💦💦 all eyez on Gunna
hip hop's new daily operation | 5.20.20
TheMotto No. 17. Alright, I’m starting to get amped. One of my fave young artists, Gunna, is set to release the all-important second album, and I’ll definitely have Wunna in rotation thru this on-lockdown Memorial Day weekend (the Young Thug collabs should be interesting). This is the ATL rapper who dripped hard with Lil Baby to the top of the charts, and struck gold with his 2019 Drip or Drown 2 (YSL/300/Atlantic) debut. Will Gunna take his promising career to the next level? Time will reveal. But in the meantime, Gunna’s unleashing so much new content it’s hard to keep up. Don’t worry, though — that’s part of TheMotto’s mission, to curate the wild world of rap. We’re not a small-time thing.
top billin’:
Gunna’s Wunna album art. Cover on some Futurama sh*t. Nice!
credits where they’re due 🔽
Argentina
Gimmick
MOTW
Feigning
Dollaz On My Head (Feat. Young Thug)
Addys (Feat. Nechie)
Sky Box
Wunna
Blindfold (Feat. Lil Baby)
Rockstat Bikers & Chains
MET Gala
Nasty Girl / On Camera
Cooler Than A Bitch (Feat. Roddy Rich)
I’m On Some
Top Floor (Feat. Travis Scott)
Don’t Play Around
Do Better
Far (Feat. Young Thug)
title-track visual ⏬ slow flow vibes ⤵️ filmed in Jamaica 🔽
more international fun 🎥 Wunna gets the documentary treatment ⤵️ directed by Spike Jordan ⏬
feature well:
quarantine funk: Snoop Dogg is all of us. this ain’t how we’re supposed to be living 🤪 ⤵️
► “Contemporary fame is a function of mind share. Talent helps, but it’s not necessarily a prerequisite. The ability to cause conversation, to stir pots, to cause tizzies is far more crucial. By that metric, there is no more effective performer than 6ix9ine…” — more of Jon Caramanica’s Tekashi take here 🤔
ship ahoy: Lil Yachty’s new 19-track album, Lil Boat 3 (QC/Motown/Capitol) is due May 29 ⬇️ photo by Shannon McCallum
masked menacing mayhem: new clip = Reason’s red-hot robbery — Groovy Q included 🔽
home crib advantage: Polo G brings The GOAT’s track 6 to life on Genius’ Open Mic ⏬ 🎶 BFred out here!
plus Polo flips 2Pac’s “Changes” ⏬ with a neighborhood choir 🎵⬇️
Big L rest in peace: there’s a new documentary about Lamont “Big L” Coleman, the influential Harlem MC who was tragically murdered in 1999. The trailer features RZA and ASAP Ferg among others and film premieres Friday via Mass Appeal’s YouTube 🔽
“Throw Away” made it! Level ranks Future’s saddest songs 😢😩⬇️
congratulations, Roddy Ricch: the chart-topping Compton rapper receives the Grammy for his part in “Racks in the Middle,” with Hit-Boy and the late Nipsey Hussle ⤵️ ✊🏾 🏆
sunday celebrations: we continue to uplift Andre Harrell and I’m excited to see this weekend’s tribute. Plus: Babyface will honor and celebrate his 1995 Waiting To Exhale triumph ⬇️
allow me to re-introduce myself:
please don’t call it a comeback: listen to Lloyd’s new Teddy Riley-produced song (Young Goldie/Empire). it’s good!
big business:
more 🐐on 🐐: Dr. Dre has a new Kobe Bryant painting — created by John L. Hill
soundclash: the Verzuz franchise takes a turn towards reggae culture. Swizz Beatz and Timbaland ain’t playin’.
rematch, anyone? there’s a long history between the two dancehall giants.
what more can I say:
I’m rooting for Gunna. I liked the kid from day one. Here he is in a rare sitdown with Lil Baby (the duo didn’t do many interviews together) on our 2018 Rap Radar Podcast. Still bummed by the mic difficulties that plaqued this one.
Everything went smooth on this next one, tho. We were in the orange Lambo to celebrate Gunna’s debut. This was that rare Car Test where I hung out with the artist after we wrapped. Gunna and I went to a lovely gentlemen’s club establishment for lunch. We enjoyed some fried chicken and paid no attention to the dancers.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
we know our purpose.
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