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JID at 2024 Dreamville Fest
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Key Takeaways:
- JID’s “32 (Freestyle)” flips Playboi Carti’s “HBA” right into a lyrical mission assertion for his subsequent period.
- The shock ‘PRELUXE’ version, slated to drop on Friday (July 4), could provide followers an early glimpse of the album’s artistic path.
- JID continues his rollout momentum following April’s “WRK.”
JID’s subsequent album, God Does Like Ugly, is because of drop in August, however the Atlanta rapper isn’t rolling it out empty-handed. On Tuesday (July 1), the Dreamville lyricist gave followers a style of what is to return with “32 (Freestyle),” together with information that they will be getting a PRELUXE model of the challenge.
Rapping over Playboi Carti’s “HBA” instrumental, JID comes by with bars like, “I used to be dumb, I do know knowledge include the age / I would like some, I’m going get some, sick of the waitin’ / I settin’ the stones for 20-somethin’ summers of persistence.” Elsewhere, he fittingly name-drops Opium Data — Playboi Carti’s label imprint — Public Enemy, and even the viral incident the place Lil Tjay spat on a safety guard at MSG.
Towards the top of the accompanying visualizer, JID confirms that his PRELUXE will formally arrive on Friday (July 4). Till then, stream “32 (Freestyle)” beneath.
Whereas the complete tracklist for God Does Like Ugly remains to be beneath wraps, JID did roll out the album’s lead single, “WRK,” in April. Followers first caught wind of the observe when he previewed it at Dreamville Fest’s fifth version earlier that month.
As for the challenge’s title, the Atlanta rapper defined the mindset behind it: “I dwell my life by the saying, ‘You’ll be able to solely management what you may management.’ So, this is step one into a brand new world that I management… and it’’s f**kin ugly.” The album will function his much-anticipated follow-up to 2022’s The Ceaselessly Story, which featured the TikTok favourite “Encompass Sound” alongside Child Tate and 21 Savage.
Except for his personal music, JID just lately hopped on Offset’s “Our bodies.” It marked their first-ever collaboration, and a robust one at that. The observe debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 dated July 5.