More: Thomas Rhett tops charts again with “T-Shirt," “Star of the Show” More: Exclusive: Thomas Rhett reveals new album Life Changes The couple adopted a daughter, Willa, from Africa earlier this year and Akins recently gave birth to their daughter, Ada. Today Rhett's contemporary, genre-busting songs are often inspired by wife Lauren Akins, who is universally adored by his fans. In the end, the payoff to you as an artist … as someone who is super credible and someone who cares about their craft … far outweighs the difficulty in getting to that point.”įor Rhett, who released his Grammy-nominated “Life Changes” in September, writing a song that conflicts with his image is “a scary thing.”Įarly in Rhett’s career, he wore cowboy boots and had a significantly more traditional sound than his current music. But this is my real life … and people, especially when they are critiquing things, they don’t have the empathy. You feel naked … for the whole world to judge what you’re saying and your truth and sometimes minimize it to a song. “You don’t want to be vulnerable in front of the world. “Yeah, it’s is very difficult, it’s difficult for a lot of reasons,” Jay-Z said.
To learn how to stream it on Tidal, click the link below.Rhett and Frasure became acquainted with Jay-Z through their joint ventures with Roc Nation, a music and entertainment company the rapper co-founded. ET July 1, featuring audio of Jay explaining the album. The album will continue to play across iHeartMedia’s Urban and Rhythm formats until 12:01 a.m.
To listen to the album for free, iHeartMedia is currently playing the full album in exclusive 35-minute Album Roadblocks. Caught Their Eyes (featuring Frank Ocean) UPDATE: 4:44 has been released on Tidal, and the official tracklist featuring Frank Ocean, Damien Marley, and Jay’s mother Gloria Carter, isn’t exactly what we were led to believe. (Death of Auto-Tune)” ,” Run This Town” and “ Holy Grail”, which won the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2013. have previously worked together on songs like “ D.O.A. In a recent interview with International Business Times, the producer revealed that he is nowhere to be found on the album. “ comes to me with a lot of things and I’m honored he looks on me in that respect,” explained Beatz, “When I heard his album I didn’t feel like I needed to add anything to it because it was already there.”Įarlier this month, Billboard reported that Chicago veteran No I.D. Twitter isn’t sure what to make of the tracklist either, as can be seen by some of the reactions below.Īnother issue here is the inclusion of Swizz Beatz. It may be a good indicator as to its authenticity (or lacktheirof). Instead of being credited by their normal moniker, the tracklist refers to them by nickname– Lamar is “K Dot”, Chance is “Lil Chano”, and Jay’s wife Beyoncé, arguably the biggest name in music, is simply “The Queen.” While these features are definitely jaw-dropping, with guys like Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, and Chance The Rapper, their names here are also somewhat confusing.
Till (featuring Kendrick Lamar & Kanye West).Jay Z's new album features Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, André 3000, Travis Scott, Chance The Rapper, Swizz Beatz, Future & Beyoncé /YgSPjgIldZ