Offset Fires Back At Listener's Backhanded Compliment For His New Album

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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JUNE 27: Offset performs onstage during day 5 at Summerfest 2025 at Henry Maier Festival Park on June 27, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)
Offset dropped his most personal and honest record to date this weekend with "KIARI" featuring JID, Gunna, John Legend and more.

Offset has created a lot of enemies following his turbulent fallout with Cardi B. However, it seems like one member of the Bardi Gang is coming clean on how they feel about his new album. As caught by the Jasmine Brand a X user tweeted, "I hate to say it but offset album is good."

The former Migos member caught wind of the post, and responded, "why you gotta hate to say it lol." It's a funny exchange, but one that does make us question why this listener expressed their praise in this way. Is it your average hater or indifferent fan? Or is it one of Cardi B's loyal followers?

Ultimately, we don't know. But part of our line of thinking stems from 'Set taking some accountability for his actions on KIARI. On the closing track, "Move On," the Atlanta hitmaker apologizes for his behavior amid the split.

He opens the song's lone verse with, "I take the blame, okay (Okay) / I take the shame, okay (Okay)." While this will earn some people's respect, he then proceeds to take some apparent shots at Cardi B on the way out.

"Walkin' right past, I don't know you / You never listen to no rules / You never cook n****s no food / [...] just want go out to Nobu."

Offset KIARI

Certainly an interesting set of bars considering the fact that Offset labeled this track as "peacefully moving on." "It’s all love, peace. It's love. I just ended that up with the album, just to end that chapter of that sh*t because it's like, just move on, it’s over and done with. It was great while it lasted. You know what I mean? That shouldn’t be the topic for either one of us no more. It’s a book that’s closed," he said in part to AP.

Either way, fans are mostly enjoying his third solo studio album. The 18-song effort dropped this Friday, August 22 with songs like "Bodies" featuring JID, as well as other joints with Gunna, John Legend, NBA YoungBoy and more.

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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