Pop Smoke: everything you need to know about his posthumous album

When Pop Smoke was born, Eminem had just signed his first record deal with Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. That's how young he was now called "New York's new rising star"; «the great promise of New York rap», «The new 50 Cent», «The new Notorious BIG». As it happened with Nipsey Hussle, XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD and so many others, Pop Smoke, (killed in his own home in February of this year), now it is easy to read all kinds of praise and praise. Now that he's dead, Pop Smoke puts out a record and the whole world adores him.

Pop Smoke releases posthumous album 

Why these rappers never went viral before their deaths Why was the first time the Spanish press spoke of Mac Miller to say that he had left us? Where were all these tweets and headlines before? Why does dying feel so good for writers, film directors and all artists in general, whatever their discipline?

After suffering a delay as a sign of "respect for the Black Lives Matter movement" (according to the executive of the Universal label, parent company of the Victor Victor Worldwide label), this week Pop Smoke's album has seen the light. And she has messed it up brown.

Shoot for the stars, aim for the moon It consists of 19 tracks and a roster of hip hop Champions League-level collaborations: Roddy Ricch, Future, Karol G, Lil Baby, DaBaby, 50 Cent, Quavo and even King Combs, son of Puff Daddy / P. Diddy.

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50 Cent released Pop Smoke's first posthumous album on July 3, Shoot for the stars, aim for the moon and, truth be told, the 19-song compendium is making quite a bit of noise. The top 10 most consulted lyrics in recent days on the specialized rap and lyrics website Genius has been the exclusive preserve of Pop Smoke (except for the new single by Kanye West, Dr. Dre and Travis Scott, which has had much less repercussion than the now candidate for the White House Kanye West would have liked).

For now, the most popular song on the album is got it on me, a tribute that samples the mythical Many Men from 50 Cent's first album, Get rich or die trying. After the death of Pop Smoke, 50 Cent (turned-businessman) took over the project to make sure Smoke fans got the record they deserved.

Controversial (and ugly) Pop Smoke album cover

Watch out for the first cover of Pop Smoke's posthumous album, designed by Virgil Abloh, a famous American fashion designer (perhaps the most successful African-American in this sector), as well as a DJ, music producer and creative director of the Louis Vuitton men's collection. The cover design of Shoot for the stars, aim for the moon (and the stir caused) has been almost another piece of the album's advertising machinery.

Hours after going public, the album cover set Twitter on fire to the point of causing the publication of dozens of alternative covers made by fans of the rapper.

The advance published on the Internet became viral among fans and non-fans of Pop Smoke due to how ugly (very ugly) that photograph was, which did so few favors to the legacy of the 20-year-old New York rapper. The hatred was such, the feeling that Pop Smoke was being disrespected so enormously, that the record company decided to replace the cover.

First cover designed by Virgil Abloh for Pop Smoke's album, Shoot for the starts aim for the moon.

First cover designed by Virgil Abloh for Pop Smoke's album, Shoot for the starts aim for the moon.

50 Cent himself had to intervene (and squabble on Twitter) to modify that photo of Smoke between barbed wire and replace it with a much simpler and more minimalist monochrome illustration of a rose. Which of the two covers of Pop Smoke's posthumous album do we like more?

Now that he's dead, Pop Smoke is as famous as he ever was. Karol G releases a joint song, everyone wants to get close to him and the specialized websites talk about a drawer with more than 200 recorded songs left by the artist. The same thing happened with Juice WRLD (today his family announced the release next Friday of his new album, legends never die). Just like XXXTentacion and Mac Miller (all, with a posthumous album released in 2020). What if the future of the music industry was this? What if so many dead 20-somethings (literally, 21/XNUMX years old) are part of the plan? Less than a month to go until Tekashi 6ix9ine ends his house arrest and step back almost after 2 years of confinement. We pray for you, Tekashi.


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