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Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
''Pretty Girls Like Trap Music'' (stylized as ''Pretty Girls'' 👍🏿 ''TRΛP MUSIC'') is the fourth studio album by American rapper 2 Chainz. It was released on June 16, 2017 through Def Jam Recordings, as the follow-up to ''ColleGrove'', his 2016 collaborative effort with Lil Wayne. The production on the album was handled by FKi, Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Mike Dean, Mike Will Made It, and Murda Beatz, among others. The album also features guest appearances from several urban artists; Gucci Mane, Quavo, Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, Swae Lee, Drake, Ty Dolla Sign, Trey Songz, Jhené Aiko, Pharrell, and Monica. ''Pretty Girls Like Trap Music'' was supported by three singles: " Good Drank", "It's a Vibe", and " 4 AM". The album was also supported by a nationwide concert tour, as well as several pop-up shops in the US. 2 Chainz alluded to the album showing "growth and maturation". He stated the content would maintain its edginess while also elevating trap music to a point where everyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 Chainz
Tauheed K. Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz (formerly Tity Boi), is an American rapper and actor. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip-hop duo Playaz Circle, alongside hometown rapper Earl "Dolla Boy" Conyers. The duo signed with fellow Georgia-based rapper Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace label and became best known for their 2007 debut single " Duffle Bag Boy" (featuring Lil Wayne). In February 2012, Epps signed a solo recording contract with Def Jam Recordings, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In April of that year, his guest performance on Kanye West's single, " Mercy" marked his first entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as a solo act, peaking at number 13. In the following months, his singles " No Lie" (featuring Drake) and " Birthday Song" (featuring Kanye West) were released to continued success, both of which received double platinum certifications by the Recording Indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murda Beatz
Shane Lee Lindstrom (born February 11, 1994), known professionally as Murda Beatz, is a Canadian record producer from Ontario. Working predominantly in hip hop and trap music, he has produced hit songs and albums for various musical acts since 2011. His credits include the singles "Butterfly Effect" by Travis Scott, "Back on Road" by Gucci Mane, " Nice for What" by Drake, and "Motorsport" by Migos. He is best known for his guest appearance alongside Nicki Minaj on 6ix9ine's 2018 single " Fefe", which peaked at number three on both the Canadian Hot 100 and US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Lindstrom signed with Interscope Records to release his 2019 debut single, "Shopping Spree" (featuring Lil Pump and Sheck Wes). He has also released collaborative singles or mixtapes with artists including Smokepurpp, MadeinTYO, 24hrs, G Herbo, and PnB Rock, among others. His producer tag utters "Murda on the beat so it's not nice!", for which he is frequently recognized. Early life and career Linds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swae Lee
Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown (born June 7, 1993), known professionally as Swae Lee, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Known for his wide vocal range and genre-bending, Lee first saw mainstream recognition as one half of the Mississippi-based hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, which he formed in 2010 with his brother Slim Jxmmi. They signed with Mike Will Made It's EarDrummer Records, an imprint of Interscope Records in 2013, and released four albums that spawned hit singles including " No Flex Zone," " No Type," and " Black Beatles" (featuring Gucci Mane)—the latter topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He guest appeared on French Montana's 2017 single "Unforgettable," which peaked within the chart's top ten—becoming his first song to do so as a solo artist—and received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Later that year, he received a Grammy Award nomination for co-writing Beyoncé's single " Formation." In 2018, Lee released hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic Flow (rapping), rap flow, witty lyrics, musical versatility, and alter egos, and is credited as a driving force in the mainstream resurgence of female rap since the 2010s. Minaj began rapping professionally in the early 2000s and gained recognition with her Nicki Minaj discography#Mixtapes, three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. Her debut studio album, ''Pink Friday'' (2010), topped the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and achieved the largest female rap album sales week of the 21st century, spawning the global hit single "Super Bass". Minaj explored dance-pop on her second US number-one album, ''Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'' (2012), which produced the top-five single, "Starships (song), Starships". She returned to her Hip hop m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Scott
Jacques Bermon Webster III (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Scott has had five number-one hits on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, along with a total of over one hundred charting songs. In addition to ten Grammy Award nominations, he has won a Latin Grammy Award, ''Billboard'' Music Award, MTV Video Music Award, and several BET Hip Hop Awards. Scott's musical style has been described as a "blend between traditional hip-hop and lo-fi" and often characterized as " ambient," with a heavily appraised influence from rappers Kanye West and Kid Cudi. His stage name is derived from the latter's real name, Scott Mescudi, combined with the name of a favorite uncle. In 2012, Scott signed his first major-label recording contract with Epic Records, as well as a publishing deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music as an in-house producer. In April 2013, he entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quavo
Quavious Keyate Marshall (born April 2, 1991), better known by his stage name Quavo (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman of the now-defunct hip hop group Migos. Formed with his nephew Takeoff and their mutual friend Offset in 2008, the group released four commercially successful studio albums before disbanding in 2023. As a solo act, Marshall has guest performed on six ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top ten singles: Post Malone's diamond-certified "Congratulations", Justin Bieber's "Intentions", Liam Payne's " Strip That Down", Drake's " Portland", and DJ Khaled's " No Brainer" and " I'm the One", the latter of which peaked atop the chart. His debut studio album, '' Quavo Huncho'' (2018), peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spawned the platinum-certified single " Workin Me". His second album, '' Rocket Power'' (2023), peaked at number 18 and was released in memory of Takeoff, who was fatally shot the year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gucci Mane
Radric Delantic Davis (born February 12, 1980), known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He is credited, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Jeezy, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences during the 2000s. His debut studio album, ''Trap House'' (2005) was released by the independent label Big Cat Records and entered the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200; it was followed by ''Hard to Kill (Gucci Mane album), Hard to Kill'' (2006), which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entry with its second single, "Freaky Gurl". That same year, he released his third album, ''Trap-A-Thon'' before signing with Atlantic Records to release his fourth album, ''Back to the Trap House'' (2007). During this time, Davis continued independent music, independently releasing mixtapes and collaborative projects. He signed with Atlantic's sister label, Warner Records, Warner Bros. Records to release his sixth album and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He is often regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, as well as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Born and raised in New Orleans, he was discovered by hometown rapper Birdman in 1993 and signed with his record label, Cash Money Records, at age eleven. He emerged as the label's flagship artist until his departure in June 2018. Carter was first placed in a duo with Cash Money labelmate B.G. in 1994—known collectively as the B.G.'z—and they released the album ''True Story'' that year, although Carter (at the time known as Baby D) appeared on only three of its tracks. Carter and B.G. then formed the Southern hip-hop group Hot Boys with labelmates Juvenile and Turk in 1997, and released their debut album, '' Get It How U Live!'' that year. The Hot Boys gained mainstream success after the release of their second album ''Guer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ColleGrove
''ColleGrove'' is the third studio album by American rapper 2 Chainz. It was released on March 4, 2016, by Def Jam Recordings. The album is a collaborative effort between him and fellow American rapper Lil Wayne, but due to the latter's record label issues, only 2 Chainz was credited as the primary artist. The album includes production from several high-profile record producers; such as Southside, Mike Will Made It, TM88, Infamous, Zaytoven, Lil' C, Metro Boomin, Ben Billions and London on da Track, among others. ''ColleGrove'' received generally positive reviews from critics and it debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart. A sequel, '' Welcome 2 ColleGrove'' was announced and was released on November 17, 2023. Background ''ColleGrove'' was initially a duet album between Southern hip hop recording artists 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne, however, because of Wayne's label issues, which had prevented him from releasing collaborative efforts in the past, such as ''I C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4 AM (2 Chainz Song)
"4 AM" is a song by American rapper 2 Chainz featuring fellow American rapper Travis Scott. It was released on September 19, 2017, as the third single from the former's fourth studio album, ''Pretty Girls Like Trap Music'' (2017). It was sent to urban contemporary radio as a single on September 19, 2017, but originally was released on May 30, as a promotional single. The song was written alongside producers Murda Beatz and Cubeatz. Composition Max Weinstein of ''XXL'' wrote that the song had a "mellow vibe" to it, while Winston Cook-Wilson of ''Spin'' called it a "detuned, mid-tempo jam." 2 Chainz reminisces throwing himself a surprise birthday party and listening to Lil Wayne's album ''Tha Carter''. Music video The music video was released on November 17, 2017. In it, 2 Chainz and Travis Scott throw a wild party with women, a couple of them topless, around them, with drinking and smoking marijuana involved. Personnel Credits adapted from 2 Chainz's official website. * Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Vibe
English auxiliary verbs are a small set of English verbs, which include the English modal auxiliary verbs and a few others. Although the auxiliary verbs of English are widely believed to lack inherent semantic meaning and instead to modify the meaning of the verbs they accompany, they are nowadays classed by linguists as auxiliary on the basis not of semantic but of grammatical properties: among these, that they invert with their subjects in interrogative main clauses (''Has John arrived?'') and are negated either by the simple addition of ''not'' (''He has not arrived'') or (with a very few exceptions) by negative inflection (''He hasn't arrived''). History of the concept When describing English, the adjective ''auxiliary'' was "formerly applied to any formative or subordinate elements of language, e.g. prefixes, prepositions." As applied to verbs, its conception was originally rather vague and varied significantly. Some historical examples The first English grammar, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Drank
"Good Drank" is a song by American rapper 2 Chainz, featuring Quavo and Gucci Mane, and was originally released on October 19, 2016 as a promotional single from his mixtape, '' Hibachi for Lunch''; although it was later removed from the tracklist and released on January 20, 2017 as the lead single from his fourth studio album ''Pretty Girls Like Trap Music''. This track was produced by Mike Dean. Music video A music video was released on January 19, 2017 on 2 Chainz's Vevo account on YouTube. The video features everyone dressed in vintage clothing, referencing The Prohibition Era, transporting purple drank Lean or purple drank (known by numerous local and street names) is a polysubstance drink used as a recreational drug. It is prepared by mixing prescription-grade cough or cold syrup containing an opioid drug and an anti-histamine drug w ... instead of alcohol. Commercial performance "Good Drank" debuted at number 92 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for the week of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
