Coi Leray is empowering girls and paying homage to some Hip Hop legends together with her newest monitor.
On Friday (November 4), the “TWINNEM” rapper shared a video on Instagram previewing an unreleased file that incorporates a heavy pattern of Grandmaster Flash and The Livid 5’s traditional 1982 hit “The Message.”
Taking inspiration from the unique cadence of the enduring early Hip Hop file, Coi Leray may be heard championing girls on the unreleased joint, which she’s already topped the “new anthem.” Over the funky, bouncy beat within the video clip, she raps: “Cuz women is playa’s too.”
“GIRLS IS PLAYAS TOOO !!! KEEEP IT PLAYER BABYYYYY [Heart emojis] GOOD VIBES AND GOOD ENERGY!!!!,” Coi Leray wrote within the caption of the video on Instagram.
.@coi_leray teases new anthem that samples Grandmaster Flash’s “The Message” ? pic.twitter.com/jAd3cZL736
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) November 5, 2022
Whereas it’s clear the 2022 DX Rising star was influenced by “The Message,” she’s additionally added her personal spice and flare to the demo, which vividly captures her patent rap-heavy, melody-ready formulation as she weaves out and in of rhythmic pockets and vocal patterns by means of the minute-long snippet.
“What about residing on high/ Penthouse suites trying down on the opps/ Took him for a take a look at drive/ Left him on the lot/ Time is cash/ So I spent it on a watch,” Coi Leray raps within the video.
New York Hip Hop tastemakers equivalent to DJ Clue and former G-Unit affiliate DJ Whoo Child confirmed their assist for the file within the feedback of Coi Leray’s authentic IG submit. “Ship that through,” Clue wrote in a remark whereas Whoo Kidd added a number of hearth emojis in one other remark.
Whereas she didn’t present any particulars on a potential launch date for the file, it wouldn’t be a shock if the file is formally launched quickly as Coi Leray has rolled out a number of of her latest singles on social media forward of the official launch.
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Final August, she launched a serious social media marketing campaign together with TikTok dance challenges and a efficiency with viral producer and Ukele participant Einer Bankz in assist of the September launch of her single “Fly Shit.”
She additionally leveraged her social media following to spice up the hype surrounding her “Blick Blick” collaboration with Nicki Minaj, which turned the No. 1 video trending on YouTube following it’s March 18 launch and likewise instantly reached the No. 1 spot on the U.S. iTunes chart.
Nicki Minaj took a second to acknowledge Coi Leray’s standout bars on the file by displaying love on Twitter. Not solely did Nicki go off by gushing about how Coi’s outright dominant lyrical efficiency, however the “Seeing Inexperienced” rapper additionally defined how she lower a few of her visitor verse with a purpose to showcase her co-pilot’s outro move.
“Did Coi physique that or did Coi physique that?,” Nicki Minaj wrote in a tweet on March 17. “I used to be in love together with her verse the second I heard it. No method I wasn’t stealing her outro move. #BlickBlick.”
