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Dave East and Harry Fraud are set to deliver their upcoming collaborative album Hoffa, a project that features guest appearances from Curren$y, Benny The Butcher, French Montana, Jim Jones, and more. Not long after setting the tone with the lead single “Diamonds,” East has returned with another glimpse at what’s to come with “Uncle Ric,” a nostalgic dose of mafioso rap featuring Benny The Butcher. 

Off the bat, Fraud’s production sets a classy and dangerous tone, one that should please fans of hip-hop’s golden era. Over a blend of flute and arpeggiated guitar, East sets it off with a coldhearted verse. “My only question is how you tolerate it?” he raps. “I’m always gon’ get back to the struggle ’cause I feel obligated / ni*gas ain’t wanna make a change until they heard Obama say it.” 

Benny The Butcher holds it down with the second verse, his butcher’s knife yet to dull despite its frequent usage. “Ni**as took our manual, tearin’ out pages,” he raps, no stranger to Fraud’s production. “Put us on lists and comparin’ our greatness / But I’m like, “Mike, I feel like ni*gas couldn’t ball in the era I played in.” 

Look for Dave East and Harry Fraud’s Hoffa album to drop on July 30th. Check out the full tracklist below.

1. The Disappearance
2. 60 For The Lawyer
3. Diamonds
4. Just Another Rapper
5. Go Off feat G Herbo
6. Uncle Ric feat Benny The Butcher
7. The Product
8. Money Or Power feat Jim Jones
9. I Can Hear The Storm
10. Dolla And A Dream feat Steven Young
11. Count It Up feat French Montana
12. The Win feat Cruch Calhoun
13. Yeah I Know feat Kiing Shooter
14. Red Fox Restaurant feat Curren$y

QUOTABLE LYRICS

My only question is how you tolerate it?
I’m always gon’ get back to the struggle ’cause I feel obligated
Ni*gas ain’t wanna make a change until they heard Obama say it

Dave East and Harry Fraud are set to deliver their upcoming collaborative album Hoffa, a project that features guest appearances from Curren$y, Benny The Butcher, French Montana, Jim Jones, and more. Not long after setting the tone with the lead single “Diamonds,” East has returned with another glimpse at what’s to come with “Uncle Ric,” a nostalgic dose of mafioso rap featuring Benny The Butcher. 

Off the bat, Fraud’s production sets a classy and dangerous tone, one that should please fans of hip-hop’s golden era. Over a blend of flute and arpeggiated guitar, East sets it off with a coldhearted verse. “My only question is how you tolerate it?” he raps. “I’m always gon’ get back to the struggle ’cause I feel obligated / ni*gas ain’t wanna make a change until they heard Obama say it.” 

Benny The Butcher holds it down with the second verse, his butcher’s knife yet to dull despite its frequent usage. “Ni**as took our manual, tearin’ out pages,” he raps, no stranger to Fraud’s production. “Put us on lists and comparin’ our greatness / But I’m like, “Mike, I feel like ni*gas couldn’t ball in the era I played in.” 

Look for Dave East and Harry Fraud’s Hoffa album to drop on July 30th. Check out the full tracklist below.

1. The Disappearance
2. 60 For The Lawyer
3. Diamonds
4. Just Another Rapper
5. Go Off feat G Herbo
6. Uncle Ric feat Benny The Butcher
7. The Product
8. Money Or Power feat Jim Jones
9. I Can Hear The Storm
10. Dolla And A Dream feat Steven Young
11. Count It Up feat French Montana
12. The Win feat Cruch Calhoun
13. Yeah I Know feat Kiing Shooter
14. Red Fox Restaurant feat Curren$y

QUOTABLE LYRICS

My only question is how you tolerate it?
I’m always gon’ get back to the struggle ’cause I feel obligated
Ni*gas ain’t wanna make a change until they heard Obama say it

Dave East and Harry Fraud are set to deliver their upcoming collaborative album Hoffa, a project that features guest appearances from Curren$y, Benny The Butcher, French Montana, Jim Jones, and more. Not long after setting the tone with the lead single “Diamonds,” East has returned with another glimpse at what’s to come with “Uncle Ric,” a nostalgic dose of mafioso rap featuring Benny The Butcher. 

Off the bat, Fraud’s production sets a classy and dangerous tone, one that should please fans of hip-hop’s golden era. Over a blend of flute and arpeggiated guitar, East sets it off with a coldhearted verse. “My only question is how you tolerate it?” he raps. “I’m always gon’ get back to the struggle ’cause I feel obligated / ni*gas ain’t wanna make a change until they heard Obama say it.” 

Benny The Butcher holds it down with the second verse, his butcher’s knife yet to dull despite its frequent usage. “Ni**as took our manual, tearin’ out pages,” he raps, no stranger to Fraud’s production. “Put us on lists and comparin’ our greatness / But I’m like, “Mike, I feel like ni*gas couldn’t ball in the era I played in.” 

Look for Dave East and Harry Fraud’s Hoffa album to drop on July 30th. Check out the full tracklist below.

1. The Disappearance
2. 60 For The Lawyer
3. Diamonds
4. Just Another Rapper
5. Go Off feat G Herbo
6. Uncle Ric feat Benny The Butcher
7. The Product
8. Money Or Power feat Jim Jones
9. I Can Hear The Storm
10. Dolla And A Dream feat Steven Young
11. Count It Up feat French Montana
12. The Win feat Cruch Calhoun
13. Yeah I Know feat Kiing Shooter
14. Red Fox Restaurant feat Curren$y

QUOTABLE LYRICS

My only question is how you tolerate it?
I’m always gon’ get back to the struggle ’cause I feel obligated
Ni*gas ain’t wanna make a change until they heard Obama say it

EST Gee is having his moment right now. The Kentucky-based rapper currently has one of the top hip-hop albums in the world, offering up the soundtrack to the streets with Bigger Than Life Or Death. People have been praising the album on social media all week, excitedly offering their takes on each song and predicting that EST Gee will stick around for a while. A breath of fresh air in the rap game, the rising star is bringing new sauce to the table and his fans are loving every moment of his ascension. 

A few songs are getting specific attention from the project and today, we’re shining a bright light on the official “Lick Back” remix with Future and Young Thug.

The original track was released back in April but Future and Thugger jumped on the remix this week. Going back and forth for the second verse, they bring a new kind of nonchalant energy to the grimy beat, elevating the track to a whole new level.

Check out the “Lick Back” remix below.

Quotable Lyrics:

My money ten feet tall, but I ain’t something you should shoot at
Kill somethin’, you wan’ lock in with us, I thought you knew that
My plug drove the load in on a truck, next day, he flew back
I talk so much shit, I need a Tic-Tac
I got five thousand for you, help me set this wolf trap

EST Gee is having his moment right now. The Kentucky-based rapper currently has one of the top hip-hop albums in the world, offering up the soundtrack to the streets with Bigger Than Life Or Death. People have been praising the album on social media all week, excitedly offering their takes on each song and predicting that EST Gee will stick around for a while. A breath of fresh air in the rap game, the rising star is bringing new sauce to the table and his fans are loving every moment of his ascension. 

A few songs are getting specific attention from the project and today, we’re shining a bright light on the official “Lick Back” remix with Future and Young Thug.

The original track was released back in April but Future and Thugger jumped on the remix this week. Going back and forth for the second verse, they bring a new kind of nonchalant energy to the grimy beat, elevating the track to a whole new level.

Check out the “Lick Back” remix below.

Quotable Lyrics:

My money ten feet tall, but I ain’t something you should shoot at
Kill somethin’, you wan’ lock in with us, I thought you knew that
My plug drove the load in on a truck, next day, he flew back
I talk so much shit, I need a Tic-Tac
I got five thousand for you, help me set this wolf trap

EST Gee is having his moment right now. The Kentucky-based rapper currently has one of the top hip-hop albums in the world, offering up the soundtrack to the streets with Bigger Than Life Or Death. People have been praising the album on social media all week, excitedly offering their takes on each song and predicting that EST Gee will stick around for a while. A breath of fresh air in the rap game, the rising star is bringing new sauce to the table and his fans are loving every moment of his ascension. 

A few songs are getting specific attention from the project and today, we’re shining a bright light on the official “Lick Back” remix with Future and Young Thug.

The original track was released back in April but Future and Thugger jumped on the remix this week. Going back and forth for the second verse, they bring a new kind of nonchalant energy to the grimy beat, elevating the track to a whole new level.

Check out the “Lick Back” remix below.

Quotable Lyrics:

My money ten feet tall, but I ain’t something you should shoot at
Kill somethin’, you wan’ lock in with us, I thought you knew that
My plug drove the load in on a truck, next day, he flew back
I talk so much shit, I need a Tic-Tac
I got five thousand for you, help me set this wolf trap

EST Gee is having his moment right now. The Kentucky-based rapper currently has one of the top hip-hop albums in the world, offering up the soundtrack to the streets with Bigger Than Life Or Death. People have been praising the album on social media all week, excitedly offering their takes on each song and predicting that EST Gee will stick around for a while. A breath of fresh air in the rap game, the rising star is bringing new sauce to the table and his fans are loving every moment of his ascension. 

A few songs are getting specific attention from the project and today, we’re shining a bright light on the official “Lick Back” remix with Future and Young Thug.

The original track was released back in April but Future and Thugger jumped on the remix this week. Going back and forth for the second verse, they bring a new kind of nonchalant energy to the grimy beat, elevating the track to a whole new level.

Check out the “Lick Back” remix below.

Quotable Lyrics:

My money ten feet tall, but I ain’t something you should shoot at
Kill somethin’, you wan’ lock in with us, I thought you knew that
My plug drove the load in on a truck, next day, he flew back
I talk so much shit, I need a Tic-Tac
I got five thousand for you, help me set this wolf trap

Sometimes, healthy competition can escalate in a blink — and given that we’re currently looking at a combined thirteen minutes of bars from newfangled rivals Royce Da 5’9″ and Lupe Fiasco, it would appear that this one is only getting started.

After finding themselves at odds over lyrical superiority among other factors, Lupe tested the waters with an Instagram freestyle, taking a few potshots at Nickle in the process. Royce then decided to take it to the booth, setting the stage with “The Silence Of The Lamba,” a highlight-reel rap clinic designed to make his foe second guess himself. Evidently, Lupe Fiasco is trained to tune out all distractions. Now, the martially-proficient has decided to match his competitor’s stride, though not without first dipping his blade in poison.

Enter “Steve Jobs,” a six-minute retaliatory track that directly addresses many of the claims made on Royce’s “Lambda.” Off the bat, it’s clear that Lupe is looking to pick his opponent apart. “I think that n***a scared, he never leave Heaven cause he already dead,” spits Lu, over a ghoulish synthesizer. “We both wear glasses,” he continues. “The difference is I was in school thinking it was cool, you were thinking of skipping classes / listening to your track record I can see you were skipping classics.” 

There’s certainly more where that came from, as Lupe made sure to up the ante on a personal level. “I wish they would have left Biz here, and fuckin took you,” he raps, with a battle rapper’s energy. Give “Steve Jobs” a listen now, and don’t be surprised to see Royce square up for round two sooner than later. 

QUOTABLE LYRICS

In seven minutes he did it,
If he knew how to freestyle he coulda rented Heaven for seven minutes
And been done what needed to be done by the second sentence
All this extra innings may come across as master — but my impression’s apprentice
Your penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick
An affection and an intimacy of impressions of that n***as you friends with
I ain’t gotta say it to say it,
I can’t even blame you, the n***a’s one of my favorites

Though Royce Da 5’9″ and Lupe Fiasco previously hosted a podcast together, it would appear that such arrangements are more volatile than once believed. The two elite lyricists have since found themselves embroiled in a heated back-and-forth over lyrical superiority, and last night, both emcees decided to take it to the booth. 

Royce has since come through with “Silence Of The Lamba,” a lengthy six-minute salvo designed with a singular purpose: to assert undeniable dominance over his rival. Over a slow-burning, soulful instrumental from longtime Nickle beatmaker Carlos “Six July” Broady, Royce proceeds to put on an absolute clinic, delivering more hard-hitting bars in one song than some artists fit into a single album. While he doesn’t quite hit Lupe with the same ferocity he once gunned for D12 or Mistah Fab, Royce skillfully raises the stakes with enough sly jabs to leave a mark. 

It’s admittedly surreal to reflect on how this feud has escalated, but it’s certainly refreshing to see emcees settling their differences through their craft. Fun though the occasional online back-and-forth can be, Royce and Lupe are a cut above when it comes to penmanship, and a swordfight between two masters will always prove more entertaining than even the wittiest heckler. 

QUOTABLE LYRICS

We do this for Kanye, if you can relate that’s Drake
We come shooting for Conway, Ruger your face back straight
A hundred and seventy on the dash, all the felonies and the demonic acts
With devils like Vlad always selling me all the trauma back
I speak to cabarets as a deviation of drama
Pastors in wave caps as a recreation of honor
Glad to appreciate black abbreviations of genre
Battle me A$AP, that’s for PDA with Rihanna

We’re waist-deep into 2021 and as we enjoy these sweltering months, Belly has delivered a new single that he promises will be “the biggest record of the summer.” He’s called on two heavy hitters to help him out with the track, and with The Weeknd and Young Thug in the clutch, “Better Believe” is almost guaranteed to catapult itself up the charts.

The XO mogul leads the pack as he opens “Better Believe” with a verse about staying on top of his game and enjoying every minute of his lavish lifestyle. Belly follows with Young Thug closing things out as they, too, shared similar bars about the finer things in life while steering clear of opps who continue to lurk in the shadows.s

The track arrives along with a brooding, yet captivating, Christian Breslauer-directed visual. Stream “Better Believe” and let us know what you think.

Quotable Lyrics

Audemars, Travis, Cactus
Automatic, Patek, ride cinematic
Give me p*ssy, f*ck a mattress
Baby, down low a n*gga crevices (Woah)
Lookin’ for the killer, murder ’round, n*gga, there he is
Talkin’ shootin’, got no assists