Last month, Top Dawg Entertainment promised that it would be a big year for the label. They revealed that all of their major artists would be releasing new projects in 2024. That big year is already underway as ScHoolboy Q released his first new album in 5 years earlier this month to major critical acclaim. SiR has his third album for TDE dropping later this month while SZA just shared "Saturn" the lead single from her upcoming SOS deluxe edition LANA. At some point Jay Rock is expected to join that release schedule and he just shared snippet to prove that he's hard at work.
The snippet he shared has a vintage hip-hop flavor and isn't shy about who it's inspired by. Across just a few bars that he shared there are numerous references to 2pac. “Why we gotta die a legend like 2Pac?/ .38 special like Bishop, get your crew shot," the opening lyric reads. It features a reference to Bishop, Pac's character from the movie Juice. "t’s been 30-something years and they still beefing?/ Hit different when that bad blood be the reason," the snippet concludes. Check out the preview of new music he shared below.
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Jay Rock Shares A Snippet Of New Music
Before the big Top Dawg Entertainment news dropped earlier this year, Jay Rock revealed an upcoming project fans are very excited about. He confirmed that there was a TDE compilation project in the works featuring most of Black Hippy. When the full announcement of everything the label was planning dropped earlier this year, that compilation was included among the scheduled releases.
Jay Rock's last album "Redemption" dropped back in 2018. Since then he's released a handful of singles and appeared on a number of remixes. But he hasn't yet confirmed any details about a new album. What do you think of Jay Rock's new snippet? Do you think he did a good job at channeling a similar energy and intensity to 2pac? Let us know in the comment section below.
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