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episode of this week in rap we've seen kendrick lamar make his long awaited return we've seen
continuing leagues from playboi carti and juice wrld of course the whole ysl situation and much
much more i'm going to cover in this video with that said let's get into it it's only right that
we start with the tragedy of lil keed passing away at just 24 which happened on the saturday
honestly such a tragic situation of course coming off the back of a dreadful week for ysl this
really rounded it off in the worst way imaginable interestingly he was one of the only ysl members
that wasn't included in this rico indictment case now that is a bit of a weird one and it's strange
to see you know everyone in ysl getting locked up and then this tragic situation with lilkeed
at the moment at the time of recording we don't actually know the cause of death
frankly it's all a bit weird at the moment we just know that little goddess has confirmed it and
keith's family members the bottom line is this is a tragedy i'm not going to speculate on what
has happened but just know this is a very sad situation keeping it 100 with you guys
never really listened to his music all that much i knew a few of his features but just forget that
that's not important it's tragic to see another loss in the rap game and i hope he rests in peace
now let's move on on top of this we have seen a lot of ysl actually locked up including of course
young thug and gunna they're trying to call ysl a gang talking about you know drug possession
murder you name it they're trying to pretty much put everything on gunnA and thug talking about
how in their songs they're alluding to it they've picked out various lyrics talk about wearing ysl
chains you know just trying to affiliate link it all back to some sort of big conspiracy all
under the ysl banner it will be interesting to see how this pans out of course free fog free
gunna free ysl let me know what you think down in the comments interestingly while still on
this topic we've seen that many other atlanta gang slash atlanta groups will potentially be indicted
with this kind of crazy ricoh situation we've got going on we've seen multiple gangs named in
this photo some sort of league document including people from 4pf which is of course little babies
they're going to try to call it a gang but it's 4pf really a gang i don't buy that at all and duct
tape which i believe is affiliated with homicide which then drags playboi carti into the mix
so this might be a reach but is it possible that we see more indictments coming of big mainstream
rappers like carti and little baby i'd like to think they've got no evidence on you know either
of these two they've been they've been clean for years now they've both been successful for years
i can't imagine they're still in the streets with that type of stuff so i'd like to think this will
kind of go uh you know nothing will really happen regarding this but it's slightly concerning and
this is like a war on rap at this point of course this video wouldn't be right without talking about
the brand new kendrick lamar album mr morale and the big steppers now make sure you guys let me
know how you're feeling about this album so far in the comment section i find it really hard to
kind of have an opinion on it so far because there really is so much to digest on this one i think
i've listened to it two or three times all the way through already and i you know i don't dislike it
i know that for a fact i am enjoying it but i'm just trying to work out you know kind of where
you know where it falls for me how i feel about it amongst his other discography it's definitely
something that takes a lot of listens like i said to really take in catch all the bars there's a lot
going on here and i am impressed so far from what i've heard i am interested to know what you think
do you think it's worth the wait where does it kind of lie with his other discography and your
general thoughts make sure to drop that in the comment section at the time recording the current
projected first week sales for kendrick lamar's mr morale and the big steppers is 325 000 to 350 000
which probably comes under a little bit of some people's estimation bear in mind we saw drake
do what six to eight hundred thousand i can't remember what it was i won't say like 650 which is
obviously incredible when you actually compare the content to this i mean this just absolutely washes
clb and i think that's kind of inarguable maybe some people prefer the sound of clb but in terms
of content and meaning and i don't know uh what's the word purpose this album far exceeds it but
that's kind of always going to be the case you're always going to have you know the more popular
sound and then the more kind of conscious and in the feelings and really meaningful albums which
i think this is and it will i'm sure grow on me the more i listen to it as i said let me know your
thoughts down below and if you think that first week of 350 000 is a double knot moving on to an
interesting review we saw of jack harlow's come home the kids miss you which was pitchfork giving
it a 2.9 out of 10. now i'm interested to know what you think a week on after this album dropping
how do you feel about it my general thoughts are a bit mixed like i don't dislike it it's just it's
a decent record it's kind of like drake esque in that it's like it feels like it's aimed at like
16 year old girls to enjoy it's kind of like a bit of a watered down kind of rap sound with that said
there's still some enjoyable tracks i don't think it's terrible jack harlow's got that charisma when
he is really rapping i think he's got some great tracks i think nail tech proved that but this
album is a little bit samey in parts and like i said it does very much feel like an album aimed at
like kind of the younger entry-level 16 year old girls that have just started listening to drake or
you know it's got that vibe i think you guys will agree 2.9 is a bit harsh mind you know pitchfork
being a bit too savage there let me know what your rating is for this album in the comments we've
also seen an update on the x situation in regards to its upcoming documentary something else that's
seemingly on the way and of course the juice wrld and x collab which has become quite controversial
now john cunningham who is affiliated with x and helps to manage his legacy wrote this documentary
is actually the second most exciting thing coming out this month if you ask me he also went
on to say the way gonna have to wait a bit until everything feels right it's good to see him having
a bit of a natural laugh about this and kind of having a bit of humor but yeah of course we know
that the um do you know the way track with juice and xxxtentacion was you know very contentious and
i will link my other video on that topic but you know that seemingly is coming soon although it's
gonna have to wait a bit as john cunningham has just said but more importantly he alluded that
not only is the documentary coming out this month there's also something else coming regarding x's
legacy which he's seemingly excited for maybe some old soundcloud tracks being added to spotify and
frankly i really don't know what i'm definitely excited to see what they've got planned and i will
be probably talking about it in a future video whenever it does drop keep an eye out for that let
me know what you think is on the way and will you be watching the documentary when it drops later
this month with that said that pretty much wraps up everything we've seen in the rap world this
week let me know all of your thoughts down in the comment section don't forget to like and subscribe
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in the week keep an eye out for that of course free ysl free thugger free gunna rest in peace
a little keed but yeah that pretty much covers it guys take care and i'll catch you in the next one