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HNHH TIDAL Wave: Ty Dolla $ign Takes Over The Week
Ty Dolla $ign is having a huge week. He just released his long-awaited new studio album Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, which includes vocals from Kanye West, Anderson .Paak, Young Thug, Gunna, Future, and many more. Anybody that’s spent time with the album has good things to say, specifically about the sequencing.
With Ty making such a huge impact this week, it’s only right that he’s featured all over our TIDAL-exclusive playlist, TIDAL Wave.
This week’s update starts off with “Real Life”, a standout cut from the album with Roddy Ricch and Mustard. We’ve also got “Spicy” with Post Malone, “Temptations” with Kid Cudi, “Powder Blue” with Gunna, and more.
Aside from Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, our staff has also been listening to the new Joyner Lucas project Evolution, as well as Jack Harlow’s new single “Tyler Herro”, Future and Pap Chanel’s collaborative “Gucci Bucket Hat”, the new Gorillaz album, and much more.
You can check below to see what individual staff members have been listening to, and don’t forget to comment to tell us who has the best list this week.
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Alex Zidel (Editorial)
Rico Nasty – Don’t Like Me (feat. Gucci Mane & Don Toliver)
NoCap – I Can’t
Jack Harlow – Tyler Herro
Pap Chanel & Future – Gucci Bucket Hat (feat. Herion Young)
Ty Dolla $ign – Spicy (feat. Post Malone)
Erika Marie (Editorial)
Joyner Lucas – Legend (feat. Rick Ross)
Phora – Cupid’s Curse (feat. Kehlani)
Deante’ Hitchcock – Déjà Vu (feat. Guapdad 4000)
Black Thought – State Prisoner
The Alchemist – I Hate Everything (feat. Action Bronson)
Alex Cole (Editorial)
Ty Dolla $ign – Nothing Like Your Exes
Ty Dolla $ign – Powder Blue (feat. Gunna)
H.E.R. – Damage
Jack Harlow – Tyler Herro
Pap Chanel & Future – Gucci Bucket Hat (feat. Herion Young)
Paul Pirotta (Sales)
Yung Bleu – You’re Mines Still (feat. Drake)
Ty Dolla $ign – Temptations (feat. Kid Cudi)
Ty Dolla $ign – Real Life (feat. Roddy Ricch & Mustard)
Dua Lipa – Levitating (feat. DaBaby)
Mitch Findlay (Editorial)
Joyner Lucas – Zim Zimma
DeJ Loaf – Get Money (feat. Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, & Boldy James)
T.I. – Pardon (feat. Lil Baby)
Aron A. (Editorial)
Smoke Boys – Click My Finger
Vybz Kartel – Skate
Dave East – Badness (feat. Junior Reid)
Stretch and Bobbito, The M19s Band, & Big L – Big L Freestyle (Remix)
Ill Bill – Be Afraid!
Cole Blake (Editorial)
Gorillaz – MLS (feat. JPEGMAFIA & Chai)
Gorillaz – How Far? (feat. Skepta & Tony Allen)
Gorillaz – Momentary Bliss (feat. slowthai & Slaves)
Rico Nasty – Don’t Like Me (feat. Gucci Mane & Don Toliver)
Shygirl – SLIME
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DJ Akademiks questions if Lil Durk will get bond as the racketeering case goes on
Lil Durk’s legal battle is about to take another big step, and DJ Akademiks is already sharing his expectations for what could go down when the rapper returns to court in November.
Durk is in custody, awaiting his next VICAR case in which authorities say he was running a criminal enterprise. His next trial was set for October 5, but recent developments have called into question when those proceedings will occur.
Durk’s murder for hire trial recently resulted in a not guilty verdict in November. Regardless of that outcome, he remains in custody because the separate racketeering related charges remain unresolved. Durk’s attorneys have asked for the new hearing and have been ordered to appear by U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services, which also must submit a fresh bail report.
Against that backdrop, legal commentator Bradford Cohen had previously suggested Durk could eventually get bond. That view ties in with Durk’s not-guilty verdict in the earlier case, and the argument that the outcome could make it harder to sustain the remaining allegations.
DJ Akademiks sees things a bit differently. In a recent livestream, Akademiks predicted that Durk would not get a bond at the Nov. hearing. He believes the charges will stick and cites the seriousness of the allegations in the VICAR case as his reasoning. He also doesn’t appear to expect the rapper to be released from jail anytime soon as the case moves forward.
Akademiks’ prediction concerns the bond hearing, not Durk’s chances at trial. Durk’s legal situation remains unresolved for now. His recent acquittal has altered the circumstances of his arrest, but the separate racketeering case still looms over the rapper as both sides prepare for the next phase.
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DJ Akademiks Resurrects 2015 Drake vs. Meek Mill Beef With Alleged Nicki Minaj Backstory
DJ Akademiks is digging up hip-hop history buried for 10 years as he offers his supposed explanation for how the Drake/Meek Mill feud came to a head in 2015. The back-and-forth between Akademiks and Meek Mill has resurfaced the conversation. Akademiks returned to the long-running Drake-Meek beef on his stream last night, saying a comment by Nicki Minaj had something to do with what happened between the two rappers.
According to Akademiks, Meek and Minaj were shopping at a designer fashion store when they got to the register. He says that when Meek told her he didn’t have the cash to pay for Minaj, she allegedly told him he would never be Drake. Akademiks also claims Minaj left the store on her own, and then Meek went on X, and what happened next started the infamous feud with Drake.
The account remains an allegation, not a confirmed explanation. The information provided has not been independently verified, and ultimately only those involved, including Minaj and Meek Mill, could confirm the story’s authenticity.
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The beef between Drake and Meek Mill started in 2015 and has become a staple in hip-hop conversation. Meek struggled after the fallout, while the beef became a defining moment in Drake’s career. However, the two eventually made up and collaborated on “Going Bad,” signaling a return to a more cooperative relationship despite the rivalry’s tension.
Now that Akademiks and Meek are throwing shots again, the events of 2015 are back in the conversation. By reflecting on the feud, Akademiks has added another possible piece of context to a story that has been a hot topic in hip-hop for years.
Whether his version of events is what actually happened, however, remains unresolved. Currently, the designer-store story isn’t factual, but it is Akademiks’ version of the events surrounding the beef.
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