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Lil’ Yachty Shares Cover For ‘Let’s Start Here’ Album

• January 19, 2023
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After contributing to 21 Savage and Drake’s  Her Loss , Lil’ Yachty is ready to return with a new body of work. On Tuesday, he shared the artwork for his forthcoming project,  Let’s Start Here . Set for release on January 27, the Georgia native’s newest LP is covered by a piece of AI-generated artwork that appears to show a set of record executive frighteningly laughing as they present a contract for someone to sign.

“Thank you for your patience,” Lil’ Yachty captioned the post in which he shared his artwork.

Lil’ Yachty released his fourth studio album,  Lil’ Boat III , at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was led by the release of “Split/Whole Time” and “Oprah’s Bank Account” featuring DaBaby and Drake. It also included outstanding contributions from Tierra Whack, A$AP Rocky and Tyler, The Creator. This time around, it appears that he may take his focus in a new direction. In an interview last year, he said his next release would be a “non-rap album.” Instead, he said it would be a “psychedelic alternative project… [with] all live instrumentation.”

“It’s alternative, it’s sick,” he said .

Until the full project arrives on January 27, 2023, check out the artwork below.

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'Let's Start Here' is set to release on Jan. 27.

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Lil Yachty is gearing up for the release of his next album, Let’s Start Here , and like much of his career, he’s doing things unconventionally. The 25-year-old shared the cover art earlier this week, which was generated through artificial intelligence.

Let’s start here. 1/27. LP. Thank You 4 Your Patience friends. pic.twitter.com/sI1PK0ws3z — CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty) January 17, 2023

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“It’s the first time I’m actually speaking on it. It’s a non-rap album,” Lil Boat said. “It’s alternative. It’s sick.” His October 2022 single “ Poland ,” which generated a heavy buzz after leaking online before its official release and subsequent video, displayed the different sounds Yachty was exploring.

Last week, the “Minnesota” rapper put a call out for an all-women band in now-deleted Instagram and Twitter posts. It is unclear whether the tryouts, originally set for Jan. 12 in Lithonia, GA, actually took place and whether the band was meant to contribute to Let’s Start Here or accompany him on tour.

Lil Yachty is riding a wave of momentum after receiving high praise for his contributions to Drake and 21 Savage’s November 2022 collaborative project Her Loss . He had production credits on “BackOutsideBoyz,” “Privileged Rappers,” “Pu**y & Millions,” and “ Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin ,” the last of which the Toronto rapper shared a music video for this week.

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Lil Yachty shares cover art and release date for new album Let’s Start Here

The record arrives january 27 via quality control and motown records..

Lil Yachty has announced the title, release date, and cover art for his next album. Let’s Start Here , a psychedelic non-rap project from the multi-talented emcee, is due out January 27 via Quality Control and Motown Records.

The forthcoming project, billed as a fresh beginning for Yachty, took a hit when it was leaked in its entirety on Christmas Day. The leak led to speculation that the record’s release might be delayed or cancelled entirely, but it seems Yachty and his team are soldiering on as scheduled. Following the viral success of his catchy 2022 single “ Poland ,” the unfortunate event proved to be only a momentary setback.

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February 1, 2023

At a surprise listening event last Thursday,  Lil Yachty   introduced his new album  Let’s Start Here. , an unexpected pivot, with a few words every rap fan will find familiar: “I really wanted to be taken seriously as an artist, not just some SoundCloud rapper or some mumble rapper.” This is the speech rappers are obligated to give when it comes time for the drum loop to take a backseat to guitars, for the rapping to be muted in favor of singing, for the ad-libs to give it up to the background singers, and for a brigade of white producers with plaque-lined walls to be invited into the fold. 

Rap fans, including myself, don’t want to hear it, but the reality is that in large slices of music and pop culture, “rapper” is thrown around with salt on the tongue. Pop culture is powerfully influenced by hip-hop, that is until the rappers get too close and the hands reach for the pearls. If anything, the 25-year-old Yachty—as one of the few rappers of his generation able to walk through the front door anyway because of his typically Gushers-sweet sound and innocently youthful beaded braid look—might be the wrong messenger. 

What’s sour about Yachty’s statement isn’t the idea that he wants to be taken seriously as an artist, but the question of  who  he wants to be taken seriously by. When Yachty first got on, a certain corner of rap fandom saw his marble-mouthed enunciation and unwillingness to drool over hip-hop history as symbols of what was ruining the genre they claimed to love. A few artists more beholden to tradition did some finger-wagging— Pete Rock and  Joe Budden ,  Vic Mensa and  Anderson .Paak , subliminals from  Kendrick and  Cole —but that was years ago, and by now they’ve found new targets. These days, Yachty is respected just fine within rap. If he weren’t, his year-long rebirth in the Michigan rap scene, which resulted in the good-not-great  Michigan Boy Boat , would have been viewed solely as a cynical attempt to boost his rap bona fides. His immersion there felt earnest, though, like he was proving to himself that he could hang. 

The respect Yachty is chasing on  Let’s Start Here. feels institutional. It’s for the voting committees, for the suits; for  Questlove to shout him out as  the future , for Ebro to invite him  back on his radio show and say  My bad, you’re dope.  Never mind if you thought Lil Yachty was dope to start with: The goal of this album is to go beyond all expectations and rules for rappers.

And the big pivot is… a highly manicured and expensive blend of  Tame Impala -style psych-rock, A24 synth-pop, loungey R&B, and  Silk Sonic -esque funk, a sound so immediately appealing that it doesn’t feel experimental at all. In 2020, Yachty’s generational peers,  Lil Uzi Vert and  Playboi Carti , released  Eternal Atake and  Whole Lotta Red : albums that pushed forward pre-existing sounds to the point of inimitability, showcases not only for the artists’ raps but their conceptual visions. Yachty, meanwhile, is working within a template that is already well-defined and commercially successful. This is what the monologue was for? 

To Yachty’s credit, he gives the standout performance on a crowded project. It’s the same gift for versatility that’s made him a singular rapper: He bounces from style to style without losing his individuality. A less interesting artist would have been made anonymous by the polished sounds of producers like  Chairlift ’s Patrick Wimberly,  Unknown Mortal Orchestra ’s Jacob Portrait, and pop songwriters Justin and Jeremiah Raisen, or had their voice warped by writing credits that bring together  Mac DeMarco ,  Alex G , and, uh,  Tory Lanez . The production always leans more indulgent than thrilling, more scattershot than conceptual. But Yachty himself hangs onto the ideas he’s been struggling to articulate since 2017’s  Teenage Emotions : loneliness, heartbreak, overcoming failure. He’s still not a strong enough writer to nail them, and none of the professionals collecting checks in the credits seem to have been much help, but his immensely expressive vocals make up for it. 

Actually, for all the commotion about the genre jump on this project, the real draw is the ways in which Yachty uses Auto-Tune and other vocal effects as tools to unlock not just sounds but emotion. Building off the vocal wrinkle introduced on last year’s viral moment “ Poland ,” where he sounds like he’s cooing through a ceiling fan, the highlights on  Let’s Start Here. stretch his voice in unusual directions. The vocals in the background of his wistful hook on “pRETTy” sound like he’s trying to harmonize while getting a deep-tissue massage. His shrill melodies on “paint THE sky” could have grooved with  the Weeknd on  Dawn FM . The opening warble of “running out of time” is like Yachty’s imitation of  Bruno Mars imitating  James Brown , and the way he can’t quite restrain his screechiness enough to flawlessly copy it is what makes it original.

Too bad everything surrounding his unpredictable and adventurous vocal detours is so conventional. Instrumental moments that feel like they’re supposed to be weird and psychedelic—the hard rock guitar riff that coasts to a blissful finale in “the BLACK seminole.” or the slow build of “REACH THE SUNSHINE.”—come off like half-measures.  Diana Gordon ’s falsetto-led funk on “drive ME crazy!” reaches for a superhuman register, but other guest appearances, like  Fousheé ’s clipped lilts on “pRETTy” and  Daniel Caesar ’s faded howls on the outro, are forgettable. None of it is ever  bad : The synths on “sAy sOMETHINg” shimmer; the drawn-out intro and outro of “WE SAW THE SUN!” set the lost, trippy mood they’re supposed to; “THE zone~” blooms over and over again, underlined by  Justine Skye ’s sweet and unhurried melodies. It’s all so easy to digest, so pitch-perfect, so safe.  Let’s Start Here. clearly and badly wants to be hanging up on those dorm room walls with  Currents and  Blonde and  IGOR . It might just work, too. 

Instead, consider this album a reminder of how limitless rap can be. We’re so eager for the future of the genre to arrive that current sounds are viewed as restricting and lesser. But rap is everything you can imagine. I’m thinking about “Poland,” a song stranger than anything here: straight-up 1:23 of chaos, as inventive as it is fun. I took that track as seriously as anything I heard last year because it latches onto a simple rap melody and pushes it to the brink. Soon enough, another rapper will hear that and take it in another direction, then another will do the same. That’s how you really get to the future. 

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Lil Yachty’s Great Gig in the Sky

Since the release of his Lil Boat mixtape in 2016, Lil Yachty has cultivated a peculiar rap career that has benefited from versatile musical interests. The Atlanta rapper, singer, and producer’s early work juggled booming southern trap drums, gauzy synths, unclearable samples , and melodic sensibilities on loan from children’s television. Shifting listlessly between disaffected snark and sweet repose, the best songs answered the question of what Brian Wilson’s teenage symphonies might’ve sounded like if he’d grown up hanging around the Migos. On future projects, Yachty leaned into the gruff anthems of his labelmates on Atlanta’s Quality Control Music, toughening up on 2018’s Lil Boat 2 in some of the ways Drake did on Scorpion the same year, this after dividing critics and listeners with the synthpop and reggae excursions on Yachty’s 2017 debut studio album Teenage Emotions .

Restlessness saves his catalog from the pedestrian work of peers chasing the sound of a beloved early mixtape. Lil Yachty is always up to something , quietly penning an undisclosed piece of the City Girls smash “Act Up,” or producing a chunk of Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss , or logging an unlikely chart hit about sneaking promethazine through customs . He’s a lightning rod for guys who see a new wave of absurdists and crooners as a displacement of rap traditionalism (rather than a continuation of a detailed history within it); he knows what the fans are into and where they’re getting into it online, so accusations about his music ruining hip-hop are complicated by every unforeseen success. The work varies greatly in style as well as quality, but being difficult to pin down also buys him freedom to make unusual plays.

Let’s Start Here , his fifth album and first full-length excursion into psychedelic rock, didn’t spawn entirely from nowhere, and not just because it sprung a leak under the name Sonic Beach a few weeks back. His appearance on a remix for Tame Impala’s Slow Rush jam “Breathe Deeper” hits a few of the markers the new album visits: the taste for psychotropic drugs and the interaction between the shimmering sound achieved by an elaborate pedal board and raps that feel both lightly thought through and also spirited and spontaneous. The first song, “The Black Seminole,” outlines the project’s guiding ethos, from its burbling, delay-drenched analog-synthesizer sound to the trippy changes and show-stopping vocal performance by “Bad Habit” co-writer Diana Gordon — all of which amount to an attempt to jam every idea housed in Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon into a single seven-minute performance. Bolstered by memorable spots from Gordon (who gives the Clare Torry screams in “Failure” and “Seminole” her all), Fousheé (whose softCORE album served rockers like “Die” and “Bored” that share Yachty’s love of walls of noise), and Justine Skye, the new album makes more space for women in its love songs than most rappers percolating on the charts tend to care to now. (Note also the presence of one Daystar Peterson in the credits as a co-writer on “Paint the Sky.”)

Let’s Start Here journeys back in time and out to space and sometimes up its own ass. It’s a drug odyssey that delightfully defies expectations whenever it’s not overindulging, taking its adulation for its influences from pastiche to parody, pushing its sound from psych to cacophony. Much will be made of Kevin Parker’s impact here, because Tame is also a project about savvily jumbling ideas from other eras and getting synthesizers to feel as delicately enveloping as puffs of smoke. It’s also an oversimplification of the scope of Let’s Start Here to call it Lil Yachty’s Tame album. Patrick Wimberly co-produced every song, and the snap of the drum sound and the flair for gooey horn accompaniment are assets Chairlift — Wimberly’s former group with Caroline Polachek and Aaron Pfenning — used to employ. U.K. producer Jam City and Yves Tumor collaborator Justin Raisen sat in on a lot of these, too; the maximalist sonics and the mix of love songs and acid-addled horror here are both a result of its pick of personnel and an authentic re-creation of the wild fluctuations of a lurid trip.

Its intriguing bio- and band chemistry are Let’s Start Here ’s gift and curse. “Running Out of Time” kicks off with drums that feel like Thundercat’s “Them Changes” (which, in turn, feels like Paul McCartney’s “Arrow Through Me”) and a bubbly bass line evoking “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers. Pushing through to a gorgeous bridge, matching vocals with Skye, Yachty pokes out from under the shadow of his forebears and delivers one of the finest bits of music he’s ever made. The blissed out “The Ride” plants the Texas rapper Teezo Touchdown into a wobbly groove that could’ve fit into last year’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. It feels like both songs could collapse at any moment, hanging a sharp turn into an unflattering section wrecking the momentum they built. Equally prone to swift tense shifts and long detours, Let’s Start Here meanders a great deal between highlights, raining sheets of sound that soak and weigh down the delicate grooves it’s trying to build. “Paint the Sky” sounds like a radio hit dropped into a flooded pit cave. These songs sink or swim on Lil Yachty’s ability to steady himself amid a maelstrom of phase-shifted guitars, delay-kissed drums, and synths shrouded in reverb. He’s a good study and a great hook man, but the novelty of some of his experiments wear off as ideas repeat and choruses get smothered. The less they tinker, the better.

Restraint guides Let’s Start Here to a few of its most sublime moments. “Pretty” will draw comparisons to Childish Gambino’s Awaken My Love! and the hit slow jam “Redbone,” but the drum programming recalls the stuff Prince did with the LinnDrum and the vocal performances feel inspired by cloud rap, a sensibility teased out in a cocky, carefree verse by Fousheé . “Say Something” strikes gold coolly poking around the pillowy synth pads and echoing drums of ’80s pop in the same way recent albums from the Weeknd picked up where Daft Punk left off in marrying dueling interests in 20th- and 21st-century popular music. “Pretty” and “Say Something” keep things relatively simple, stacking a few complementary ideas on top of each other and allowing space to breathe. (Other producers might abuse the clav hits in the latter for the old-school feel they bring, but this group lets them drift in and out of frame, recalling the minimalist trap lullabies on the back end of Lil Boat .) The noisier and less structurally sturdy cuts that surround them feel like the jams a band works through on the way to more refined compositions, before taking them on the road where they grow new layers of sound and significance. Let’s Start Here begs to be untangled in a live setting the way artists drawn to the tactile and communal experience of music tend to, allowed to drift over warm air, playing during the sunny days and reckless nights it describes.

Maybe this album is the new beginning its title implies, a first step toward tighter songcraft on the horizon, and maybe Yachty will pop back up in six to 18 months’ time on some different shit entirely, as is often his tendency. The new record finds him sniffing around the same intersections of pop, rock, psych, and soul as “Bad Habit” or Frank Ocean’s “Pretty Sweet,” sacrificing the brevity of his hits for a purposeful sensory overload, which sometimes works in his favor but sometimes encumbers tracks that ought to seem weightless. It is important for young artists to get the space to grow and change and eat mushrooms and make weird but enthusiastic indie-rock music.

Let’s Start Here fits into a long tradition of pleasant curveballs from rappers, unheralded classics like Q-Tip’s Kamaal the Abstract, side projects like the Beastie Boys and Suicidal Tendencies offshoot BS2000 , imperfect genre excursions like Kid Cudi’s WZRD , and effortless R&B pivots like Tyler, the Creator’s Igor . Yachty is stumbling down well-trod pathways, learning lessons imparted on generation after generation of listeners ever since Pink Floyd’s international breakthrough 50 years ago and taking metaphysical journeys endeavored since humans first discovered fungi and plants that made them see sounds and smell colors. The sharpest songs here could go toe-to-toe with the best in the artist’s back catalog, and the worst ones sound like excitable demos for various guitar pedals. Let’s Start Here isn’t Lil Yachty’s greatest work, but it goes over better than the pitch — “Poland” guy does shrooms and jams on instruments — implied it might. And if shoegaze-adjacent rockers like “I’ve Officially Lost Vision” and sound experiments like the one at the end of “We Saw the Sun” drone-pill even a fraction of the audience, it was all worth it.

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Lil Boat is back.

After taking the internet by storm with “Poland,” Lil Yachty keeps the momentum going with his first album in nearly three years, Let’s Start Here .

The trippy 14-track set is a departure from his rap-heavy projects of the past, with appearances from Daniel Caesar, Justine Skye, Fousheé, and Diana Gordon.

Surprisingly, “Poland” is not included on the tracklist. The viral sensation reached No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October and received co-signs from Drake and Wiz Khalifa.

“My new album is a non-rap album,” Yachty told Ice Box last year. “It’s alternative, it’s sick… It’s like a psychedelic, alternative project. It’s different. It’s all live instrumentation.”

Let’s Start Here marks the beginning of a new era for the 25-year-old MC. “I’ve changed my dynamic. This album and on, I’m creating music a whole lot differently.”

Yachty’s last album, Lil Boat 3 , debuted at No. 14 in May 2020 and spawned the single “Oprah’s Bank Account” with Drake and DaBaby.

Stream Let’s Start Here below.

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Lil Yachty to Release Fifth Studio Album ‘Let’s Start Here’ Later This Month

Following the alleged leak of ‘sonic ranch.’.

Lil Yachty has announced that he’ll be dropping his latest album Let’s Start Here via Quality Control and Motown Records . The project will land as the Georgia rapper’s fifth studio album, following 2020’s Lil Boat 3 .

Yachty shared the cover art for the LP on Instagram, which shows a warped image of men and women wearing suits. “Let’s Start Here. – 1/27,” he wrote in the caption. “Chapter 2. Thank You for the patience.”

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Lil Yachty Delivers New Psychedelic Rock Album ‘Let’s Start Here.’

Lil Yachty’s new album, Let’s Start Here, continues to further the star’s reputation as an innovative savant. The new album is 15 tracks in length, delivering a new experience for fans.

Let’s Start Here was crafted in areas ranging from El Paso to Brooklyn, with Lil Yachty immersing himself in day and night sessions. The result is a Psychedelic Alternative album executive produced by SADPONY. The album is influenced by Pink Floyd’s classic Dark Side of the Moon and experiential psychedelic journeys.

Ahead of the album, Yachty released a skit titled “Department of Mental Tranquility.” In the skit, Yachty strolled a hallway entering what would be the first step into the rest of his life. Playing multiple roles, Yachty was introduced to his upcoming float experience in a sweltering room until it overcomes his body, and he is directed to room 10. What you hear is the result of that trip, double entendre, don’t even ask me how.

You can see the skit and hear the full album below.

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Lil Yachty has been a fan favorite for some time now, and that is not going to change any time soon. Since his arrival back in 2015, the Atlanta star has continuously elevated his craft. The way he tackles each project creatively is not a common thing in the industry these days, and should not go unnoticed by any means. Lil Boat is now entering a new chapter in his music career to kick off 2023 the right way and it is safe to say that his foot will continue to hit the gas for a long while. Today (Jan. 27), the “Poland” rapper gifts the people with his latest Let’s Start Here album.

In an interview with Ice Box last year, Yachty revealed that he was going in a different direction with the sound of the album. “My new album is a non-rap album,” he declared. “It’s alternative, it’s sick… It’s like a psychedelic alternative project. It’s different. It’s all live instrumentation.” This is a great time for those who have not been hip to Boat over the years to check out just how versatile he can be whenever he chooses. The 25-year-old artist has a lot to teach the youngins after him about stepping out of their comfort zone, and Let’s Start Here is the perfect body of work for them to learn from.

The LP serves as the follow up to his 2020 album, Lil Boat 3, and many would probably agree that this was a superb chess move to awaken those who has been sleep on him for whatever reason. The live instrumentation should do the trick for sure.

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Review: Lil Yachty: ‘Let’s Start Here.’

Let me set the scene. It’s an early Friday morning and I am running low on sleep. On my walk to school, I remember that Lil Yachty , SoundCloud legend and an old favorite of mine, has just dropped a new album. I had been looking forward to it and heard whispers about rock influences. After getting past the horrifying, AI-created album cover, I experienced a truly incredible album. BOOM—psychedelic-rock influence. BOOM—next-level production. BOOM— Teezo Touchdown ,  Fousheé , Diana Gordon , Justine Sky , and Daniel Ceasar features (all complementing Yachty with fantastic vocals). Let’s Start Here. shocked me in a good way ( and woke me up on a slow morning). It opened my eyes and got me excited about the future of hip-hop. Yachty brings it all on his new album: crazy transitions, a great tracklist, and conceptual depth. 

It’s funny hearing his auto-tuned vocals in psychedelic rock, but Yachty finds a way to push the boundaries of genre and create a cool and cohesive sound. We had heard tastes of it before, like on Tame Impala’s Currents b-side remix of “Breathe Deeper,” but I was far more impressed by his sound here. Yachty obviously sought to be more than his SoundCloud/mumble rap image from the past and cement himself as a true, impactful artist, capable of changing modern music. I believe he executed it perfectly.

The first song, “the BLACK seminole.” throws you right into Yachty’s new sound. Produced by Justin Raisen (who is known for his work with experimentalists Yves Tumor and Joji ), the nearly seven-minute song introduces Yachty’s new sound with synth swells and laid-back rock instrumentals. When his vocals hit, it feels as if you were sent back 50 years to a Pink Floyd show. With its length, this song gives listeners a perfect opportunity to understand Yachty’s vision, allowing them to better process the rest of the album.

It’s followed by “the ride-,” assisted by the talented Teezo Touchdown. This track is where I thought Lil Yachty’s autotune-flushed vocals shined the most. Paired with the song’s ambiance and electronic melody, it feels as if this was the true purpose of his vocals.

After the groovy “running out of time”, we reach “pRETTY.” It has some silly lines from Yachty, like “let’s go to sunset-city, go to sun-city,” and albeit a fantastic feature from Fousheé, this song is the start of a short lull in the album. In that mix is the interlude “:(failure(:”, which is cool with its instrumental assistance from Mac Demarco and Alex G , but I feel like it does not add much to the album as a whole, as Yachty delivers a spoken word from his perspective on failure.

We saw that same energy from early in the album return with “WE SAW THE SUN!” The vibrato vocals seen in his hit song, “Poland,” return on one of the best-produced tracks this album has to offer. A couple of songs later comes the stand-out track, “IVE OFFICIALLY LOST THE VISION!!!!” With a comical elevator-music-esque intro, the song hits the listener with harsh noises and screams, before coming in with hard-hitting drums and one of the most energetic and raw sounds on Let’s Start Here. Diana Gordan’s vocals flow perfectly into Yachty screaming the track title in a beautifully climactic moment towards the end of the song. While it may not have much lyrical depth, the overall delivery creates a strong, emotional feeling that I never knew Yachty was capable of. You can absolutely say I was impressed.

The final leg of the album is where it shines brightest. “sHould i B?” sounds like it could be a bonus track from an upcoming Tame Impala album, but its coolest moments come with its ending. The droning guitars meet the theatrics at the beginning of “The Alchemist.,” creating a cinematic transition between two of the better songs on the album.

“REACH THE SUNSHINE.” ends Let’s Start Here. with a bang. Yachty’s and his team’s attention to detail is shown in the progression of this song. The acoustic first minute builds up to an intense, synth-layered melody that puts an exclamation point at the end of the album. To top it off, Daniel Ceasar joins Yachty with haunting harmonies that accent the song perfectly. The somber, piano-lead outro wraps this moody album up smoothly.

To compliment any part of this album without highlighting its collaborators would just be unfair. Yachty obviously did his research. Aside from Raisen, he recruited the likes of Chairlift’s Patrick Wimberly , Unknown Mortal Orchestra ’s bassist Jacob Portrait , Magdalena Bay , MGMT’s Benjamin Goldwasser , and Nick Hakim . Whether they were a psych-rock veteran, or a modern producer, each of these artists contributed to Let’s Start Here.’s addictive sound and each should be celebrated.

Lil Yachty successfully created a psychedelic rock album, signaling one of the most interesting and entertaining sonic transitions I have ever seen from an artist. It deserves every ounce of hype it has received and Yachty has absolutely earned his flowers. I genuinely enjoyed it and am excited to see where Yachty takes his sound next.

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Lil Yachty Drops Album Cover And Release Date

Lil Yachty is ready to jump back into music with his new album Let’s Start Here coming out on January 27, 2023. The 24-year-old is releasing his first album in three years since he dropped his last project Lil Boat 3 in 2020.

Now the Atlanta native is prepared to give fans new music in this era. He took to Instagram to share a subtle post online.

“Chapter 2,” he penned. “Thank You for the patience.”

The rapper has always been vocal about his creative expression inside and outside the music industry.

“Why do we still have barriers?”. He told TMZ in 2020, “If somebody wants to express themselves and it’s not harming anyone or bringing anybody down they should be allowed to do so. I don’t really see the purpose.”

The Grammy-nominated artist shared the album art with seven people in suits making distorted facial expressions and getting fans excited.

Quality Control CEO Pierre “P” Thomas shared the album artwork with the caption “#Albumtime.” Lil Yachty signed with the label Quality Control (QC) back in 2016 when his debut mixtape Lil Boat dropped.

Check out Lil Yachty’s album cover for his album Let’s Start Here released on January 27, 2023.

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Lil Yachty Continues Hot Streak With Song, EP ‘Tesla’

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Instead of the usual Birthday Mix mixtape Lil Yachty has typically dropped around his birthday each year, the rapper has released the spacey new song “Tesla.” It leads off a four-song single pack/EP of the same name, which features a couple of other tracks he’s dropped this year.

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“I didn’t make this album to prove that I could,” the rapper told Rolling Stone of Let’s Start Here . “I also want to be taken seriously. But I didn’t make it like, ‘Oh, man, I need them to take me serious. Let me make this type of album.’ I just wanted to make a great album, and I felt like personally, I could do it better this way than if I made a rap album.”

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Jean Dawson and Lil Yachty team up on “Die For Me”

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Mixing vibrant rhythms with instrumentation that pays homage to the classics.

Jean Dawson is back and ready to rock the airwaves with his new album Glimmer of God scheduled for release in October (date to be confirmed) through Pulse Music Group Their approach is a brilliant fusion of eighties sounds with modern arrangements, creating a mix that is both nostalgic and innovative.

To pave the way for the new album, Jean has released his first single “Die For Me” in collaboration with Lil Yachty This piece is a sonic journey that showcases the artist’s ambition and depth like never before. His vocals soar over intricate and powerful production, while his skill as a producer and songwriter shines through every note.

The song encapsulates that unlimited sound range that characterizes Jean mixing vibrant rhythms with instrumentation that pays homage to the classics.

If this single is any sign, Glimmer of God It is his most sincere and fascinating work to date, consolidating Jean Dawson not just as a musician, but as a visionary who continues to redefine the boundaries of pop. So get ready to experience this new era in all its glory.

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Lil Yachty and James Blake’s Sensational Album Bad Cameo Is Now Live.

Lil Yachty  and  James Blake have officially released their new collaborative album, “ Bad Cameo” , via Quality Control Music/Motown Records & Republic Records along with an official visualizer for the album’s focus track, “ Bad Cameo .” Produced by CMYK: James Blake and Dominic Maker, this exciting fusion of talents brings together the eclectic styles of two of the music industry’s most innovative artists, resulting in an album that transcends genres and redefines musical boundaries.

The collaboration between Lil Yachty and James Blake was sparked by a direct message from Yachty to Blake in 2020, expressing admiration for Blake’s album “ Assume Form. ” This exchange of mutual respect and recognition of each other’s artistry laid the groundwork for their joint project, “Bad Cameo.” Their shared intention to craft an immersive listening experience and their appreciation for artists across various genres fueled the creative process of this unique album.

Yachty and Blake avoid their contemporary style to deliver an ambient and ethereal immersive body of work, unlike anything else in their highly acclaimed discographies. The new release follows the duo’s recent Zane Lowe interview , where they discussed the importance of experimentation, and how their evolution as solo artists and different musical backgrounds have complemented each other, resulting in a deeply personal album that reflects their shared passion for innovation and excellence in music. Last month, the two opened up about the creative process behind the album, and inspirations, on Lil Yachty’s A Safe Place Podcast .

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Here are all of Billboard's covers of 2023.

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2023 was a year of rising stars, Latin domination and breaking the mold, and  Billboard’s  cover stories reflected just that.

The year of  Billboard covers kicked off with Paramore, who had just reunited as a band to release its first album together in six years, This Is Why.

Over the course of the year, superstar rappers like Youngboy Never Broke Again, Lil Yachty, 50 Cent have graced the cover, as did rising rap sensation Ice Spice. Over on the dance front, Kaytranada posed for the Pride issue, while Kaskade and deadmau5 appeared on the SXSW issue.

It was also a big year for Latin couples, as both Lele Pons and Guaynaa as well as Rosalia and Rauw Alejandro showed their love for a  Billboard cover story. Women also dominated the scene, as the 2023 Woman of the Year SZA and all of the Latin Women in Music honorees were featured on covers this year.

Billboard ‘s Pride cover featured a special shoot featuring Maren Morris dressed as Willie Nelson, posing alongside drag supesrtars Sasha Colby, Eureka O’Hara, Landon Cider and Symone. Billboard also celebrated the Latin Power Players in September with a soul-baring interview from Shakira, and highlighted Japanese girl group XG in October.

Shakira opened up about what she’s looking forward to after a tumultuous few years. “The last time I released an album was six years ago,” she tells Billboard . “Now I can release music at a faster clip, although sometimes I think being a single mom and the rhythm of a pop star aren’t compatible. I have to put my kids to bed, go to the recording studio; everything is uphill. When you don’t have a husband who can stay home with the kids, it’s constant juggling because I like to be a present mom and I need to be there every moment with my children: take them to school, have breakfast with them, take them to play dates. And aside from that, I have to make money.”

See below for Billboard ‘s 2023 magazine covers.

A reunited Paramore graced the first cover of the year on January 18, 2023.

Read the cover story: The Future of Paramore: Pop-Punk Heroes On Their Urgent New Album and Their ‘Surreal’ Next Chapter

YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Youngboy Never Broke again shared the details of his rebirth for the February 4, 2023 issue.

Read the cover story: The Secret Life, House Arrest and Rebirth of Youngboy Never Broke Again

50 Cent reminisced on his 20-year career for the February 9, 2023 issue.

Read the cover story:  50 Cent Pulls the Curtain Back on His Multimedia Empire

Lele Pons & Guaynaa

Lele Pons and Guaynaa were couple goals on the February 14, 2023 cover.

Read the cover story: With a Wedding on the Horizon, Lele Pons and Guaynaa Are Marrying Their Music, Too

Lil Yachy discussed his skyrocketing career for the March 11, 2023 cover.

Read the cover story: Lil Yachty On His Big Rock Pivot: ‘F-ck Any of the Albums I Dropped Before This One’

FEID shared his journey to solo stardom for the March 11, 2023 issue.

Read the cover story: Meet Feid, The Songwriter to the Latin Stars Finding His Solo Spotlight

Kaskade and deadmau5 came together as Kx5 for the March 11, 2023 issue.

Read the cover story: Why Kaskade and deadmau5 Formed Kx5, Dance Music’s Most In-Demand Odd Couple

SZA was named Billboard Woman of the Year on February 25, 2023.

Read the cover story: Billboard Woman of the Year SZA on Making Chart History and Preparing to ‘Pop Ass and Cry and Give Theater’ On Tour

Nyla XO was the 2023 Samsung NXT winner for the March 16, 2023 cover.

Read the cover story: How Nyla XO Used Her ‘DIY Queen’ Skills to Win the Samsung NXT 2.0 Competition, And Finally Take Center Stage

Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro

Roalia and Rauw Alejandro made us all jealous of their love on the steamy April 1, 2023 cover.

Read the cover story: Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro Reveal All On Why They’re Creative & Romantic Soulmates

Luke Combs shared his journey to new country frontiers on the April 1, 2023 cover.

Read the cover story: How Luke Combs Is Taking Country Music to New Global Frontiers

Bang Si-hyuk

HYBE’s Chairman Bang Si-hyuk gave a lesson in K-pop for the April 22, 2023 issue.

Read the cover story: The Big Bang Theory: HYBE’s Chairman on K-Pop’s Future, The BTS Model, AI Plans and More

Mujeres Latinas En La Musica

The Latin Women in Music dominated the April 25, 2023 cover.

Read the cover story: Women Are Breaking Barriers in Latin Music. But, Why Is it Taking so Long?

Ice Spice shared her journey to becoming “the People’s Princess of rap” for the May 13, 2023 issue.

Read the cover story: The New ‘Princess’ of Rap: How Ice Spice Exploded Into Stardom

Jelly Roll shared how he overcame obstacles to get to his big wins for the June 3, 2023 cover.

Read the cover story: From Prison to No. 1: Nashville Rising Star Jelly Roll Proves That ‘Losers Can Win’

Maren Morris

Marn Morris posed alongside drag supesrtars Sasha Colby, Eureka O’Hara, Landon Cider and Symone on the June 10, 2023 cover.

Read the cover story: As Drag Bans Proliferate, Maren Morris Goes Deep With Drag’s Biggest Stars on Why The Show Must Go On

Kaytranada talked the future of dance music for the June 10, 2023 issue.

Read the cover story: Go DJ: Why Everyone Wants to Work With Kaytranada

Portugal. The Man

Portugal. The Man got candid about the tough road following their breakthrough hit. 

Read the cover story here .

Fuerza Regida

Fuerza Regida talk Mexican-American pride and fueling an explosion of música Mexicana in the U.S.

Read the cover story here.

Peso Pluma, the 24-year-old fueling Mexican music’s global explosion, covered the July 15, 2023 issue. 

Lil Wayne celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop in the Aug. 5, 2023 issue. 

Nas spoke with Billboard about orchestrating the 50th anniversary celebration of hip-hop in the Aug. 5, 2023 issue. 

Larry Jackson

Larry Jackson talked about putting $1 billion to work for Black culture in the Aug. 5, 2023 issue of Billboard. 

JKBX is bringing the song catalog market to fans. Will people buy in? Read the cover story here .

The return of RBD — Latin’s biggest pop group breaks its 15-year silence.

Diddy talks handing over publishing rights and his “total truth.” Read the cover story here .

Shakira talks turning breakup pain into pop music gold in the Sept. 23, 2023 issue. 

Metro Boomin

Metro Boomin unmasked: The hip-hop heavyweight flexes his Spider-Verse superpowers in the Oct. 7, 2023 issue. 

Ghostwriter

Ghostwriter, the mastermind behind the fake Drake song, speaks for the first time.  Read the cover story here .

Manuel Turizo

Meet Manuel Turizo, Latin’s genre-bending star.

Can XG make “X-pop” the next K-pop?

Tate McRae explains how her “ballsy, obnoxious” alter ego fueled her breakout year in the Nov. 18, 2023, issue.

Morgan Wallen reflects on his enormous 2023 — and learning “how much my words matter” — in the Dec. 9, 2023, issue.

Karol G on her huge 2023 — and wanting more for 2024 — in the Dec. 9, 2023 issue.

The 2023 Grammy voter guide is Billboard’s Dec. 16, 2023 cover. 

Read about how Grammy recognition changes a career here.

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Lil Yachty and Karrahbooo’s Feud Escalates With Bullying Accusations

Lil Yachty and his former artist Karrahbooo 's feud escalates with bullying accusations.

Lil Yachty and Karrahbooo Continue Throwing Shots at Each Other

On Sunday (Aug. 25), Lil Yachty hopped on his Instagram Story to address Karrahbooo's claims about writing her own rhymes and being bullied. Karrahbooo was part of Yachty's Concrete Boys collective. Although Yachty didn't directly address the 27-year-old rhymer, his message suggested that he clapped back at her allegations.

"Don't throw rocks and hide your hands," Boat wrote on his IG Story post below.

After catching wind of the Atlanta rapper's message, Karrahbooo posted a lengthy statement on her Instagram Story about supporting others in times of need and alluded to Yachty picking on her.

"I'll never forget this feeling, this chapter of my life. I'll never be the same," Karrahbooo penned in her IG Story. "I'll never forget who was there for me. I done chopped people out/spent my last/slapped folks 4 ni**as. I ride every time naturally, but that's just how I am. Nobody owe me sh*t tbh I'm just taking a mental note. I can't even look at most people da same way. To know the truth and watch a grown man with 12 million followers overly lie on my name and publicly bully me for literally no reason at all while I silently been conquering all da sh*t ni**as been throwing me this whole time behind closed doors. I'll never ignore the signs again, and I will never stop, no matter how much they hate me."

In her next IG Story post, Karrahbooo responded to Yachty's aforementioned message, insisting that they could discuss their issues on the phone. She also stated that she just wanted to make peace with individuals in the music scene.

"I never threw rocks and u have my number you big grown b**ch. Leave me alone literally @lilyachty," she typed in her IG Story post. "I never said nothing about sh*t and I still ain't say nothing 'bout what's really going on. I don't want no beef wit you industry people. Just move on wit ur life. Stop tryna bring me down when I stay out the way. I'm done talking. You got it. Yo character gone speak for itself."

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Why are lil yachty and karrahbooo beefing.

Things went south between Lil Yachty and Karrahbooo after a fan shared a post on social media and claimed that after bumping into Karrahbooo at a restaurant, the rapper told her she was kicked out of Concrete Boys and bullied during her time on the label . On Aug. 22, Lil Yachty went live on Instagram and denied Karrahbooo's bullying allegations . Boat said Karrahbooo was actually the one bullying others.

"Tell people how you talk to people," Yachty said in his heated video below. "How you tell my security guard, 'Oh, you homeless. You work for me. You're poor. We above you.' You talk to people like they nothing...Tell people how you verbally abuse people. How you said you gon' spit on me when you see me."

"I been letting you do this whole thing where you act like you a princess and you sweet," he continued. "Stop the front, bro. We have withheld your actions since the beginning of me giving you this career. What the f**k are we talking about, bro. You don't even do nothing. It's so crazy to me, bro. ’Cause I've given you a career, and from time to time, you just disrespect me.

Boat then mentioned that Karrahbooo has a $900,000 debt to his label. Afterward, the Quality Control rhymer leaked his reference track to Karrahbooo's 2023 On The Radar Freestyle , suggesting that she didn't pen the lyrics.

Karrahbooo Claps Back at Lil Yachty's Claims About Writing Her Lyrics

On Aug. 23, Karrahbooo went on her Instagram Story to clap back at Yachty by sharing three songs she claimed to write and highlighted their streaming counts.

"Running Late," boasted over 7 million streams, "Where Yo Daddy," garnered 3 million streams and the On the Radar Concrete Cypher freestyle hit nearly 3 million streams.

Karrahbooo captioned the image, "put it on yo kid i ain't these songs [M]iles[.] Stop da cap and leave me out ur internet shenanigans [tears of joy emoji]."

She continued: "Stop bullying me big dawg [tears of joy emoji] i never said nothing u letting random fans get in yo head man up."

During her performance at the Dig in Day Festival in Chicago on Aug. 24, Karrahbooo suggested that Yachty's ghostwriting claims were false.

"Who ain't write it, who ain't write it," she rapped during her performance in the video below.

Read More: Lil Yachty Says He’s Done With the Internet and Won’t Be Talking Anymore

Take a look at Lil Yachty and Karrahbooo shading each other online below.

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