Flo Milli, Cardi B & SZA Remind Us Their Success Is No Accident On 'Never Lose Me'

In one move As strategic for her as it is exciting for us, Flo Milli announced just hours ago that a remix of her first Hot 100 hit, “Never Lose Me,” would be streaming with features from two of the biggest women in music – SZA and Cardi B. Although SZA and Flo have teased a remix since the top of the year, Cardi B was a surprise (“POP UP GUESS WHO B✰TCH,” Flo wrote on Instagram below a video of the two together, announcement and tribute to Cardi). Debuting the remix as part of her third LP, Nice Ho, stay – released today – instead of a single earlier it cleverly engages fans throughout the project and ensured that the viral hit doesn't overwhelm us before the album drops.

Flo was front page Rolling rockFuture of Music performed at SXSW as she launched her album, telling the audience “This night is so special to me.” He eventually came off stage to take pictures with them as the new remix was released via ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin. Nice Ho, stay is the final installment of a series that began with her debut, Ha, why are you here? and while it's early, there's a chance this could be her best. Clocking in at a brisk 33 minutes, it's unrelenting, with Flo fitting comfortably into a range of pockets with beats and flows that are current and modern, but not quite.

The new 'Never Lose Me' is particularly exciting because it brings together three women in times that challenge any notion that their success is insane. SZA just stepped it up with this one warning signwhich came five years after her groundbreaking debut Ctrl, and made her the most nominated for a Grammy at this year's ceremony. Cardi B has promised herself that her sophomore effort will finally arrive this year after building a music empire and a lot of buzz since her 2017 debut Breach of privacywhich he did her the first woman to win a Grammy for Best Rap album. He dropped a fiery single today, too.

Flo Milli broke out in 2019, emerging in a voracious streaming and social media culture that doesn't really afford her the luxury of long waits between albums. He has not crystallized an iconic body of work such as Ctrl the Invasion. What crystallizes “Never Lose Me” and the electricity of this remix, however, is that her great songs like “Beef FloMix,” “In the Party” and “Conceited” before were incorporated into a hit pattern. that makes the most modern people choke. SZA and Cardi enthusiastically supported Flo and the song. Their fervor is evident in their views.

Flo's girlish melodies on “Never Lose Me” are so remarkable that they did just that, with little and quirky deviations. SZA gives nice-ugly a whole new meaning when she dishes, “From the 'burbs, actin' bougie / From the 'burb, but I bus it like Suki / From the 'burb but I bus it like Juvie / Throw it back while he talk me through it.” Cardi B brings the fighting energy of her latest singles “Like What (Freestyle)” and “Enough (Miami)” to flip Flo's “Never had a bitch like me in your life” on “The bitch never be me in her her,” then he raps like he was supposed to hit eight bars earlier but couldn't help himself. The “Never Lose Me” remix is ​​a sign that rap girls have earned this New MUSIC Friday, but it was also a cross-gender anthem for feeling yourself (and with someone else) with previous releases featuring Bryson Tiller and Lil Yachty. Flo basically commandeered the ethereal Uzi-like beat from Babyface Ray and 42 Dugg's “Ron Artest,” spinning their crazy, masculine take.

Especially since her second LP, Are you still here, Ho?Flo Milli has dedicated herself to VH1's mid-2000s reality show aesthetic as Taste of Love, and as a reality star, she broke out as an unknown with a raw edge, and with every song, sultry look, and social media clip, she's worked her way from novelty to rap stalwart. “I think I'm a bad bitch and there's nothing you can say to make me think otherwise,” she said. Rolling rock last fall. She is exactly who she thinks she is.