Megan Thee Stallion's third studio album and sixth project, Megan, it's ripe for a Hot Girl Summer of feeling yourself (literally — more on that in a second), blasting away the haters, and living your best life. After his more experimental debut Good news and the serious tone of his sequel, Traumatazine, delves deeper into her Southern identity, sexuality and status as one of rap's hottest commodities (her current arena tour with GloRilla has sold more than 280,000 tickets, according to her team). “I really don't focus on the negativity of my album,” he said tour-mental-health” rel=”nofollow” target=”_blank”>L'Officiel about that. “I started to feel very happy. So you have songs on the album that are about the positive moments that I'm starting to have.” It actually sounds like the good times are rolling. Here's what else we hear.
Meghan might have more options for Tory Lanez and Drake: After Tory Lanez shot Megan in 2020, her friendship with former assistant and close friend Kelsey Nicole turned hostile. However, Drake and Tory Lanez, who have in the past veal, appeared to strengthen their bond in the wake of the shooting, with Drake making a crude allusion to Meghan for lying about the violence in his song “Circo Loco” and posting a photo of Lanez on Instagram with a supportive caption his release. from the 10-year prison sentence he earned after being found guilty. On the combative “Rattle,” Megan raps, “Only time y'all niggas in a deal is when y'all try to go against me,” as well as “Hate for the stallion turns opps into homeboys.” While this may apply more broadly, the Canadian duo comes to mind.
Her former BFF Kelsey Nicole and Nicki Minaj might also be hot: In the same song, Megan also raps “Damn bitch, it's been four years/Worry for your man and your kid/Your life must be boring if you still remember the shit we did,” which brings Nicole to mind. who spent a lot of time rekindling her relationship with Meghan earlier this year as a podcast guest (and also described motherhood and her romantic relationship). However, some have speculated that this bar also applies to Minaj, who Meghan collaborated with on her song “Hot Girl Summer” in 2020. As they traded blows earlier this year, Minaj's fans played down the claims about the time she was together then.
The 'Brat' hype isn't going away anytime soon: In what might be another Minaj diss, Meghan spits “I'm a motherfuckin' brat, not a Barbie,” referencing Minaj's branding around the classic doll to put her edgier, more modern counterpart , the Bratz doll, above her. However, this ends up working on another level, as the summer so far has been dominated by the adoration for Charli XCX's album Brat, released on June 7. Fans are already making connections and doing memes to illustrate them.
Megan doesn't play it straight: On “Broke His Heart,” Megan lets the pink-purple-blue flag fly with the line, “I like girls and I like niggas, they both ate.” This isn't her first allusion to bisexuality, but this one comes just in time for Pride! (There is also a wonderful ode to self-love in the form of masturbation and in “Down Stairs DJ”)
This trip to Japan pays off: The album features several docuseries including Victoria Monet, Brooklyn drill group 41's Kyle Richh, GloRilla, Big KRIT, and a posthumous verse from UGK's rap hero Pimp C. However, one standout piece, Japanese rapper Yuki Chiba, helps crystallize the album's many plays on Japanese language and culture. (You may remember”It's G Ma,” Keith Ape's Japanese rap track featuring Atlanta MC OG Maco on which Chiba appeared as KOHH.) He raps mostly in Japanese, with Megan dabbling in the language on “Mamushi” as well. Megan recorded her journey in Japan this spring, where it presented Anime of the Year in the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in Tokyo.
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