Hit-Boy has launched his new album Surf or Drown that includes Nas, Curren$y and extra — test it out beneath.
Launched on Friday (March 24), the undertaking additionally contains appearances from Dom Kennedy, The Alchemist, James Fauntleroy, Jay 305, Avelino, Devin Morrison and others.
Having made a reputation for himself producing hits for a number of the greatest names in Hip Hop together with JAY-Z, Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and extra just lately Nas, the 11-track album finds Hit-Boy entering into the sales space and showcasing his personal rapping abilities.
The undertaking additionally contains an instrumental model of every monitor, with the multi-platinum producer encouraging other artists to record their own songs and ship them to him.
Behind the boards, Hit-Boy produced Surf or Drown largely by himself, with assist from The Alchemist, G-Ry, Corbett, Peter Lee Johnson and Jesse Blum.
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Surf or Drown serves as Hit-Boy’s second undertaking of the 12 months following his Victims & Villains collaboration with R&B legend Musiq Soulchild.
The Inland Empire native solely introduced the album earlier this month throughout an interview with Residence Grown Media Group.
“I’m actually dropping a complete album subsequent week with me rapping,” he stated on the time. “I bought options on it. It’s produced by me and a few the homies did some little items, but it surely’s an actual good physique of simply what I’m on proper now … It’s gonna be like 11 joints.”
Hit-Boy additionally spoke to TIDAL’s Elliott Wilson about Surf or Drown in a Twitter Areas dialog.
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“A number of the vibes on there I really feel like individuals are gonna rock with,” he stated. “It’s not all soul chops and shit; it’s fashionable sounds, it’s every part. It’s a world to come back into.
“In numerous interviews and stuff I’ve been doing, I’ve been speaking about how I went by means of some actual stuff and I needed to actually work out my place again within the sport and simply perceive my private energy on this shit.”
He added: “I might’ve drowned on this shit, so it’s like, Surf or Drown. You already know, Surf Membership, that shit go manner again.”
Elsewhere, Hit-Boy is reportedly uniting with Nas as soon as once more for King’s Illness 4, with 50 Cent set to be featured on the undertaking. The pair have collaborated on 4 albums since 2020: King’s Illness, King’s Illness II, Magic and King’s Illness III.
