artistic output would continue to match his personal charisma for very long.
But Quavo’s latest solo project, Rocket Power, showcases a tremendous amount of growth. Here, he sounds hungry and engaged again, and he has just enough to talk about outside his typical range of wealth and gang talk to carry the majority of the album’s 17 songs. Unfortunately, that “just enough” includes the recent violent death of his close friend, nephew, and bandmate, Takeoff. It feels vaguely icky to attribute his artistic evolution to personal trauma — something the journalism industry does way too much of to begin with, if you ask me — and yet, there are now undeniably added facets and shades to Quavo’s music that weren’t there before.
Of course, in the five years since Huncho, Quavo, like all of us, had a lot of time to sit around, and it could be that he just spent that time sharpening his craft. He also got into a high-profile relationship with a fellow rapper, Saweetie, as well as an equally public breakup. He has, in short, lived a bit, and I think that has always been the primary component of constructing a long-lasting and compelling catalog of albums. The other half of that is, of course, technique. Quavo always came in third among the Migos’ brotherhood in that respect, with Takeoff coming off more practiced, and Offset sounding more wise. The songs on Quavo’s debut just wound up sounding hollow by comparison, and it didn’t help that the album was weighed down by so many guest stars.
On Rocket Power, Quavo pares back the call list, restricting the invites to Atlanta natives. Future makes two appearances, as does the late Takeoff (on one song, together), while the incarcerated Young Thug reminds us why he has such a passionate following on “Focused.” Two younger artists, BabyDrill and the fortuitously named Hunxho, show up on “Stain,” reflecting Quavo’s willingness to pick up the torch once passed to him by Gucci Mane and mentor the next generation of his hometown’s rap talent. Otherwise, Quavo is the sole voice on Rocket Power, which puts greater pressure on him to actually hold the listener’s attention for almost the full 50 minutes. Miraculously, that’s what he does for much of the runtime, although the album is still somehow a hair too long, even clocking in at under an hour.
Quavo manages this feat by employing a new tool in his increasingly diverse kit: vulnerability. He’s always been a bit vague as a storyteller, more prone to setting up pristine tableaus from a rags-to-riches story, but on songs like “Mama Told Me,” he finally provides the connective tissue to fill in the blanks. On “Greatness,” he directly addresses the fate of his band and admits “I don’t got all the answers.” “Hold Me,” while unfolding an otherwise rote “gangsta’s pain” style meditation, lines like “lost my nephew to gunplay and smoke sh*t” lend the song an air of authenticity. It sucks that we can’t necessarily buy such expressions without seeing the physical and psychic damage for ourselves, but that’s what happens when they usually only warrant one or two songs and a couple of throwaway lines amid a non-stop ball-off.
The celebration songs, like “Turn Yo Clic Up” with Future and “Who Wit Me,” have the benefit of Quavo’s gift for writing quirky, inescapable hooks, but the songs worth returning to are the more reflective ones like “Rocket Power.” That certainly says something about when Quavo — or really, any rapper — is at his best. Flexing is fine, but the element that makes us fall in love with these artists, that makes them so intrinsic to the fabric of our everyday lives despite the differences in circumstances with the artists themselves, is their ability to tell us who they are. With Rocket Power, Quavo finally offers a glimpse of the man behind the ad-libs, and gives us more reason to follow along as he keeps Takeoff’s memory alive.
Rocket Power is out now via Quality Control Music / Motown Records.
Last Friday, Quavo came out with his new solo album, Rocket Power. Overall, this was an emotional body of work for the artist. It is his first piece of music since the death of Takeoff in November of 2022. Consequently, fans were very curious about how this album would turn out. In the end, the album was great. There was a mix of emotional and introspective tracks, alongside the type of songs that the artist is more known for.It is a project that satisfied listeners in multiple ways, and the reviews are reflective of that.
With Travis Scott’s Utopia dominating the charts, many were curious as to how the two albums would stack up against one another. Unfortunately for Quavo, it doesn’t seem like he will come close to topping the charts. According to DJ Akademiks, Rocket Power is expected to sell 33K units in its first week on the charts. This is certainly lower than expected. Moreover, with Travis Scott expected to sell 160K in his fourth week on the charts, it seems like Rocket Power isn’t getting the recognition it deserves.
Quavo’s album is also going to sell less than Santiago which is the new album by Russ. However, Russ’ album is being boosted by physical sales. As for Quavo, he didn’t include merch bundles with his album, much like Travis did. If there is one thing for certain in 2023, it is that album sales have become a game. If you want to succeed at the highest level, you are going to have to play that game. Either way, this does not take away from the fact that the artist dropped a dope album.
Hopefully, more people check out the project throughout the rest of the year. Let us know what you think of Rocket Power, in the comments section below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for more news and updates from around the music world. We will be sure to keep you informed.
Another anticipated album this year was Quavo’s Rocket Power and it delivered. The project is a tribute to the late and great member of the Migos, Takeoff. He tragically passed away nine months ago after an altercation broke out over a dice game. It was news that put the world of hip-hop on pause for quite some time and it is still hard for many to remember that night. Obviously, Quavo took the news harder than most, but this new album was giving him power and therapy throughout the process.
A few months ago he shared a post on Instagram and shared some details about Rocket Power. He said in the caption, “Rocket Power keeps me going, rocket power gives me fuel. Rocket Power will help us all overcome whatever we’re going through.” One song that shows Quavo’s strength, but also his vulnerability is “Hold Me.” The lyrics are heartfelt and speak about his mental state and his connection with God to help him.
The music video is perfect and it matches the message of the song beautifully. In the first half, it shows people close to Takeoff coming together to celebrate his life. In the second half of the video, Quavo is performing live in what looks to be a show for his running mate. It is a gorgeous set of visuals to go with the raw emotion of the song.
What are your thoughts on this music video for Quavo’s song “Hold Me” off of Rocket Power? Did this music video get you in the feels? Is this the best song on the album? We want to know what all of your thoughts and opinions are, so be sure to put them in the comments section below. Additionally, keep it locked in with HNHH for all the hottest music videos and breaking news around the music world. Also, our continued thoughts and prayers continue to go out to Takeoff’s family and friends.
#LLT jus putting ya down! Ain gon say nomo twin
we gone!
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