Ratio King

[Steez⁴⁷ @Steez_47]

Every video i’ve seen so far of this J Cole tour makes me more and more excited to see him live

[Jah Talks Music @JahTalksMusic]

I wanna talk about how proud seeing Chris Patrick make the XXL made me, as someone who’s been praising his music on this app for the last 5 years…

A thread 🧵

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

Future drops the video to ‘Fukk a Interview’ 🔥🔥🔥

Future never missed on an intro 🤧

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

Ken Carson’s new album ‘xperiment’ is very likely gonna go down as one of the best albums of the year (to me).

It’s an acquired taste, but once you get it you get it. The production is amazing, and the songs flow together really well for a smooth listening experience.

This album sounds like a return to form after ‘more chaos’ which had some really high highs, but ultimately couldn’t deliver where ‘AGC’ did.

Ken switches it up just enough on this project to make it work. ‘Knocking’ was the perfect example of this, a more low key track that listeners probably wouldn’t associate Ken with. On ‘shadeson’ he says: “No matter what I make, they gon call it rage” which shows he’s aware and actively making an effort to try new things.

All in all, I think it’s a successful progression of Ken’s sound and his performance is more or less really good on these ear worm instrumentals, adding some standout bars and bringing his usual infectious energy (even outperforming Thug).

This album is going to get a LOT of spin from me

Favorite Tracks:

possession
knocking
shopping
amandabynes
gynecologist

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

How T.I. went from the King of the South to ‘Kill the King’ and retirement. 

(Thread)

[NFR Podcast @nfr_podcast]

Lu reveals his top 10 songs of the year so far … Thoughts LOL?

10. Quik Stop - J. Cole

9. I Love Her Again - J. Cole

8. Make Them Pay - Drake

7. The Villest - J. Cole & Erykah Badu

6. Drum n Bass - J. Cole

5. Make Them Cry - Drake

4. 39 Intro - J. Cole

3. Poor Thang - J. Cole

2. SAFETY - J. Cole

1. The Fall-Off is Inevitable - J. Cole

[Ratio King @bladee_stan]

@BrownRapFan Fr

[brown 🧣⁶𓅓 @BrownRapFan]

This can’t be his last one I refuse to believe it

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

SWAVAY
WYNNE
REUBEN VINCENT
KAI CA$H
NIKO BRIM
CHRIS PATRICK
BEN REILLY
MARCO PLUS

HONOR ROLL - ‘R2D2’
OUT NOW 🚨

PROD. SWAVAY
EXEC PRODUCER: NYLA SYMONE

Who had the best verse?

[Ratio King @bladee_stan]

CHRIS PATRICK ON XXL LETS GOOOO

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

🚨INTRODUCING THE XXL 2026 FRESHMAN CLASS🚨

▫️La Reezy
▫️Slayr
▫️Sosocamo
▫️Trap Dickey
▫️Belly Gang Kushington
▫️Chris Patrick
▫️Babyfxce E
▫️Ykniece
▫️Skrilla
▫️Trim
▫️Miles Minnick
▫️Hurricane Wisdom

W class?

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

🚨INTRODUCING THE XXL 2026 FRESHMAN CLASS🚨

▫️La Reezy
▫️Slayr
▫️Sosocamo
▫️Trap Dickey
▫️Belly Gang Kushington
▫️Chris Patrick
▫️Babyfxce E
▫️Ykniece
▫️Skrilla
▫️Trim
▫️Miles Minnick
▫️Hurricane Wisdom

W class?

[Ratio King @bladee_stan]

RT @gothamhiphop: BEN REILLY
CHRIS PATRICK
JORDANXBELL
MARCO PLUS
NIKO BRIM
REUBEN VINCENT
SWAVAY
WYNNE

▫️New collective the ‘Honor Roll’…

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

Tierra Whack on her friendship with Tyler, the Creator:

“Tyler gives great advice. He’s a busy, busy man—I’m just grateful I’m his friend. I was just talking to Yachty, too. He’s one of my best friends, and he put all of us together on his project for the song ‘T.D’ So that was a huge blessing—me, Tyler, Yachty, and ASAP Rocky.

You know Tyler is random. He’ll just be like, ‘Yo, don’t ever mess with your gap.’ I’ve thought about it in the past like, ‘Maybe I should get braces,’ but he has a gap too. So he’s like, ‘We gotta represent.’ I love that though, because it’s like, You know what? Tyler said no, so I’m not gonna do it.”

Via Jaelani Turner-Williams for Complex

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

YG drops his new album with a 7min storytelling track ‘Tiffany’ that is sure to get people talking

The track tackles transphobia, mental health, gender identity, and masculinity

I was NOT expecting this when I clicked play but I appreciate YG engaging in a difficult conversation while bringing us into his world

[🐍 ean @SlattSoldier]

I FOUND IT

[isaiah @tlop444]

unemployment is already pretty bad but this game is about to triple those numbers

[Wost🕷️ @mosthiphop]

Folks turned him into Joe Budden

[Tervis Scoot @tervisscoot]

Idk how to explain how good this song is to anyone above the age of 30 without sounding like a maniac

[Ratio King @bladee_stan]

MOST STACKED FEATURE LIST OF THE YEAR

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

YG
THE GENTLEMEN’S CLUB
TONIGHT 🚨

FEATURING:
TYLER THE CREATOR
PUSHA T
SHORELINE MAFIA
JID
ISAIAH FALLS
ODEAL
SASHA KEABLE
AB-SOUL
PAYGOTTI
BUDDY

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

🚨The producer of Fenix Flexin ‘RUBBERZ,’ Purps on the Beat, responds to whether or not the song is AI-generated🚨

He says the base vocals are Fenix and then he used pitch correction software similar to auto tune to perfect the vocals

“Technically it is AI…bc isn’t auto tune technically AI…You should use AI to help your songs, not like [generate a whole song]…I try to never use [generative AI].”

I thought this was excellent journalism by Andrew Callaghan & @Channel5iveNews