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Trill Bill Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 Kodak Black Despite the rollercoaster that is the Florida rapper’s personal life, Kodak Black’s steady stream of new music never falters. Just a month after the release of a mixtape,   Dieuson Octave , which took its title from his birth name, arrives   Trill Bill , his eighth studio album. For a man still in his twenties with such a world-weary rasp it’s surprising to hear just how nimble his flow can be, with a knack for unpredictable wordplay reminiscent of mixtape-era Wayne. (Kudos if you saw it coming when he rhymes “Make my gat go bang” with “Kurt Cobain” on “Maybach Van.”) Surprising too are   Trill Bill ’s many tender moments—as he croons over sweet piano chords on “One Piece Left” (“I got one more piece of my heart left/And I’ve been saving it for you”), or recounts a meet-cute on “Dirty Revolver”: “She said, ‘You Haitian and a Gemini, boy, I already know you trouble, but LOL, text me.’”

Dieuson Octave Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 Kodak Black Since his emergence in the early 2010s, Kodak Black has been one of the most consistently successful figures in rap. Yet for all his celebratory flexes, he spends plenty of time haunted by his past, the things he’s seen, the lives that have been lost. On  Dieuson Octave , which takes its title from his birth name, he attempts to reckon with the grief while living as a father and support system for so many. On opener “Catch Fire,” he highlights the circular hell that the carceral system can be: “I made a lot of money, spent most of it making a bail/Doing whatever, feel ain't getting nowhere, like a pit bull tryna chase its tail.” Later, he seems to repent for the things that locked him up in the first place, adding, “I'll murder Satan when I go deliver my soul to Haiti,” referencing the country where his mom was born. Album closer “Inside I Suffer” is one of Kodak’s most personal songs to date, a gut-wrenching look at his har...

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