In addition to his involvement with the track, Mick Jenkins also made sure to lend his support to Harloe in the creation of “PWR RNGR”. Through bold instrumentals and empowering lyricism, HARLOE delivers a disco-inspired track, teaming up with Jeff Shum and Keith Askey:
This song celebrates being strong and confident in your own skin, HARLOE says of the song. When you let your guard down you felt like a teenager with lots of passion and excitement. You must find that balance between allowing yourself to be vulnerable and confident at the same time. “It’s so nice to let go sometimes!” Tyler Cunningham’s accompanying music video celebrates confidence and being yourself, and features Christina Aguilera, JLo, and Mya from the early 2000s.
The music video for Mick Jenkins’ “Truffles” was released earlier this year, where fans can view an eerie plotline. Jenkins has delivered quite a few features so far this year. There are tracks such as “Teriyaki” Nate Husser, “Kill Me” Daichi Yamamoto, “SUPER8” CANCEL CULTURE and Meltycanon, “Sleep” Markis Precise, “Don’t Need You (Remix)” with Genesis Owusu, and “royal flush” with LOONY.
It has been a month since Tems released her sophomore EP If Orange Was A Place. The EP contains five songs as well as the song “Found” which features Brent Faiyaz. As part of the project, the Nigerian talent delivered “Crazy Tings,” a song produced by Guilty Beatz which laments over a relationship that does not serve her best interests:
The artist has delivered a visual for “Crazy Tings,” released by UAX. The video begins with Tems surrounded by chaos – there are women with money crowding around her, a protest, a man who is overworked, and others. In the end, she makes her way to a party, where she lets her hair down before heading off on her own through an entranceway of bright light.
Following last year’s For Broken Ears, which saw seven tracks take to the airwaves, If Orange Was A Place is another soulful collection. Soon after, she appeared on Wizkid’s Top 10 single, “Essence” from his Made In Lagos album, which subsequently earned both a top ten placement on the Billboard 200 as well as a Platinum certification in the USA. She was also featured on Drake’s Certified Lover Boy standout and top 40 smash “Fountains.”
The legendary DJ Drama partnered with Lakeyah on the collaboration project My Time (Gangsta Grillz: Special Edition) last month. Other artists contributing to the 11-track effort include OG Parker, Bankroll Freddie, Moneybagg Yo and Tyga. With each visual release, Lakeyah has been bless her fans with consistency, and her next installment is “Loving Me.” In the recently released video, Lakeyah shows off an intimate day she spent with her partner playing games, boo-ing each other and delivering her catchy lyrics (before things take an unfortunate turn):
As far as visuals go, she’s released clips for “Check,” “Reason” featuring Moneybagg Yo, and “313-414” featuring Tee Grizzley. Since then, Lakeyah has been providing fans with consistent visuals with her last album In Due Time, which she released back in April. To start, we have the lavishly produced “Easy” video, Gucci Mane-endorsed “Poppin’” cut, “Too Much,” “Perfect” alongside Yung Bleu, she followed up with “Young And Ratchet” to create the perfect atmosphere for My Time to arrive. From the looks of her work ethic, consistency, and execution, Lakeyah has the potential to become one of Quality Control’s most exciting performers.
A couple of months ago, Kawhi Leonard revealed he and longtime friend Mikey Williams were putting together a music project called Culture Jam. Additionally to the overall surprise that the NBA champion stepped outside of his usual demeanor, fans also got a sneak peak of what to expect via “Everything Different,” a wavy, melodious song by Rod Wave and YoungBoy Never Broke Again. The next single, “Waves”, was made by Polo G and Gunna.
His hit single “Gyalis” has spread like wildfire since its release at the start of 2021, making Bronx proud. Thus far, artists such as Fivio Foreign, WSTRN’s Haile, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, West London’s Angel, Kranium and Roy Woods have adopted the viral beat and added their own touches to it. His remix of the song was released earlier this month, and Popcaan and Chris Brown hopped on the hit song with him.
Another collaboration he did with A Boogie happened earlier this year with Mooski, Yung Bleu and Chris Brown on the official “Track Star” remix. Last year, Boogie released his third studio album, Artist 2.0, on Valentine’s Day with contributions from Gunna, Roddy Ricch, Summer Walker, Khalid, DaBaby, and more.
In the past week, Problem dropped a new body of work entitled Smoke Break, which came with four smooth tracks and continued the themes found on his Coffee Break EP from August. We’ve already seen Smoke Break’s videos for “Just Outside” and “Standing Ovation” yesterday (Oct. 19), Problem kept the momentum going with “Lionel Richy,” a Vangogh-produced outing that sees the Compton emcee rapping about an ex-lover now apparently in a new relationship:
The Taylor Bonin-directed video shows Problem sneaking into a coffee shop to find his ex chatting with someone else. Keeping things cool, he moves to another seat while the woman watches in varying emotions and the other person continues on as if nothing had happened. The hook is delivered by Airplane James before Problem finishes off his day.
Likewise, Coffee Break and Smoke Break follow the well-received Coffee & Kush, Vol. 2 That release made its way to the public last year and was viewed by many as the sequel to Coffee & Kush, Vol. 1. Vol. There were eleven tracks on the album, which featured Jay Rock, Jack Harlow, Tyrese, Freddie Gibbs, Terrace Martin, and Problem’s “DIM MY LIGHT” collaborator Snoop Dogg, as well as the Don Cannon-backed “Just Outside,” are currently unavailable for streaming (though the YouTube video is still available) and have been replaced by the remix, which was produced by Chase The Money.
