After going viral on Tik Tok and being featured on E News for her woman empowerment messaging on the platform, Law follows up her latest single, “Over It,” with new summer anthem, “Controller.”
Law, an R&B/Pop singer based in New Jersey, has exploded onto the scene with her voice, her multi-instrumentalist talents, and her entertaining Tik Toks. After releasing her summer anthem, “Over It,” Law follows up “Over It” with her newest single, “Controller.”
Uptempo dance track “Controller” is a message to Law’s old lover – her blatant refusal to be taken advantage of and controlled in their relationship. Her sultry vocals compliment the production, and her whisper-like tone swells with harmonies throughout the song as the beat explodes into the chorus. In the beginning of the song, Law sings, “You better get on your knees and pray to God that I don’t leave/Cause once I walk out that door/Ain’t no changing my mind.”
As the song progresses, Law continues to sing directly to her lover, explaining, “Feel like I’m living in a prison/It’s like you’re the warden/And I’m wearing all these chains.” She then switches the tone of the song lyrically and vocally at the start of the chorus, professing, “I’m not your controller/Stop trying to control me.” At the end of the chorus, she flips into her higher register, singing lyrics, “You cannot control me/You’re just the king of misery.”
“Controller” sets the tone for Law’s journey to finding herself as an independent woman and vocalizing that journey throughout her music.
After his first posthumous album, Reach for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, Pop Smoke’s manager, Steven Victor, announces a follow-up posthumous album, with a release date of July 16th, 2021.
New Pop Smoke Album
Pop Smoke’s team is set to release a new album coming out on July 16th of this year. A follow-up to the success of his album Reach for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, which was the first posthumous hip-hop album to debut at number 1, his next album is highly anticipated.
On May 1st, one of Pop Smoke’s managers announced a new Pop Smoke album in the works on his Instagram, writing, “I see and hear everything kept it cool tho no worries pay back around the corner…Pop Smoke new album loading… 💫💫💫”
Pop Smoke’s album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, was released in July of 2020, months after his tragic death in February 2020. Executive produced by 50 Cent, Pop Smoke’s first posthumous album still holds the record for being the longest running number 1 hip-hop album on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart since 1990.
With so many releases this month, it can be hard to figure out which albums to download and stream in your Library. Follow us on Instagram @sloppyvinyl for weekly suggestions every Friday for the newest albums and singles.
Polo G:Hall of Fame
Polo G’s latest album, Hall of Fame, which recently earned him his first number 1 album on the Billboard 200 Charts, is definitely worth the listen. With features from fellow Chicago natives, Lil Durk and G Herbo, the late Pop Smoke, DaBaby, Lil Wayne and more, Hall of Fame uncovers Polo G’s trauma, losses, and lessons learned, all while shapeshifting Chicago drill into the mainstream music scene.
Hip-hop trio, Migos, dropped their latest album, Culture III, on June 11th to mark the start of the summer. With appearances from Drake, Polo G, the late Juice WRLD, and NBA Youngboy, Culture III is a continuation of Migos’ iconic sound – high-hat driven trap beats, each member of the groups’ notable flow, and their lively ad-libs.
Atlanta native, Lil Baby, and Chicago native, Lil Durk, released joint album The Voice of the Heroes on June 4th. After seeing both artists thrive with their solo projects this past year, listening to this duo collaborate on this joint album is exciting for both their core fans and hip-hop lovers as well. With features from Travis Scott, Meek Mill, Young Thug, and Rod Wave, The Voice of the Heroes is easily a go-to album for Summer 2021.
With her much anticipated debut album release, H.E.R.’s Back of My Mind explores her vulnerabilities and her deepest thoughts that she tends to keep in the “back of her mind.” Following up from her debut self-titled E.P. and her second E.P. I Used to Know Her, H.E.R.’s debut album doesn’t miss.
Saweetie’s Pretty Bitch Music is set to be released on June 25th to start off the Icy Girl Summer. With singles “Tap In,”“Back to the Streets” featuring Jhene Aiko, and “Best Friend” featuring Doja Cat, Pretty Bitch Music is highly-anticipated amongst Saweetie’s fanbase and across social media. Until her album release, stream her latest singles out now.
Megan Thee Stallion has released her highly anticipated single, “Thot Shit,” to start off the Hot Girl Summer just right. In addition to dropping her new single, she also released the music video, reprising her role as her alter ego, Tina Snow. The music video begins with an older white Congressman leaving a nasty comment on Megan’s music video, and for the totality of the video, Megan and her crew follows his every move (while twerking in the process!)
Right after the man leaves his comment on her video, Meg calls him personally and says, “The women you’re accidentally trying to step on are everybody that you depend on. They treat your diseases, they cook your meals, they haul your trash, they drive your ambulances, they guard you while you sleep – they control every part of your life. Do not fuck with them.”
When speaking about “Thot Shit” on Twitter, Megan Thee Stallion told her fans, “I’m really just talking shit and taking ownership of the words ‘thot’ and ‘hoe’ bc they’re not the drag men think it is when trying to come at women for doing them.”
26-year old Dominican singer, DaniLeigh, experienced backlash online after debuting a preview of her single, “Yellow Bone” on Instagram. In the now deleted video, the singer dances to the song, with the lyrics, “Yellow bone that’s what he wants!” *Sighs.* Oh Dani.
Dani Leigh facing some backlash in her comments section for her new track “Yellow Bone” 👀👀👀 THOUGHTS ⁉️ pic.twitter.com/l2hVgXhXcx
Immediately, the song triggered online conversations regarding colorism within the Black community and the questionable relationship between race and ethnicity within the Hispanic community.
Many social media users also speculated that “Yellow Bone” was a diss track towards Meme, DaBaby’s ex-girlfriend, as DaBaby is now dating DaniLeigh.
Dababy and Meme, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter
Despite these allegations, DaniLeigh responded to the backlash with a now deleted post, asking, “Why can’t I make a song for my light skin baddies? Why y’all think I’m hating on other colors when there are millions of songs speaking on all types… Why y’all so sensitive & take it personal… Gahhhh damn.”
She then added, “I’m Dominican… I’m Spanish, I’m black I’m white .. leave me alone.”
After the continued backlash, she went on Instagram to apologize for the song, interestingly wearing box braids and stating that she was “dating a whole chocolate man” as a reason to defend herself from the colorist accusations.
Twitter and other social media users did not respond well to her PR-scripted apology:
Danileigh made an “apology” video where she wore box braids, spoke in a blaccent, denied understanding colorism or light skin privilege, and said she had “melanated” friends so she couldn’t be racist. Unbelievable lmao pic.twitter.com/oqKSBJuTVF
Bottom line, we did not need DaniLeigh’s “Yellow Bone” song, as it was overall: (1)sub-par, (2) felt like a dig at DaBaby’s ex-girfriend,and it was (3) a problematic, colorist “light skin anthem” by a woman who does not even consider herself black.
