Produced by Greg Kurstin, Jordan Patrick, Zach Fogarty, Hitkidd and Rocky himself, “Highjack” shows the Harlem rapper getting back in his bag of being one of the most confident rappers out. With bars like “Don’t compare that p—y boy to me (I don’t like that)/ Feelin’ like I’m Sosa, Chiefie Keef (I don’t like that)/ Tired of them n—as sleepin’ on me, I don’t like naps/ N—as f— around and stole the flow and y’all like that?,” he’s leaving things up to interpretation, and we’re sure fans will speculate online about whom he’s referring to exactly.
Those aren’t the only lines packed with subliminals.
“Before we dropped ‘Peso’ on you n—as, you ain’t like Raf/ N—as want a feature from me? This ain’t a life raft” and “These n—as want my wife bad, the people want my next track/ The coppers want my Black a–, f—ed up, but it’s like that” shows Rocky reminding the game about his influence.
Rocky spoke with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe recently and he talked about his new music and fatherhood.
About his new single, Rocky had this to say: “I feel like the real is back, man, and it’s just like, this sh– is for the taking. It’s a highjack. Not only that, it’s just we coming with a whole new aesthetic on everything, especially with German expressionism and the whole ghetto futurism grim thing. So that’s just what the sound sounds like and whatnot. The sonics of it.”
About tapping Jessica Pratt and Jon Batiste for a couple unlikely features on “Highjack,” he said this: “I just love alternative. I love just different sounds and whatnot. [Jessica Pratt] kind of gave me this kind of Portishead meets Stevie Nicks vibe a little bit. … So I always f—ed with her as a artist, and so I figured it was necessary to get her, Jon Batiste on this one and kind of make it feel soulful to bring it on home in the outro.”
And on fatherhood influencing his new music, he told Lowe: “I got more personal vulnerable things to talk about and whatnot, and it’s just, I think the trick is having that fine balance of just entertaining and telling a story or giving something, telling somebody listening and view something informative about you and whatnot.”
Don’t Be Dumb is set to release Aug. 30.
You can watch the Zane Lowe Apple Music interview below.
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