Lil Yachty and James Blake have revealed they’ve been quietly engaged on a joint mission.
The Atlanta rapper took to Instagram on Tuesday (February 13) to announce their collaborative album titled Unhealthy Cameo.
In an interview clip, Lil Yachty stated the mission is a “left” flip for each himself and the British singer/producer, whereas bearing on the shock issue of them teaming up.
“I imply, granted, I believe James has labored with a fairly substantial quantity of Hip Hop artists. However this mission is so left for each of us,” he stated.
“After which, other than the one image that James posted, which — he doesn’t have many followers truly — I don’t assume folks know that we all know one another exist. So it’s simply gon’ be like, ‘What the fuck?! Once they do that?’”
Yachty added within the caption: “that is actual.. quickly.”
The image Lil Yachty was referring to is a studio picture that James Blake posted in March 2023, displaying Yachty subsequent to a mic and Blake sat on a pc.
Blake additionally previewed an unreleased observe between them in July final yr at certainly one of his CMYK occasions.
James Blake & Lil Yachty within the studio engaged on new music 👀 pic.twitter.com/XbOrWH0W4Y
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Throughout an interview with DIY Journal in September, James Blake instructed a narrative about Lil Yachty showing on stage with him that summer time.
Blake was DJing at London’s HERE at Outernet venue to round 1,800 folks and revealed Yachty’s response to Hackney rave legends Ragga Twins.
“By some means, Lil Yachty simply turned up and was stood with me as I used to be mixing with the Ragga Twins!” he stated. “[He and I] had been engaged on one thing, and it simply occurred that he was in London. I requested him if he fancied going out to a membership; I don’t assume he in all probability knew what it might be like.
“He occurred to show up at precisely the second that the Ragga Twins got here on stage. All of the sudden he was simply stood there like, ‘Oh, fucking hell, this can be a bit completely different…’”
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As Lil Yachty identified, James Blake is not any stranger to collaborating with Hip Hop artists. His résumé boasts high-profile collaborations resembling “King’s Useless” with Kendrick Lamar, Future and Jay Rock, “Til Additional Discover” with Travis Scott and 21 Savage, and “ManyFacedGod” with JAY-Z.
He has additionally labored with Drake, Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, SZA, Metro Boomin, Probability The Rapper and Vince Staples.
Blake can be recording an album with Kanye West, based on Chicago rapper Fats Cash who labored on Donda 2.
In the meantime, Lil Yachty has been branching out musically lately, incomes approval for his psychedelic rock-inspired album Let’s Begin Right here which dropped final yr.
