DaBaby, Kevin Gates & More Conquer This Week's "FIRE EMOJI" Playlist

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Tune in to our weekly mix of the biggest rap and R&B tracks.

This week's edition of FIRE EMOJI is especially hot. DaBaby dropped of his new project, KIRK, which brings us "THERE HE GO" and "iPHONE." Kirk boasts plenty of heat but these two tracks go hard. On "THERE HE GO," DaBaby raps about life after fame and drops fire and hilarious bars like, "Now I'm somewhere in a meeting getting my ass kissed (No Homo)/By a white man 'cause his daughter fuck with my ad-libs/I done dropped dick in her friend, I'm like, 'My bad, sis.'" The beat change-up before the start and end of the second verse is brilliant as well. The Nicki Minaj assisted "iPHONE" is a melodic anthem about side pieces worthy of its spot on the playlist.

Kevin Gates dropped off a new project this week as well, and as hard as the whole album is, "RBS Intro" is particularly tough. Gates' quick-hitting bars like, "Controllin' shit, I'm scorin’ flippers, ain't nobody want look/Losin' focus, burnin' soda, tryna win off a cook/Thinkin' situated, if I could just get to a book/Go to Texas, grab a hook and put that bass in the hood," are sold with an intense delivery, characteristic of Gates' work. Check out the rest of the FIRE EMOJI playlist below.

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Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.
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