Atlanta was buzzing with excitement on May 26 as hip-hop fans assembled for a greatly anticipated Verzuz.

This Time on Verzuz, Two of the most impactful Southern rap duos, UGK and 8Ball & MJG, are finally set to face off for the latest Verzuz.

UGK is short for Underground Kingz. The duo is from Port Arthur, Texas. The group was assembled in 1987 by Chad(“Pimp C” Butler) and Bernard Freeman (“Bun B”). The duo has been featured on hit singles such as “Big Pimpin'” by Jay-Z and “Sippin’ on Some Syrup” by Three 6 Mafia. Pimp C established UGK Records in 2005 but died in 2007 in his West Hollywood, California, hotel room.

8Ball & MJG is hip-hop hailing from Memphis, Tennessee. In the mids of 1993, the duo released their debut album, Comin’ Out Hard, where they gained their army of faithful fans. Since then, they have released songs that impacted hip hop, such as On the Outside Looking In, and Ten Toes Down.

 Texas versus Tennessee is two homes of southern hip-hop music.

This is the first Verzuz since Anthony Hamilton went against Musiq Soulchild in February. The Battle was agreed to take place in January 2021, but due to unsaid reasons, it happened yesterday instead.

The Battle 

8Ball & MJG had many fan favorites in their catalog that everyone went crazy for. Songs included in the Battle were:

 9 Little Milimeta Boys

Comin’ Out Hard

We Started This

Just Like Candy

Forever’ with Lloyd

 Paid Dues’ with CeeLo Green 

Tell The DJ Bring It Back’ with Young Dro

 Sho Nuff

My Homeboy’s Girlfriend

Middle of the Night Remix

Relax And Take Notes

 Space Age Pimpin

 Pimp Hard

‘Mr. Big

etc.

UGK (Bun B) brought the heat with them also with songs such as:

 Tell Me Something Good

Pocket Full of Stones 

Choppin’ Blades

Front, Back

Side to Side 

Wood Wheel

Hi-Life

Take It Off

Three Sixteens

The Game Belongs To Me

 Murder

Big Pimpin’ with Jay-Z

According to sources, the audience selected the underground kings as the champion of the face-off. Fans bombarded social media about this Battle. There was an abundance of love for Pimp C throughout the show, and everyone took a moment in science in the thought of the lives recently lost in the Uvalde, Robb Elementary School shooting.

 If you missed this epic Battle, you could live to stream it for free on this link. TIDAL has also made a playlist of all the songs played for you to listen to also.

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DAMN was the first non-jazz or classical record of winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2017. The project covered many topics, including racism, gun violence, and more. In addition, in his recent solo album, Kendrick Lamar covers topics of recurring pain and the lives of ethnic and social patterns.

On the late project Mr. Morale & the Big Stepper, the opening track states a 1,855-day wait before releasing an album. This project would be his fifth studio album. The May 13 album was released through PGLang, Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records.

The double album serves as his last project with Top Dawg Entertainment.

Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) is an independent record label launched in 2004. Eleven artists are signed to the brand, including Schoolboy Q, SZA, SiR, and Kendrick. 

Last August, the California artist revealed he was in the process of creating his final album for the label. The rapper shared to Instagram with a post of a desktop folder labeled “nu thoughts” and a link to a his website. The album mixes boom-bap, jazz, and keys elements as Kendrick reunites with producers Sounwave, DJ Dahi, J.LBS, and Bekon. In addition, the album features numerous contributions from songwriter Sam Dew. The album had the perfect production team, including Beach Noise, bassist Thundercat, pianist Duval Timothy, and many more. On the body of work, you can find the voices of Sampha, Kodak Black, Ghostface Killah, Florence Welch, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, Baby Keem, and author and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle on some of the tracks.

Mr. Morale & the Big Stepper is received as a deep look at self as it relates to the public in many ways. Kendricks’s latest body of work deems a reach for positivity and Perspectives. 

Songs That You Must Not Miss

Kendrick Tells US To Be Real In N95

In this song, Kendrick talks to the new world as we come out of covid. During the pandemic, we got used to being inside. It leads social media to be overused so much. and has made everything so shallow.

Hello new world, all the boys and girls
I got some true stories to tell
You’re back outside, but they still lied

The repeated use of “take off” in his song encourages people to live their real life and not what social media is selling to them.

Take off the foo-foo, take off the clout chase, take off the Wi-Fi
Take off the money phone, take off the car loan, take off the flex, and the white lies.

Worldwide Steppers: The Awakening Of Kendrick 

Worldwide Steppers is the third song on Lamar’s fifth studio album, with a brief appearance by Kodak Black. The record begins with Kodak’s voice as he says,

“Kodak Black, Oklama

Eckhart Tolle

And this here is the big stepper.”

Oklama is the name of Kendrick’s website; the word’s meaning would later be discovered as another word for “my people.”

Eckhart Tolle is a German author known for his book The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. One of my favorite books covers the philosophy of being. It’s crazy because I deem this song, in particular, “the awakening of kendrick.”

The chorus reads:

“I’m a killer, he’s a killer, she’s a killer, bitch

We some killers, walkin’ zombies, tryna scratch that itch

Germophobic, hetero and—” 

I would like to share what I read on Genius.com to explain the chorus better. “Kendrick comments on the nature of cancel culture, implying everyone, including himself, is conditioned to denounce others to scratch the itch of feeling superior. In the process, this disables the existence of those deemed ‘unclean’ in some sense. But, of course, there will always be someone who is able to point out some flaw in your being.”

I didn’t comprehend the chorus but reading this made me understand where K.dot was coming from after researching.

Kendrick also explains why he has been missing in action as he raps.

“Writer’s block for two years, nothin’ moved me.

Asked God to speak through me; that’s what you hear now

The voice of yours truly.”

During his time away, he has raised two kids and struggled with “writer’s block.” 

The most jaw-dropping comment was him recalling sexual encounters with white women, believing his ancestors would shame him for these relationships, and revealing that his companion, Whitney Alford, questioned his preferences.

Kendrick takes us through a journey through his mind and self-realization in this song.

Father Time: Daddy Issues

Kendrick speaks on how his daddy issues made him who he is in this song. The song covers toxic masculinity and characteristics learned from one’s environment. 

Sampha is on the chorus as he sings,

“Early mornin’ wake-ups (Ah), practicin’ on day-offs (Ah, day-offs)

Tough love (Ah), bottled up, no chaser (Ah)

Neat, no chaser (Ah), neat, no chaser (Ah)

Neat, no chaser (Ah), neat, no chaser.”

Die Hard: “I wanna see the family stronger I wanna see the money longer.”

Die hard track number 4

Rich Interlude: Kodak Black Gets Poetic

Kodak gets poetic in Rich Interlude. He discusses the obstacles he encountered on his journey to success. In many words, the Florida rapper expresses his fear of his past catching up to him. A personal look into his life in the past.

Most of the people that you grew up with are now in the chain gang
In the box, gettin’ pink
Niggas shittin’ where you sleep
Niggas shittin’ where you eat

In particular, Kodak refers to a chain gang as a prison club in these verses. He expresses the discomfort in prison through spoken word.

We Cry Together: Art 

On the track “We Cry Together,” Kendrick and Taylour Paige are reenacting an unattractive couple’s quarrel as they yell insults back and forth. I call it art just because the way the song was pure emotions.

Auntie Diaries: Understanding The Trans Community 

“Auntie Diaries” is the sixth track on the album. Kendrick raps about two transgender people in his life. He critiqued himself and society on the views on the trans community.

“My auntie is a man now

I think I’m old enough to understand now

Drinking Paul Masson with her hat turned backwards

Back when it was comedic relief to say, “Faggot”

Faggot, faggot, faggot, we ain’t know no better

Elementary kids with no filter, however

My auntie became a man and I took pride in it

She wasn’t gay, she ate pussy, and that was the difference

That’s what I told my friends in second grade

She picking me up from school, they stare at her in the face

They couldn’t comprehend what I grew accustomed”

Symbolic Cover Art

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ATL Jacob and Pyrex Whippa collaborated on a unique hot brand called Platinum kings.

The company holds a limited collection of NFTs Produced by the multi-platinum artists themselves. Owning a Platinum kings-made NFT will bring lifelong royalties. Additionally, the owner of these NFTs will possess a platinum song by an A-List artist. The help as a Platinum Kings NFT holder!

Receiving royalty payments from the Platinum songs establishes other Streams of remuneration from ownership into the Platinum Kings community. Music lovers are hopping on this wave for Ownerships of rare beat packs.

To give back to their fans who supported them on their road to fame, ATL Jacob and Pyrex provided a way to introduce money to their supporters. 

NFTs are separate cryptographic valuable tokens that hold value according to market demand. The digital art may be bought and sold similarly to physical art. The blockchain that the craftwork exists on

won’t be able to be replicated or stolen. NFTs can represent real-world items like artwork and real estate. Like tangible money, cryptocurrencies can be traded or exchanged for one another. A famous example would be bitcoin; it is always equal to another bitcoin. A single unit on another is always equivalent to another unit, making cryptocurrencies fit as a secure medium of transaction in the digital economy.

Platnum Kings have a total supply of 8,080 NFTs. However, Only 808 will be available for the first Whitelist Sale. These limited exclusive NFTs will be sold for 0.093 ETH ($250). This first sale will be the lowest price the NFT will ever sell.

How to buy it?

If you are new to the game, don’t worry. All the info you may need to know is on their site at platinumkings.io. 

The metamask.io extension will have to be downloaded to a browser to get started. And the direction is as follows on the site :

• “Purchase Ethereum from various exchanges, such as Coinbase or Binance
• Send Ethereum from this exchange to your MetaMask wallet
• When it is time to mint, open the Platinum Kings website and select the number of NFTs you wish to purchase
• Click the “Join The Club” button, Metamask will popup asking for a connection
• Confirm the transaction and any associated fees

Once you purchase, your NFTs will appear in your wallet and on OpenSea”.

On Friday, April 8, young Atlanta rapper Lil Baby dropped off two new songs, “Right On” and “In a Minute.” The song “right on” was produced by Atl Jacob. Jacob has established himself as a singer, musical artist, and producer. He is associated with some iconic brands of today’s music industry, such as Future’s FBG collective. Some of his well-known songs are Finish Him, 21 Flow Freestyle, Demons, Calling, and way more. Additionally, Jacob produced the entirety of Guap Tarantino and NAV’s collaborative EP, 1 Night. The young producer also worked on six songs of Future’s 7th solo studio album, THE WIZRD. 

Key Glock has dropped his highly anticipated deluxe project “Yellow Tape 2, ” produced by Pyrex, Seth The Chef, Shaz (Producer), Sledgren, Sosa 808, Tay Keith, and a few others.

Pyrex Whippa is a rapper, singer, producer, audio engineer, and songwriter from Baltimore, Maryland. He is known for being a member of 808 Mafia and Metro Boomin’s Boominati production collective. His work with artists such as JID, Migos, Future, Playboi Carti, Bandhunta Izzy, and Yung Mal gave him notoriety amongst the music enthusiast.

Pyrex has many talents that he incorporated with Platnum Kings as the creator of the cover art for the platform.

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