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Michigan Boy Boat

If you let rap classicists tell it, Lil Yachty's slurred melodies and occasional flippancy betrayed a lack of reverence for the culture. But that was always more about traditionalism than rap bona fides. His malleability is ample evidence of hip-hop connoisseurship. Whether he was adopting the triple-time flow alongside Offset and Lil Baby, or flaunting a Drakeo the Ruler–esque cadence alongside Remble, Lil Boat frequently turned his own songs into tributes to regional styles and sounds. Michigan Boy Boat is the boldest example. Released in 2021, the album sees Yachty work alongside artists and producers from Detroit and Flint, MI, some of the most innovative stylists of the 2010s. Over the course of 14 songs, Yachty oscillates between production and rap styles that embody the best the state has to offer. He sounds at home whether sliding across frenetic piano or bouncy synths, and he has a knack for absorbing the stylistic tics of his collaborators. For "Final Form," he cruises a Helluva production for a flex exhibition; it's not hard to imagine Detroit luminaries 42 Dugg and Tee Grizzley lacing the track with more outward flashes of machismo. Grizzley himself joins Yachty for "Dynamic Duo," another Helluva-produced track that evokes the energy of modern D-Town. Accosting ominously rumbling keys with BabyTron on "Hybrid," Yachty adopts the Tron's descending deadpan while letting loose quippy punchlines. "SB 2021" sees Yachty jump into the more jittery side of Michigan rap, using a rambling rhythm to match both collaborator Sada Baby and the skittering percussion. On "Plastic," he joins forces with Icewear Vezzo and Rio Da Yung Og, his braggadocio capturing their plainspoken authority. It's a chameleonic act built on a level of dexterity that naysayers would say Yachty didn't possess. Pulling from aesthetics from Detroit pioneers across generations, Yachty serves up a regional tribute at the intersection of adaptability and mutual respect.

April 23, 2021 14 Songs, 40 minutes Quality Control Music/Motown Records; ℗ 2021 Quality Control Music, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Lil Yachty – ‘Michigan Boy Boat’ review: Atlanta rapper heads to Michigan to showcase inter-state rap unity

Yachty's latest mixtape sees him embracing his "second home" to exhibit the rising rap talents of the Wolverine State

For the past five years, we’ve known the formerly-red haired Lil Yachty as a frontrunner in the rap scene of his native Atlanta. But the 23-year-old is now shifting his focus to Michigan, specifically the cities of Detroit and Flint, to almost be like a brand new mascot for the Midwestern US state.

With his latest mixtape ‘Michigan Boy Boat’, Yachty uses his own stardom to showcase some of the best rising talents from his “second home”. All about rampant flows and outlandish metaphors, Michigan’s signature off-counter rapping style seems to dance around the beat rather than fully cooperate with it – and it’s a flow that Yachty has fully adapted to here.

Yachty first dabbled in the Michigan scene back in 2017 when he and the viral Detroit star- turned-Michigan rap staple Tee Grizzley went back-to-back on the loaded ‘From The D To The A’. The two rappers reunite here on ‘Dynamic Duo’ to bring back a gangster-y bravado that Yachty hasn’t utilised in a while ( “I took several trips with a look-a-like Kate Moss / My diamonds cost that me after, it’s okay ’cause it’s real Voss” ). While he’s often been criticised during his career for his lack of technical skills – not to mention his love of crocky autotune – tracks like ‘From The D To The A’ and the aptly named ‘Dynamic Duo’ demonstrate that, should he want to, Yachty can utilise language just like some of your favourite other rappers.

Elsewhere, the Louie Ray-assisted ‘G.I. Joe’ shows off the great candour between the two. Ray has made a name for himself in internet rap recently as one of the ‘Coochie Men’ alongside his frequent collaborator YN Jay, who has made an array of viral TikTok tracks about their self-proclaimed title. Over ‘G.I. Joe”s Buddah Bless-produced commercial trap beat, which uses droning synths to create quite an entertaining hum, a rare occurrence happens: both Yachty and Ray rap on time. Full of grand braggadocio, the song also embodies the often cheeky nature of Michigan rap: “ I got the bitch in the back of the Bentley / Outside in the back of the crib in a tent ”.

The tight-knit scene that’s emerging in the streets of the Wolverine State is clearly making headway in the rap game, and it’s largely due to the beautiful synergy that flows between many of the artists who feature on the mixtape. Although the off-counter flow can get monotonous at times – unfortunately making a number of the tracks on ‘Michigan Boy Boat’ rather skippable – Yachty’s embrace of the Michigan scene here come across as a daring way of reinventing his once-bubbly rap aesthetic.

After being scrutinised for so long, ‘Michigan Boy Boat’ should help Yachty fight back against those who say he solely relies on his melodic chops. Maybe he should prolong his stay in Michigan?

Label: Capitol / Quality Control

Release date: April 23

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Lil Yachty Joins A Stacked Detroit Cypher With ‘Royal Rumble’

Lil Yachty has apparently become quite enamored with Detroit’s burgeoning underground rap scene. After teasing a new mixtape with the Sada Baby-featuring video for “ Not Regular ” a few weeks ago, the Atlanta rapper popped in the video for an “all-star” cypher of sorts titled “Royal Rumble” and featuring a slew of fresh-faced Detroit rhymers for him to trade bars with.

Included in the “Royal Rumble” are emerging talents like Babyface Ray, who recently tapped Moneybagg Yo to appear in his “ If You Know You Know ” video, DC2Trill, Krispylife Kid, who previously worked with Yachty on their September 2020 song “ KrispyBoat ,” Icewear Vezzo, who is the first Detroit native rapper signed to Motown Records, Rio Da Yung OG, who was unfortunately sentenced to five years in prison for a 2019 gun charge, and RMC Mike, a favorite collaborator of Rio’s who appeared with him in numerous recent low-fi music videos.

These six rappers represent an emerging sound in the Motor City and surrounding Michigan area that eschews the smoother sounds of the smooth J Dilla/Slum Village era for a more grungy, almost drill-inspired sound. Other newer rappers embracing the loose aesthetic and slippery flow include 42 Dugg, who has been blowing up thanks to his collaborations with Lil Baby , and Sada Baby, who secured a Nicki Minaj verse on his techno-sampling viral hit, “ Whole Lotta Choppas.” Meanwhile, the Detroit cypher format was also recently used to highlight more local talent on Big Sean’s Detroit 2 cut “ Friday Night Cypher .”

Watch the “Royal Rumble” video above.

Lil Yachty reinvents his sound for the better on “Michigan Boy Boat”

Atlanta rapper borrows sounds from underground music scenes in Flint and Detroit, Michigan on this latest mixtape

By Martin Dolan - April 26, 2021

One of hip-hop’s most divisive figures of the past five years, Lil Yachty, is back with a new mixtape that highlights the same style-mashing weirdness that led to his breakout in 2016. “Michigan Boy Boat” is Lil Yachty’s first full-length project since 2020’s “Lil Boat 3” and its deluxe edition rerelease a few months later. “Lil Boat 3” was the latest of a series of Lil Yachty projects, including 2017’s “Teenage Emotions” and 2018’s “Nuthin’ 2 Prove” which were ripped apart by critics and fans alike. Fans will be happy to hear that though “Michigan Boy Boat” is not a return to 2016 Lil Yachty’s self-proclaimed “bubblegum trap” sound, it’s his most focused project in years that finds him reinventing his sound and style for a totally new purpose.

While his most recent releases have seemingly aimed at crossover mainstream success, “Michigan Boy Boat” instead finds Lil Yachty looking toward the bubbling underground scenes in Flint and Detroit, Michigan for inspiration, and it brings many of these local figures along for the ride. Though Lil Yachty himself is from the same Atlanta trap scene that led to the discovery of many of his contemporaries like Young Thug, 21 Savage and Migos, he’s had relationships with Michigan rappers for most of his career. One of his biggest early hits was “From the D to the A” with labelmate and Detroit rapper Tee Grizzley. Grizzley shows up on “Michigan Boy Boat,” too, along with other Detroit and Flint figures like Louie Ray, Babyface Ray, Sada Baby and Rio Da Yung Og — many of whom Lil Yachty has collaborated with in the past on various loosies, freestyles and features.

The Michigan sound, as it’s been called, is a little jarring to casual rap fans who might be thrown off by the abrasive bass and drums, and the way that rappers seem to rap off-rhythm. Though the rapper Blueface gained some mainstream attention a few years back with a similar type of flow, the sound hasn’t really clicked in the mainstream yet as other regional scenes have. The music is loud, aggressive and in a lot of ways, the exact opposite of the feel-good pop-rap that made Lil Yachty’s “One Night” and “Broccoli” into hits. Still, Lil Yachty wholeheartedly jumps into his new friends’ soundscape, and the new style brings out some of his best music in years.

“Dynamic Duo” reunites Lil Yachty with Tee Grizzley, and though the Michigan rap rhythms are present, the flows are a little more digestible, and it serves as an intro into the underground sound present on the rest of the tape. “Never Did Coke” featuring Swae Lee (the only non-Michigan scene feature on the mixtape) is another go at a crossover-type song, but while Lil Yachty’s stop-and-go flow and Swae Lee’s work on the hook are successful independently, bringing them together on the same song comes off as awkward.

The mixtape’s highlights, then, are when Lil Yachty and his producers give themselves up completely to the underground sound. Sada Baby is one of the most popular rappers from the Michigan scene, and both of his appearances on the mixtape, “SB 2021” and “SB5,” find him and Lil Yachty going back and forth on some of the grittiest beats on the project. A track with possible mainstream appeal is “G.I. Joe” with Louie Ray, in which Lil Yachty actually manages to blend his older sing-song voice with the stop-and-go flow in a really interesting way. Another great track is the mixtape’s closer, “This That One,” a posse cut with Lil Yachty, Louie Ray, Krispy Life Kidd, Slap Savage, Veeze and YN Jay that features some of the best “rap-rapping” on the whole project.

Lil Yachty, though he’s been regarded as a bit of a joke in the hip-hop world for the past few years, has always stood out above his so-called “mumble rap” contemporaries in terms of his creativity, marketability and flow. Though “Michigan Boy Boat” may be Lil Yachty signaling that he’s giving up on his pop-star dreams, the reinvention of his sound makes it his best project since 2016. His lyricism and wordplay have improved drastically over the years and ditching the “bubblegum trap” for this new sound is giving him the perfect opportunity to show off his new chops. Lil Yachty is still hilarious, and his punchlines and goofy bars still shine throughout the album. In a lot of ways, he’s injecting a dynamic personality into this Michigan rap scene in the same way that these underground artists are breathing new life into him.

If someone were to say in 2018 that Lil Yachty — who used to be known as the butt of so many jokes in hip-hop — would eventually be one of the first rappers to transcend his Soundcloud rap scene and reinvent himself with a successful new sound, they would be labeled absurd. But now, three years later, Lil Yachty is back, sounding as weird and creative as ever, and proving that even someone like him — though he may lack technical ability — will be able to stay an important figure in rap moving forward, thanks to his great personality and willingness to experiment.

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Lil Yachty Drops New Mixtape Michigan Boy Boat: Stream

Atlanta rapper puts on burgeoning talent from the Wolverine State

Lil Yachty just dropped his new mixtape, Michigan Boy Boat . Stream it view Apple Music or Spotify below.

As the name implies, the project finds the Atlanta rapper teaming up with Michigan’s deep roster of hip-hop talent. Yachty has been collaborating with the bubbling Detroit hip-hop scene for several years, most recently joining forces with Sada Baby on “Not Regular” in October before showing off his lyrical side on “Royal Rumble” , a stacked cypher with young talents like Krispylife Kid, RMC Mike, Babyface Ray, Rio Da Yung OG, and Icewear Vezzo.

In the mixtape’s trailer , Yachty shared the purpose of his project. “I found a love for Michigan, you know what I’m sayin’? The city itself is just a vibe that’s unmatched,” he said. “I established this relationship, I was a fan of all these guys all throughout Michigan, not just Detroit. Tryna put them on a pedestal. Give ’em the platform they may not have had before.”

Yachty also recalled getting turned on to the Wolverine State hip-hop scene in a Rolling Stone interview.  “I started doing my own homework and digging,” he explained. “And just started realizing there are no bad rappers in Michigan. Everyone knows how to rap.”

Prior to Michigan Boy Boat , Yachty’s most recent full-length was last year’s Lil Boat 3 .

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Michigan Boy Boat Tracklist: 01. Final Form 02. Dynamic Duo (feat. Tee Grizzley) 03. Concrete Goonies 04. Don’t Even Bother (feat. Veeze & Baby Smoove) 05. G.I. Joe (feat. Louie Ray) 06. Never Did Coke (feat. Swae Lee) 07. Ghetto Boy Shit (feat. RMC Mike) 08. Plastic (feat. Icewear Vezzo & Rio Da Yung OG) 09. Fight Night Round 3 (feat. Babyface Ray & Veeze ) 10. SB 2021 (feat. Sada Baby) 11. Stunt Double (feat. Rio Da Yung OG) 12. SB5 (feat. Sada Baby) 13. Hybrid (feat. Baby Tron) 14. This That One (feat. Krispy Life Kidd, Veeze, Slap Savage, YN Jay, Louie Ray)

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Detroit: Lil Yachty’s second home

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It’s hard to say who had more fun night at Detroit’s historic Fillmore theater on Sunday, November 5th: Lil Yachty or his die-hard fans. The famed pop-rapper surprised the audience, bringing five Detroit-based rappers to the stage — including Tee Grizzley — and performing an extra hour of Michigan-specific tracks. 

Everybody got what they wanted Sunday night. Yachty reunited with old friends. The audience got six shows for the price of one. 

This was no ordinary Lil Yachty performance. What happened Sunday night could only happen in Detroit — Lil Yachty’s self-proclaimed second home. 

Here’s how it all went down.

Despite the night’s eventual hype, Yachty’s first set was relatively mellow. Pulling from his most recent psychedelic rap-rock album — 2023’s Let’s Start Here — Yachty performed this first four-song set with a live, all-Black female band. The album was very well received critically, and enjoyed a more-than-modest popular reception to boot — but the crowd wanted something else, you could feel it.

I arrived at the Fillmore well before the night’s first opener, EmmanuelDaProphet, began his set. The General Admission pit was already close to full. The house DJ was merely playing popular hip-hop tracks on the overhead speakers and already the pit-goers were moshing. With EmmanuelDaProphet’s first lyric, the ground was shaking. So as much as the crowd might have loved Let’s Start Here , what they really wanted to do was get hype.

Lil Yachty’s second set allowed the crowd to do exactly that. 

“See I made this project called Michigan Boy Boat ,” Yachty shouted to wild applause. “And I’ve never got to perform any of these songs before, so you mind if I crank some of these bitches out?”

Released at the height of the pandemic, 2021’s Michigan Boy Boat is far from Lil Boat’s most popular record, with only one song garnering more than 10 million Spotify streams. But popularity is city-dependent, and Lil Yachty knows that. At a Yachty concert in Gdansk, Poland this summer, the pop star performed “Poland” six times in a row, each time with increasing crowd appeal. So it was only natural for Yachty to take a detour from his usual set, and perform Michigan Boy Boat for a Michigan audience rapping every lyric alongside him. 

But Michigan Boy Boat was just the beginning of Yachty’s Detroit-set detour. 

“Can I just play some of my favorite Detroit songs?” Yachty asked the audience. They responded with enthusiasm. “Let’s turn this bitch into a club,” Yachty said. And that was exactly what the crowd was looking for. Then Yachty brought out five of the biggest names in Detroit rap.

First up was Peezy — a Detroit icon, and the only guest star not featured on Michigan Boy Boat — performing his latest breakout hit, “2 Million Up.” Peezy was followed by another iconic native, Icewear Vezzo, who joined Yachty for their Michigan Boy Boat banger, “Plastic.” But the show of Detroit’s best hits didn’t stop there. Next up was the 313’s favorite laugh-rapper, Sada Baby, commanding the stage with jingle dances for the ever-bouncy “Whole Lotta Choppas.” Then Yachty brought out one of the city’s most prolific MCs, Babyface Ray. Together, the two performed their joint hit from Michigan Boy Boat , “Fight Night Round 3.”

“Hold on, hold on, hold on,” Yachty said, cutting off the music, ushering one Detroit rap star after another on and off the stage. 

“This next guy is my actual brother. My actual, actual brother that I started all of this with,” Yachty said. And out walked Tee Grizzley.

After Eminem and Big Sean, Tee Grizzley is far and away Michigan’s most famous rapper. His most recent release, 2023’s Tee’s Coney Island , is a quintessential Detroit record. It was Grizzley who originally brought Lil Yachty to the Michigan rap scene, as good an introducer as any. Without Grizz, there would be no Michigan Boy Band , and most likely no Let’s Start Here .

“Remember a couple years ago you brought me to this exact stage?” Yachty asked Grizz, referring to the last stop on the ladder’s 2017 tour at the Fillmore. “I think we gotta rock this bitch.” 

And rock it they did. Together, the duo tag-teamed “From the D to the A,” rapping both of each other’s verses on top of their own. The crowd was alive. Then Tee Grizzley took center stage and dazzled with a solo performance of “ First Day Out .” Lil Yachty put on a banner performance, but “First Day Out” might still have been the highlight of the night. 

“I had to do that shit because Detroit is like my second home,” Yachty said after Grizz left the stage. “But let’s get back to the show. Open that shit up,” he continued, motioning for the crowd to make space for a mosh pit. 

Next came a cover of Dram’s “Broccoli (ft. Lil Yachty),” then KYLE’s “iSpy (ft. Lil Yachty)” and Yachty’s own “TESLA.” The hype was high and stayed that way until the final set, when the live band returned and brought back the mellow mood with four more songs from Let’s Start Here . 

Lil Yachty’s Sunday show at the Fillmore was 36 songs long and included five surprise guests. Yachty reunited with five old friends and performed an underappreciated album for an appreciative audience. 

What more could anyone ask for? 

Daily Arts Writer Joshua Medintz can be reached at [email protected] .

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Lil Yachty Takes the Field Trip Tour to Detroit

Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty brought the Field Trip Tour to The Fillmore on Sunday night for the 23rd stop of The Field Trip Tour.

Lil Yachty performs "the BLACK seminole." at The Fillmore Detroit (Andrew Deacon)

This tour celebrated his latest album, “Let’s Start Here”, which was released earlier this year to a highly positive reception from both old and new fans. Despite this tour essentially being a victory lap for the massive resurgence Yachty has been going through in the last few years, what stood out most about the show was the sense of unity it created, both onstage and in the crowd. The Concrete Boys’ motto “It’s us” resonated throughout the night, as Yachty not only showcased music from across his 7+ year long career, but his friends, labelmates, and band.

The Detroit show began with three opening acts, the first of these being Stoop Lauren, who recently joined the tour lineup and did an excellent job energizing the crowd. The audience was a complete mix of fans from different eras of Lil Yachty’s career, ranging from his early SoundCloud days, his massive catapult into the mainstream, as well as his more recent forays into psychedelic rock and hip-hop. For many, “Let’s Start Here” was a first introduction to the rapper turned eclectic superstar, whereas others have been bumping “One Night” and “Broccoli” since his debut in 2016. Lil Yachty also holds a special place in Detroit-Rap fan’s hearts with his many collaborations with the new generation of rappers coming out of the city. No matter the reason fans came, the collective excitement for Yachty brought everyone together, creating a vibrant atmosphere that continued throughout the entire concert.

Following Stoop Lauren, several rappers from Yachty’s own Concrete Boys label took the stage, including Draft Day, Camo!, Karrahbooo, and Dc2Trill. Each artist showcased their own unique style through their individual songs, and hyped each other up as they came out one-by-one. The Concrete Family’s performance felt like a window into the future of hip-hop, with these young talents displaying immense potential. Like Yachty, they weren’t afraid to have fun on stage, and their infectious energy captivated the crowd.

Next up was Nick Hakim, who leaned more towards the psych-rock vibes of “Let’s Start Here” rather than the trap and R&B of the previous openers. Hakim, who produced many tracks on the aforementioned album, delivered a set of chill, melodic songs that offered a moment for the audience to catch their breath before the main act.

Lil Yachty was preceded by his all-female band, The Silver Sisters, who opened with “drive ME Crazy!” until Yachty joined them for the chorus. The band’s electric energy was unmatched, and set the tone for the entire show. The first thing Yachty did after he came out was acknowledge and hype the band up, rightfully so.

Lil Yachty onstage with The Silver Sisters at The Fillmore Detroit (Andrew Deacon)

Yachty’s set was divided into three main parts, the first of which featuring tracks from “Let’s Start Here” with a heavy psych-rock and pop influence. Fans were initially curious as to how Yachty would blend these newer tracks with the 6+ years of rap hits that came before them, but he seamlessly balanced the two. The stunning psychedelic visuals straight out of an acid trip added to the experience, with songs like “the ride-” and “pRETTy” captivating the audience. “The Alchemist.” was a highlight of this section, as well as the transition into a cover of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” played by The Silver Sisters while Lil Yachty took a short break before the next set of tracks

When Yachty returned to the stage,

the vibe shifted dramatically. The psychedelic visuals were replaced with a minimal stage setup as he delved into the rest of his catalog, playing some recent singles such as “SOLO STEPPIN CRETE BOY” and “Slide”, in addition to tracks from his more recent albums. This part of the show felt more like a Lil Yachty highlight reel, with Yachty playing the best parts of each song before switching things up and transitioning to the next track. Yachty’s energy reached a new level here, with his autotune-enhanced shouts into the mic and his frenzied, energetic stage presence igniting the Fillmore from pit to balcony. The only break in the performance was for a moment of silence to pay tribute to the late Juice WRLD before Yachty performed their collaboration track, “Yacht Club”.

Despite hailing from Atlanta, Yachty has shown an appreciation for Detroit and Flint rap since 2021, leading to the release of “Michigan Boy Boat” featuring a roster of Michigan artists. This show felt like a homecoming for Yachty, in which he brought out several artists featured on the tape.

Lil Yachty joined by Babyface Ray at The Fillmore Detroit (Andrew Deacon)

Yachty asked the crowd, “I want to listen to some of my favorite Detroit songs. Y'all mind if we just party together for a bit?” before bringing out a laundry list of Detroit and Flint’s finest to join him on stage. Each rapper would take the stage one-by-one, performing their own tracks (with Yachty geeking out on stage and doing ad-libs, of course) and collaborations. Peezy, Icewear Vezzo, Sada Baby, Babyface Ray, and Tee Grizzley joined Yachty, performing 313 classics such as “First Day Out”, “Whole Lotta Choppas”, and “From the D to the A”. Yachty also performed “Legendary” by the incarcerated rapper, Rio da Yung OG, shouting out “Free Rio!” to the crowd. Throughout this Detroit detour Yachty’s connection to Michigan grew even stronger.

The concert continued with a mix of Yachty’s earlier hits that brought him onto the scene, as well as the rest of the tracks off his recent “TESLA” EP. Hearing “Broccoli”, “iSpy”, and “One Night” live swept a wave of nostalgia over the crowd, as well as marking a transition to a new era for the rapper with “Strike (Holster)” and “Poland” which were crowd-pleasers. These last few songs felt like listening to a “Best of Lil Yachty” compilation

The Silver Sisters returned to close the show with a few more songs, bookending the concert with tracks off of “Let’s Start Here”. With their shredding guitars and funky bass, the audience was treated to an overwhelming yet trippy experience after the high-energy rap bangers from before. Lil Yachty’s signature auto-tuned vocals were a highlight, particularly on the fan-favorite “IVE OFFICIALLY LOST ViSiON!!!”.

Several stills of Lil Yachty from The Fillmore Detroit (Andrew Deacon)

The final song, “the BLACK seminole.”, a track that astounded fans when it first dropped, encapsulated the incredible journey of Lil Yachty’s career from his SoundCloud origins to the founding of the Concrete Boys label. Lil Yachty delivered a top-tier performance at The Fillmore, solidifying his status as a versatile and unapologetically authentic artist, leaving fans excited to see what’s next for this new era.

Full Setlist:

drive ME crazy!

The Alchemist. / sHouLd i B?

In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins Cover)

Never Did Coke

SOLO STEPPIN CRETE BOY

Get Dripped

NBAYOUNGBOAT

2 Million Up (with Peezy)

Up the Scoe (with Icewear Vezzo)

Plastic (with Icewear Vezzo)

Whole Lotta Choppas (with Sada Baby)

SB5 (with Sada Baby)

Gallery Dept (with Babyface Ray)

Fight Night Round 3 (with Babyface Ray)

2 Vaults (with Tee Grizzley)

From the D to the A (with Tee Grizzley)

First Day Out (with Tee Grizzley)

Legendary (Rio da Yung OG Cover)

Strike (Holster)

IVE OFFICIALLY LOST ViSiON!!!!

WE SAW THE SUN!

the BLACK seminole.

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The Field Trip Tour, November 5th 2023 at The Fillmore Detroit (Andrew Deacon)

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Lil Yachty Is Finding Himself In Michigan's Rap Scene

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Lil Yachty couldn’t understand the hate. In an interview with  HYPEBEAST  last year, he admitted he was “trying to impress everyone else” when he stuffed overly melodic and colorful pop ballads into his debut studio album  Teenage Emotions. Despite the focused aim for outside sounds, he still thought the songs were good and would hit with his young audience. Instead, it was a miss. His fans hated the stylistic choice and made sure to let the then-22-year old know. 

“People were mean, and the hate… people hated me for no reason,” Yachty said on the most challenging part of hearing the criticism. “It was hard, and I was young. I had never dealt with it before.” The “bubblegum-trap” sound that was instrumental in getting the young, Atlanta-born rapper massive deals with  Sprite  and Cartoon Network began to sour under the heat lamps of national fame. The core fan base and interest he earned in 2015 was starting to waver.

In that same interview, Yachty said he wanted to get back to his “original” sound in his future projects. Back to something OG Yachty fans can appreciate. A year later, it looks like he has found that part of himself in an unlikely place—Michigan.

Specifically, in Detroit and Flint, two cities separated only by an hour and a half drive. There, a bold and eccentric scene is starting to captivate the country’s rap landscape, and in the past few weeks, Yachty has become a persistent figure in the city’s elite circle. In a  write-up  for “Krispy Boat,” an upbeat track with Flint’s KrispyLife Kidd that features Lil Boat, Pitchfork’s rap writer Alphonse Pierre said, “Lil Yachty wishes he was from Flint, Michigan.” It wouldn’t be surprising if Yachty has gauged loft prices in the city.

Yachty linking with Michigander spitters is nothing new , and the Great Lake state has seen rap prominence before with Big Sean and Danny Brown in 2011 and Tee Grizzly’s thunderous arrival with “First Day Out” in 2016. Those moments were only primers for what’s happening right now. The real Michigan renaissance Yachty reveling in is happening right now, and Sada Baby & Drego’s “Bloxk Party” in 2018 might have been the firework that started the whole thing. 

In the video for “Bloxk Party,” a platoon of local Detroit rappers gather in Soul Train lines and dance on kitchen counters. Sada — a bearded gentlemen from Detroit’s east side who loves the color red and dancing in his videos — gyrated shirtless from room to room, comparing his drugs to the wrestler Brock Lesnar and his guns to NBA player Lauri Markkanen. It was gangster rap free to bend the constraints on what is actually gangster. No one is challenging Sada's street merits because he moves his shoulders and hips to brooding piano keys and soul thumping bass. Fans wanted more, and that’s when the floodgates opened. 

The eruption of “Bloxk Party” in 2018 started to illuminate people’s eyes to the city’s sitting pool of talent. Fellow Detroit artists like  Baby Smoove ,  Babyface Ray , and  Veeze  brought unmitigated cool and witty bars to battle-scarred Detroit drill beats. Meanwhile, younger rappers were creating a new lane entirely.  Teejayx6 ,  The Shittyboyz ,  Kasher Quon , and more introduced scam rap with ridiculous punchlines and flows that were too fast for the beat. The different styles emanating from the area created a lush ecosystem that could cater to anyone's needs. 

Artists from across Michigan, like Flint and Beecher, reinforced that the Great Lakes State had something special not only found in Detroit. The expanding spotlight shined on  YN Jay ,  Rio Da Young OG , and  BFB Da Packman . A lot of them offer similar tastes—YN Jay’s elongated flow on “Coochie Scout” has made him one of Flint’s funniest stars; Rio Da Young OG is one of the city’s most technically sound spitters; and BFB Da Packman, who currently lives in Houston despite being a Flint native, has mastered comedic, self-deprecating raps about his weight, looks, and HIV status. 

Yachty’s red hair or distinct vocal pitch isn’t weird or interesting enough to steal the spotlight when he hops on a song with a Michigan artist like Sada Baby or YN Jay. But it does bring him closer to 2016, back when he was a part of the Soundcloud era's vanguard. Back when his sound and style was new and refreshing. Songs like  “No Hook”  and  “Fuck Up A Sack ,” though they weren’t as big as the viral hit “One Night,” are what most fans miss from the 23-year old talent. His most recent tape,  Lil Boat 3 ,   is the closest he’s been to that form in years. The fun-natured style of Detroit’s rap scene allows Yachty to tap into his roots even further. In addition to  Sada Baby , Yachty has been featured on songs with Michigan artists  YN Jay ,  RNC Mike , and, most recently,  Krispylife Kidd . The features keep coming.

Artists across the country are starting to follow Yachty’s lead. BFB Da Packman just teamed up with  Wiz Khalifa , and  Lil Uzi Vert  tried his hand at YN Jay’s “Coochie Scout.” The rest of the country is starting to clamor for a piece of Michigan’s infectious sound. It’s inevitable that more rappers will try to hop on the hype in the future. 

But Yachty has been able to build actual relationships with the artists he’s working with. “We fuck with each other more than just the music,” Sada says when talking about his relationship with Yachty. “That’s really the homie.” YN Jay flew out to record with Yachty in his Atlanta studio only a day after they first exchanged Instagram messages. Every new Detroit and Flint feature he makes entrenches himself deeper into Michigan’s graces. Those relationships will surely be featured on Yachty’s newest project, Michigan Boat Boy , a clear representation of how much Michigan has influenced Yachty.

“SB5,”  with Sada Baby, was one of the first videos Yachty released with this new guard of Michigan artists. In one scene, Yachty is crouched and flailing his arms like a child while Sada humps the bare living room floor. In an earlier shot, Yachty raps to the camera about skipping school while Sada dances on top of the kitchen counter with a Stone Cold Steve Austin tee. Members of a vast rap entourage and weed smoke consume any empty space of a random suburban kitchen. At the end of video, Yachty leans over the house’s second-story railing and flashes a grin towards the camera.

Surrounded by some of Michigan’s new elite and rapping without worry from industry standards, Lil Yachty is really having fun again. 

Welp, hope y’all enjoyed this edition of  Packs . We back next Friday with a new delivery.

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The Rebirth of Boat

Between his high-profile bro-ship with Drake and a decidedly non-rap album in ‘Let’s Start Here.,’ Lil Yachty may have been the most talked-about hip-hop artist of 2023. The question is: What comes next?

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It’s easy now to forget how we thought of Tyler, the Creator before 2017, but it’s worth recounting. As the leader of the Odd Future clique, he was considered something of a juvenile prankster, more known for his (admittedly offensive) provocations than his (admittedly many) talents. Taken at face value, he was a jester in a Supreme cap, Bart Simpson trading his slingshot for a cracked copy of Fruity Loops.

That changed, however, with the release of Tyler’s fourth album, Flower Boy . It was a revelation: candid, confessional, mature—all without losing its sense of adventurousness. Flower Boy was daring and at times gorgeous. Maybe that version of Tyler was lurking inside all along, but it came as somewhat of a shock to the larger listening public. (Including us here at The Ringer , who called the album “radiant” and said it seemed to be made with “more purpose” than anything he had tried previously.)

Tyler’s journey to Flower Boy feels relevant when discussing the most important figure in rap music of this year: Lil Yachty. Once dismissed as a “mumble rapper” or a red-braided featherweight, the rapper born Miles McCollum has undergone something of a transformation the past 12 months. The one-time King of Teens is grown now, and at 26 years old, he finds himself at a crossroads similar to the one where Tyler was at that age.

Yachty’s metamorphosis has included several facets, from becoming something of a spiritual North Star for Drake to going viral with the most addictive song of his career, “Poland.” But when we talk about the renewed sense of artistry Yachty found in 2023, it begins with one thing: Let’s Start Here. , his LP from January, which does away with the “bubblegum trap” of earlier in his career and embraces vibey guitar music. It’s possibly the best album of his career—and almost certainly the biggest pivot any mainstream artist has made in the past few years. But more importantly, it’s a statement of intent that was, like Flower Boy , made with more purpose than anything he had previously attempted. “Fuck any of the albums I dropped before this one. … I wanted to show people a different side of me—and that I can do anything,” the two-time Grammy-nominated artist told Billboard last spring.

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Let’s Start Here. is the multiplatinum-selling artist’s fifth studio album and first official full-length in three years . From the outside looking in, it seemed like Yachty was at peace with doing more of the same musically (save for “Poland”; more on that in a minute) and that his influence had plateaued. He had obviously branched out and stacked up wins in other areas—his 2021 mixtape Michigan Boy Boat is a cult favorite—but when it came to his own music, the progression felt stagnant.

LSH , which is heavily inspired by Pink Floyd–esque psychedelic rock, replaces Yachty’s sticky refrains, trap production, and tongue-in-cheek rhymes with reverberating vocals, drawn-out live instrumentation, and very little wordplay. It’s also important to mention that he had a hand in producing 12 of the 14 tracks . Many of Yachty’s past projects have been predominantly feature-heavy, enlisting high-profile names ranging from Future to Vince Staples, but LSH is noticeably stripped back. The album has a seven -minute intro whose back half is completely devoid of lyrics. This is planets away from the repetitive earworms of his early career like “Minnesota” and “Peek A Boo.” That said, he doesn’t totally leave his trademark intoxicating melodies behind on LSH . “sAy sOMETHINg” and “paint THE sky,” a pair of back-to-back highlights, show what’s possible when he finds the right balance between his distinctly stretchy, auto-tuned riffs and the multilayered, slowed instrumentals.

Conversely, “drive ME crazy!” exemplifies one of the many moments when Yachty takes the back seat and lets his supporting cast take center stage. The love song opens with a groovy bass line and Diana Gordon’s voice gliding over a bed of high-pitched strings. Yachty matches her energy with his own crooning before his verse is hijacked by a kaleidoscope of synths that drown him out. He returns on the back end, closing out the song with a rare bit of rapping over a laid-back, snare drum–laced beat. It’s some of his most thoughtful work to date.

LSH is by no means a perfect album, and Yachty’s shortcomings are exposed on tracks where it sounds like he’s wearing his influences a little too much on his sleeve. Upon multiple spins, both “running out of time” and “THE zone~” feel closer to Tame Impala cosplay than anything groundbreaking.

Yachty’s always been known for being versatile and chameleonic, but not to the degree of making full-on, drug-inspired rock music, so to describe this as a creative risk is quite apt. However, the calculated gambit ended up marking a series of career bests for Yachty. LSH debuted at no. 1 on three separate Billboard charts , became his highest-rated album on Metacritic , and earned endorsements from sources as varied as Questlove and Anthony Fantano . But while a lot has been written about LSH and Yachty’s intentional move away from raps, the heat check that came next is equally as interesting.

Starting in April with “ Strike (Holster) ,” Yachty converted tracks from an already recorded rap album into a handful of singles he released over the next five months. The songs in question—“ Slide ,” “ Solo Steppin Crete Boy ,” “ Tesla ,” and “ The Secret Recipe. ”—range from a freestyle with online superstar Kai Cenat to going bar for bar with one of hip-hop’s finest, J. Cole. These weren’t just a few loosies he was trying to pump out before his next album, either; each song had a corresponding music video to match and felt aesthetically different from the last.

More importantly, the songs felt fresh, and his writing felt much more polished than in many of his earlier rap efforts (the less we talk about “COUNT ME IN,” the better). The decision to return to his roots in between non-rap projects is smart for a few reasons. It holds over his day-one fans by playing the hits, it sustains the buzz he generated from LSH without oversaturating the market, and it gives him a chance to move the needle on the long-standing narrative that he isn’t a “serious” rapper (a notion that’s plagued his career). There will always be those who question Yachty’s lyrical ability, but if nothing else, these drops showcase a noticeably refined pen game without losing his special knack for generating legitimate bangers .

This is a sharp shift from a few years back, when Yachty was (wrongly) seen as more of a mushed-mouth interloper than a capital-A Artist. His rapid rise was met with harsh backlash almost immediately due to some combination of Yachty’s perceived allergy to lyricism in his music and an indifference to rap’s history and the legends who came before him. After Yachty revealed that he didn’t take the storied art form seriously during a Hot 97 interview , the floodgates opened and many of the genre’s veteran gatekeepers (the old heads ) stepped up to take their shots. Funkmaster Flex took to the airwaves to disparage Yachty’s lack of bars, Ebro Darden, who conducted said interview, went back and forth with him online, and Joe Budden said point-blank that he isn’t hip-hop.

Fast-forward to November of this year and Yachty is still ruffling the feathers of rap traditionalists , but this time—in an ironic turn of events—from the other side of the aisle. “The place that hip-hop is in right now is a terrible place … it’s a lot of imitation. It’s a lot of quick, low-quality music being put out. It’s trendy. It’s a lot less risk-taking. It’s a lot less originality,” he said at a Rolling Stone event .

How did Yachty—the same artist who was once maligned for “ruining the culture”—reach a point where he feels empowered enough to act as a spokesperson and critique the very same genre that tried to reject him?

Well, having influence over the biggest artist rap has ever seen certainly bolsters his credibility on the subject.

“This lil Drizzy reppin’ Crete.”

Those are the opening words on “Another Late Night,” a memorable cut from one of the most popular albums of the year, Drake’s For All the Dogs . On the surface, the lyric is a simple hat tip from the Canadian megastar to Lil Yachty (and his blossoming label Concrete Boyz ), who spits the song’s infamous second verse and is credited as a coproducer. But after you dig deeper and reflect on the past 12 months for Yachty, that line—and, by extension, the song—serves as a fitting microcosm of his 2023 run, which is inextricably linked to a fruitful friendship turned partnership with Drake.

lil drizzy reppin crete pic.twitter.com/WstTwnDjbb — CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty) October 25, 2023

Rewind the clock back to the end of 2022, and two important developments occur: the accidental virality of hit single “Poland” and the start of that Drake alliance. Last October, a snippet of a new Lil Yachty song leaked online and rapidly took over TikTok , so much so that he was all but forced to drop it. Yachty even admitted that he recorded it as a joke and never planned to have it come out. Just days later, “Poland” became his only solo release of that year. The song’s catchy hook and extraterrestrial beat set the internet ablaze almost immediately upon its streaming arrival. “Poland” is now up to more than 130 million streams on Spotify ( The Ringer ’s parent company) and over 30 million views on its accompanying Lyrical Lemonade music video . Not bad for an accident.

Not even a month removed from the “Poland” takeover, Yachty showed up all over Drake and 21 Savage’s surprise collab album, Her Loss . He appeared not as a featured act but instead as an executive producer of sorts, receiving coproduction credits on a fourth of the tracklist. He also supplied a handful of ad-libs on “BackOutsideBoyz” and “Jumbotron Shit Poppin” and even claimed to have chosen the project’s cover art as well. (At least he didn’t go with an AI image, like he did for nightmare fuel on Let’s Start Here .)

Yachty’s involvement on the album felt like a test run from Drake to see if their budding bromance could evolve into a prosperous musical union as well as prove that their past chemistry on “Oprah’s Bank Account” wasn’t a fluke. And boy, did Yachty pass with flying colors. Their collaboration on Her Loss launched a close working relationship between the two, as evidenced by his influence pouring over onto For All the Dogs .

The Concrete Boyz CEO and October’s Very Own boss linked back up for seconds on Drake’s eighth studio album. Yachty’s fingerprints are all over the project, with five coproduction credits as well as his verse on “Another Late Night,” which is the first time he’s been listed as an official feature on one of Drizzy’s songs. And this doesn’t even include two more coproduction nods on Drake’s Scary Hours 3 , a six-pack EP doubling as a FATD deluxe edition. Dating back to last November, that brings the total number of Yachty-produced Drake songs up to 12. Simply put, Her Loss and FATD don’t exist without Lil Yachty. The frequent collaborators have formed an inseparable bond over the past year-plus, which has simultaneously impacted the 6 God’s output and elevated Yachty’s commercial ceiling.

Yachty is no stranger to stardom, having featured on a couple of top-five Billboard Hot 100 hits (“Broccoli” and “iSpy”), being named to the now-iconic 2016 XXL Freshman Class , modeling for Yeezy Season 3 , and racking up millions of streams, all before he was legally old enough to drink. Additionally, he had cemented his status among rap fans and critics alike as a SoundCloud favorite born out of the so-called “mumble rap” era. His influence can be seen in the likes of Juice WRLD , Trippie Redd , Lil Tecca , and Yeat —all artists who shaped the past half decade of rap music in their own right.

Still, there’s nothing quite like the Drake stimulus package. According to Hip Hop by the Numbers , Yachty’s appearance on FATD subsequently boosted his monthly listeners on Spotify by a whopping 40 percent .

Over the years, Drake’s become notorious for attaching himself to the coattails of various artists—adopting the Weeknd’s moody aesthetics, Playboi Carti’s flow, Bad Bunny’s language, Skepta’s U.K. slang, the list goes on—as they just so happen to be peaking in their respective lanes. He’s pretty much got it down to a science at this point: He’ll seek out the hottest sound, find an artist who’s spearheading it, and pair up with them so it doesn’t come off like he’s fully biting their style. In Yachty’s case, it doesn’t hurt that he and Drake seem to be genuine BFFs outside the booth, but it’s also an endorsement of his musical worldview. Drake said it best on “ Wick Man ”: “Boat say he the recipe, I must be the key ingredient.”

Now it’s up to Yachty to use that recipe for himself. His past year hasn’t been without its blemishes— awkwardly minimizing rapper Sexxy Red’s trauma on his podcast, singling out a Pitchfork critic for simply doing his job, calling internet trolls “gay,” and getting sued by the SEC among them—but Yachty is operating on a different plane now. He’s got more visibility, and it’s reasonable to expect that he’ll be more in demand as a producer. (His work with City Girls on “Act Up” shows that he’s more than just a Drake-hit wonder.) The Aubrey cosign has a mixed track record on helping the artist he’s borrowing from—ask Earl Sweatshirt his opinions on that—but given Yachty’s history and stature, he’s more likely to end up a Lil Baby than a BlocBoy JB. And he seems intent on making sure of it—as he told Variety , he’s already planning another non-rap LP for the new year, which could explore sounds beyond what he experimented with on Let’s Start Here .

It’s similar to the situation Tyler, the Creator found himself in coming out of 2017. Tyler could’ve easily rested on his laurels after Flower Boy , but instead he doubled down. (His fifth full-length, IGOR , was an even bolder artistic risk than Flower Boy and won him a Grammy; it’s a perfect album.) He’d later return to a more conventional approach with his 2021 Gangsta Grillz homage, Call Me If You Get Lost , but he did so from a position of power: having changed the trajectory of his career and earned the respect of even his most vehement doubters. Yachty took note: “He’s [Tyler, the Creator] the reason I made this album. He’s the one who told me to do it, just go for it. He’s so confident and I have so much respect for him because he takes me seriously, and he always has,” he said in March .

If the past 12 months have done anything for Yachty, they’ve made it clear we should take him as seriously as Tyler takes him—and he takes himself. But if he’s learned anything from Tyler, 2023 simply could be a launchpad into yet another transformation. Yachty titled his big pivot Let’s Start Here. because to him, it’s just the beginning of something. What happens next is arguably more interesting, even if the ending remains a question mark.

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By Alphonse Pierre

Pitchfork’s weekly rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, dances, weird tweets, fashion trends — and anything else that catches our attention in the world of hip-hop.

I haven’t cared about Lil Yachty’s rapping since his debut mixtape, 2016’s Lil Boat . Following that breakthrough moment, the Atlanta rapper spent years trying to become a chart-topping pop star. But he has finally realized that was never the right path. Lil Boat 3 , his May album, is the best thing he’s made since 2016. It’s simple: Just Yachty and his famous friends rapping and harmonizing mostly over colorful Earl on the Beat production. (My personal favorite is “ Split/Whole Time .”) But Yachty’s greatest accomplishment of the year actually hasn’t been his solo music–it’s been his ability to strengthen the bridge between Atlanta and two fast-emerging street rap scenes.

Since his 2017 Tee Grizzley collaboration “ From the D to the A ,” Yachty has been on a mission to connect Detroit and Atlanta. This year, he doubled down on that goal, releasing two tracks with Detroit’s Sada Baby : the vicious back-and-forth “ SB5 ,” and “ Kourtside ,” a song on Sada Baby’s Bartier Bounty 2 that finds the pair riding a fiery RJ Lamont instrumental.

Yachty has even branched out and joined up with an even smaller scene popping up in Flint, Michigan. This week, he released “Flintana,” a classic Michigan-style rap song and music video filmed in Atlanta, accompanied by three rising Flint rappers (YN Jay, Louie Ray, and RMC Mike). Yachty’s attempts to keep pace and match punchlines with the Flint trio bring out the best in his rapping. And he’s helping them out, too: His presence is bringing more eyes to one of the hottest cities in hip-hop. Yachty has found a sweet spot.

Rio Da Yung OG

A drive from Flint, Michigan to Detroit will take you about an hour, so it’s no surprise that Flint’s current scene was brought to life through that connection. Peezy, the de facto leader of Team Eastside, one of Detroit’s legendary rap groups, co-signed Rio Da Yung OG last year. Since that moment, Rio’s offensive, punchline-based storytelling has become the blueprint for Flint street rap. Rio’s 2019 breakout song “Legendary” is a breathtaking experience: in one anecdote, he steals a video game system from his girlfriend’s son and sells it. But he can be kind of sweet, too. “I rather pay your student loans off, I’m not a Birkin getter,” he raps on “Movie,” one of Flint’s best rap songs this year.

YN Jay calls himself the “Coochie Scout,” his upcoming mixtape’s rumored title is Coochie Land, and he renamed his birthday as “Coochie Day” on Instagram . The Flint rapper also happens to have one of the hottest rap songs in the Midwest right now, and, of course, it’s called “Coochie.” It goes something like this: “Ooh, I hit her from the back, I beat her doonies down/She said I fuck her good, I make her coochie smile.”

Detwan Love

I’m not sure Detwan Love wants to be a rapper. Take a scroll through his Instagram and he appears to be more set on his career as a streetballer. But when he does rap, his conversational flow is entrancing.

It’s no coincidence that arguably the two best Flint rap songs of the year—“Coochie” and “Movie”—both feature Louie Ray. He’s the perfect complement to the larger-than-life personalities that are breaking out in the scene, as his casual demeanor makes his punchlines sound even more wicked.

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In your early 20s, every moment in a relationship feels life-changing, whether it be the first or hundredth time you’ve held hands or the tears you didn’t even realize you were capable of shedding. On “About Love at 21,” a cut from Liv.e ’s breakout album Couldn’t Wait to Tell You… , the Dallas-raised, Los Angeles-based singer perfectly captures that feeling. She longs for the moments in a relationship that may seem inconsequential at the time, but you really appreciate in retrospect.

Charisma can be hard to find in drill, since the subgenre relies on too-cool posturing. What made Brooklyn rappers like Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign rise above the rest was their ability to splash goofiness onto bleak scenarios, and that’s what Ivorian Doll has going for her, too. The London rapper’s new single “Body Bag” is a cold standard UK drill rap song brought to life with a great music video. A heartless verse like, “I don’t fuck around with no dickhead gyal who talk a bag of shit pon road/Walking ’round in your big drip but I heard that shit’s on loan,” becomes extra memorable when you watch her spit from inside a lifesized Barbie-style box, surrounded by disemebered doll parts. (The Nicki Minaj comparisons will be inevitable.) Regardless of which drill scene you prefer—Chicago, Brooklyn, or London—Ivorian Doll deserves to be in the conversation.

One of the best beats on Westside Gunn ’s Pray for Paris is “Versace.” The drums are soft and a pair of vocal samples fight each other until they ultimately end up intertwined. Similarly, on Tha God Fahim and Mach-Hommy ’s new single (which was pulled from the internet) “Versace Church Van,” it’s almost as if the two emcees are kicking their verses a capella with only a chopped-up soul sample to fill the empty space. Both “Versace” and “Versace Church Van” are produced by Jay Versace , a semi-retired internet comedian, YouTube personality, and Vine star who is currently making looped beats that would make crate-diggers of the past smile.

Like many, my first introduction to the 22-year-old Jay Versace was through video clips posted from his Pleasantville, New Jersey crib. Typically they were short comedic skits, but the ones I came across the most often were of Versace in a wig, animatedly lip-syncing R&B and soul classics like Patti LaBelle’s “If Only You Knew.” Years later, the warmth of Versace’s production makes sense: his musical taste was being communicated even when he was a comedian. Like Versace’s mentor Knxwledge, Versace’s beats are not just rudimentary flips. They’re rich but subtle, a skill that has made them appeal to Westside Gunn, Fahim, Mach, and very soon to be many more.

Cashcache makes music for atmospheric fantasies–the rising producer’s beats could soundtrack the happy ending of a Disney princess movie. But for now, Cash only works with BoofPaxkMooky and a handful of other close SoundCloud collaborators. On Garden, the newest mixtape from the rapper/producer duo, Cash’s bubbly production drowns Boof’s choppy flow in sweetness. This can be heard on “Lettuce,” where Boof cooly delivers simple but catchy lyrics over a twinkling Cash instrumental. It sounds like it could play out of a mobile hanging above a baby’s crib, and it’s hard not to smile when you hear it.

Melvoni has the best voice of all the New York rappers who sing about trauma. In another era, the Brooklyn rapper would have probably been the lead of an R&B boy band. But it’s not 2005, therefore Melvoni wails his melancholy lyrics alone, accompanied only by gloomy pianos. “I look in the mirror with my eyes closed/I don’t like the shit I see when they open up,” he sings on “Oh My,” a song that finds him reflecting on pain he can’t seem to overcome. It sounds gut-wrenching coming out of a voice this sweet.

“PROTEKT ALL QUEENS” is the message written at the bottom of the Bandcamp page for Knxwledge’s new mixtape, WT.PRT.16 . The mixtape is a tribute to women in hip-hop, on which the prolific L.A. beatmaker uses his signature loops to reimagine songs and freestyles. Under Knx’s direction, Flo Milli ’s “In the Party” sounds like it’s being performed at halftime of a college football game alongside a marching band. Kash Doll ’s lively “Ice Me Out” is chilled, with a funky bassline that sounds like it’s the final song of the night at a cigar smoke-filled jazz club. He even goes back in time, lacing a Brooklyn woman most infamous for saying “Fuck ISIS” with a grimy New York City-style beat. This is essential Knx.

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Lil Yachty on Claim He Copied Playboi Carti's Sound: 'Y'all Fans Be Smoking the Strongest Dick'

Yachty also pointed out that he's been working with producer Cardo for several years.

Lil Yachty has a message for those he believes are "smoking the strongest dick" when it comes to assessing his music .

As seen below, Kai Cenat recently previewed an unreleased Yachty track during a stream, prompting some listeners to start comparing the clip to the work of Playboi Carti , who's expected to drop his long-teased Whole Lotta Red follow-up at some point this year.

kai cenat just previewed a new lil yachty snippet on stream pic.twitter.com/wi75w15snr — isaiah✰ (@tlop444) March 19, 2024

One tweeted response in particular ultimately caught Yachty's attention, with a listener arguing that Carti "can't try 1 new sound without rappers immediately biting him." Yachty disagreed, as did other listeners.

“[B]iting him? how did i bite him?” Yachty asked. “[T]he beat? if that’s the case i been workin with cardo since 2019-2020 on record yall fans be smoking the strongest dick.”

Cardo’s production discography is extensive and notably includes several recent Carti releases, " H00DBYAIR " among them. He’s also worked with Drake , Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, and more. Just last month, he was enlisted for Yachty's " Something Ether ."

As fans will recall, Yachty urged Akademiks to " stop drinking " in July of last year after a claim about Carti inspiring his then-recent artistic output.

"He said he’s in the studio with Carti and Carti made him change his entire sound. Facts," Akademiks claimed at the time, swiftly spurring a response from Yachty, who called him "so insane" for making the remarks.

"I didn’t tell u this at all,” Yachty added.

Next for Yachty is a run of tour dates including previously announced performances at the Dreamville Festival in Raleigh and Coachella in Indio, both slated for April. As for more new music, Yachty recently spoke out about a full-length collaborative project with James Blake, tentatively titled Bad Cameo .

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Earlier this week, Kai Cenat previewed an unreleased song from Lil Yachty during his livestream. After fans accused the “A Cold Sunday” artist of copying Playboi Carti’s cadence, he decided to respond on Twitter yesterday (March 20) evening.

“Biting him? How did I bite him? The beat? If that’s the case, I [have] been workin’ with Cardo since 2019 or 2020 on record. Y’all fans be smoking the strongest d**k,” Yachty quote-tweeted a social media user’s shade. The original post that he responded to read, “Carti can’t try one new sound without rappers immediately biting him. He’s generational.”

Cardo, who’s known for producing songs for Drake, Travis Scott, and Kendrick Lamar, has worked on several of Carti’s recent releases. The Grammy-winning beatmaker is responsible for “H00DBYAIR,” “KETAMINE,” “ EVILJ0RDAN ,” and “BACKR00MS,” all of which are expected to appear on the musician’s next album.

Unfortunately for Yachty, people pointed out more alleged similarities than just the beat. One account wrote, “The song is terrible. The beat is a ‘H00DBYAIR’-type beat. Your flow is an obvious attempt at a Carti flow, and you used a ‘what’ ad-lib in the same cadence [that] Carti uses.”

biting him? how did i bite him? the beat? if that’s the case i been workin with cardo since 2019-2020 on record yall fans be smoking the strongest dick https://t.co/rlcaSRsoP7 — CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty) March 21, 2024

The song is terrible, the beat is a hoodbyair type beat, your flow is a obvious attempt at a carti flow and you used a ‘what’ adlib in the same cadence carti uses. This is a terrible attempt at copying him and you’re pretending you’re not biting — igor. (@hadmyback) March 21, 2024

Yachty also dismissed accusations of him copying Carti last year. In July 2023, DJ Akademiks claimed the Whole Lotta Red artist “made him change his entire sound” during a livestream . The music commentator further alleged that records like “Poland” and “Strike (Holster)” drew influence from the Georgia native.

However, Yachty quickly pointed out, “[You are] so insane. I didn’t tell [you] this at all. Stop drinking, bro. I said [Tyler, The Creator] encouraged me to take that route.”

@Akademiks u r so insane, I didn’t tell u this at all. Stop drinking bro. I said tyler encouraged me to take that route. Wtf https://t.co/rxNJnVVjQq — CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty) July 10, 2023

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Lil Yachty Fires Back At Critics Accusing Him Of Biting Playboi Carti's Flow

Some listeners were less than impressed by a snippet of Lil Yachty's upcoming track.

Earlier this week, Kai Cenat previewed a new Lil Yachty track during a livestream, giving his fans a taste of what's to come. Unfortunately, however, some listeners have been less than impressed , and have even started to accuse the performer of jacking Playboi Carti 's style. Aside from the flow-stealing allegations, Lil Yachty is also being called out for what critics call a lackluster beat.

Amid all of the backlash, Lil Yachty hopped on Twitter/X to fire back, coming to his own defense. He responded to one user's comment on Kai Cenat's preview, writing, "Carti can’t try 1 new sound without rappers immediately biting him, he’s generational." The Georgia-born performer made it clear he didn't appreciate the attack. "Biting him?" he asked. "How did i bite him? the beat? if that’s the case i been workin with cardo since 2019-2020 on record yall fans be smoking the strongest d*ck."

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"The song is terrible," the critic then replied. "The beat is a ‘H00DBYAIR’-type beat. Your flow is an obvious attempt at a Carti flow, and you used a ‘what’ ad-lib in the same cadence [that] Carti uses.” Unfortunately, Playboi Carti isn't the only fellow MC Lil Yachty's been accused of copying as of late. After he teased his new track "Swing My Way" this week, fans had mixed reactions, though many agreed it was reminiscent of Veeze. While some think the track isn't nearly as groundbreaking as they'd hoped, others are eager to hear it in full, and already predicting it could become the "song of the summer."

Either way, it doesn't look like Lil Yachty plans on letting critics get him down anytime soon. What do you think of Lil Yachty's response to being accused of stealing Playboi Carti's flow? Are you picking up on any similarities, or are critics reaching? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Lil Yachty is clapping back at fans who accused the rapper of stealing Playboi Carti 's flow on a new song.

Lil Yachty Has a Wild Clapback to Fans Saying He Stole Playboi Carti's Flow

On Wednesday (March 20), Yachty responded to chatter online surrounding his flow on an unreleased song Kai Cenat previewed  during a livestream last Monday (March 18). Fans were quick to call out Lil Boat's cadence on the track, with many of them comparing it to Carti's.

"Biting him? How did I bite him?" Yachty wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, in response to a critic. "If that's the case i been workin with cardio since 2019-2020 on record yall fans be smoking the strongest d**k."

Cardo is known for producing all of Carti's most recent releases : "H00dByAir," "Ketamine," "EvilJ0rdan" and "Backr00ms." So fans were quick to clap back at Yachty's clapback.

"The song is terrible," the user @hadmyback replied . "The beat is a ‘H00DBYAIR’-type beat. Your flow is an obvious attempt at a Carti flow, and you used a ‘what’ ad-lib in the same cadence [that] Carti uses.”

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