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Rowdy Rebel has adjusted well to the new sound of Brooklyn drill despite his time away. Since being released from prison in 2020 after serving a six-year racketeering bid, the former(?) GS9 member has released a trickle of new music showing off his chops, despite some issues with his label. This year, he dropped a chest-beating freestyle over Lil Durk’s “Ah Haa” and the conflicted “Rowdy Vs. Rebel.” Today, he followed up with his latest foray into the modern drill scene, “Woo Nina.”
He certainly fits right in. It probably helps that not much has changed since the days when “Hot N****” and “Computers” ruled the streets. The lean, mean track clocks in at just over two minutes, and in the video, Rowdy is surrounded by residents of his home borough, who woo walk and wheelie motorbikes through the streets as Rowdy poses for pics and boasts his hood bona fides.
Despite dropping three new singles this year, Rowdy has yet to announce a new album. This likely stems from his previously stated issues with Epic Records, where he and Bobby Shmurda signed in 2014. Shmurda also complained about the label before buying out the remainder of his contract and going independent earlier this year. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rowdy did something similar to ensure he finally gets a release date.
Watch Rowdy Rebel’s “Woo Nina” video above.
Rowdy Rebel seems to have resolved some of those label issues because he’s back with new music for the first time since last year, not including his “Ah Haaa” freestyle and appearance on Bobby Shmurda’s “Shmoney.” Perhaps Bobby’s departure from Epic freed up some funds or gave him the leverage he needed to secure a release date. Either way, Rowdy goes to war with himself — and the world — on the conflicting, sinister “Rowdy Vs. Rebel.”
Featuring a thundering drill beat — Rowdy’s new preferred mode of communication — “Rowdy Vs. Rebel” finds the Brooklyn native comparing and contrasting his dueling natures. While his “Rowdy” half is characterized as the professional artist who wants nothing more than to pursue success and stay out of trouble, the “Rebel” in him seeks out conflict. “Rowdy just wanna rap, Rebel just wanna trap,” he rhymes. “Rebel wanna slide, Rowdy wanna chat.” I can’t help but picture those old cartoons where Tom the cat or whoever has an angel on one shoulder and a demon on the other trying to convince him what to do next.
For his sake, let’s all hope he listens to his better nature because we’ve had to wait for six years for him to get out of prison and with music this compelling, it’d suck if he went and got himself locked up again before his album comes out.
Listen to Rowdy Rebel’s “Rowdy Vs. Rebel” above.
Rowdy Rebel paid a visit to Funk Flex at Hot 97. During his time with the legendary DJ, Rebel delivered a freestyle to JAY-Z’s “You, Me, Him and Her.” Tap in below.
Just yesterday, Rowdy Rebel was loud and clear to DJ Akademiks about his friend Tekashi 6ix9ine. Appearing on the Off The Record podcast, Rebel blasted the rainbow-haired rapper, claiming he knew that he would rat on his GS9 gang members and associates.
The conversation started after Ak would point out how the NYC rap fan was stalled for a while. Rebel flipped it on the controversial host and called him out for aligning with 6ix9ine. Rebel would then lay into 6ix9ine for telling on the stand.
“That pussy had a great run, son,” said Rowdy. “I seen the toughest niggas fold under pressure in that room. He wasn’t even half as tough.”
Ak wanted Rebel to provide more details which Rebel had no problem with, “He was never outside! He ain’t have no morals.”
He added, “Niggas was posting shit saying he was gonna tell. Stop playin’ with me. Niggas thought he was gonna fucking rat like some fucking pussies.”
You can tap into it all below.
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Rowdy Rebel was loud and clear to DJ Akademiks about his friend Tekashi 6ix9ine. Appearing on the Off The Record podcast, Rebel blasted the rainbow-haired rapper, claiming he knew that he would rat on his GS9 gang members and associates.
The conversation started after Ak would point out how the NYC rap fan was stalled for a while. Rebel flipped it on the controversial host and called him out for aligning with 6ix9ine. Rebel would then lay into 6ix9ine for telling on the stand.
“That pussy had a great run, son,” said Rowdy. “I seen the toughest niggas fold under pressure in that room. He wasn’t even half as tough.”
Ak wanted Rebel to provide more details which Rebel had no problem with, “He was never outside! He ain’t have no morals.”
He added, “Niggas was posting shit saying he was gonna tell. Stop playin’ with me. Niggas thought he was gonna fucking rat like some fucking pussies.”
You can tap into it all below.
If you are wondering why we haven’t heard much new music from Rowdy Rebel, it’s because he vowed to not drop any until Epic Records pays him.
“I’m not dropping no more music until @epicrecords pay me,” Rowdy wrote on Instagram in December. “I haven’t received one check for all the music I put out since 2014. I been patient but enough is enough.”
After being released from prison in December 2020, Rebel has yet to put out a full-length project. Instead, he’s released several singles, including linking up with Doe Boy and 42 Dugg on “Ain’t My Fault.”
Rowdy’s right-hand man, Bobby Shmurda, has had similar trouble with record labels as of late. But he is now free from the label.
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A few weeks ago, Lil Durk announced the delay of his upcoming album 7220, softening the blow with the menacing new single “Ah Haa.” Rumor has it, the threats and jibes in the song were directed at YoungBoy Never Broke Again, with whom Durk has had a longstanding feud (apparently due to a disagreement over a woman, as these things so often are). However, that didn’t stop Brooklyn rapper Rowdy Rebel, who isn’t associated with either and apparently has no dog in the fight from co-opting the “Ah Haa” beat for his first new music release of 2022, a chest-beating freestyle that asserts his own street credentials.
Part of the reason he probably wanted to make his comeback with the “Ah Haa” freestyle is its bruising, old-school drill beat, which features a driving, percussive motif backing a hypnotic piano loop. While Rowdy’s era of dominance preceded the modern wave of New York drill by some years, it very much coincided with Durk’s own rise to prominence. Rowdy has also shown the willingness to tread the waters of the new wave of music from his city since his release from prison, so getting started with “Ah Haa” makes a lot of sense. The freestyle is his first release since dropping “9 Bridge” with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie last year, and hopefully presages much more new music as he continues his long-awaited comeback alongside fellow GS9 member Bobby Shmurda.
Watch the video for “Ah Haa (Freestyle)” above.
