Troy Ave follows-up his Free Troy Ave mixtape with his Roland Collins album, titled after his given name.
The BSB rapper says he wrote the 10-track LP while sitting in jail on an attempted murder charge after a concert shooting at New York’s Irving Plaza. Ave was injured in the violence with two other people and his bodyguard was killed.
Ave is out on $500,000 bond and is suing Irving Plaza for allowing a gun into the venue. Surveillance footage showed him wielding a gun outside a VIP area during a concert shooting in May. His legal team says its client is innocent and that the video does not show the entire story.
Troy Ave’s Roland Collins album cover art, tracklist and stream are below.
- Riding in My Whip
- Hot Boy
- Freaks Only
- Appreciate Me
- Drug Game
- (News Talkin Intro) Real Eyes Realize Real Lies
- Rikers Island
- Don’t Forget
- Pain
- Chuck Norris (Hoes & Gangstas)
(This article was first published August 8, 2016 and is as follows.)
Troy Ave keeps hustlin’ and besides seeking money from a lawsuit against Irving Plaza and Live Nation that he announced today, he is hoping to get some love from his fans with an album that he announced today called Roland Collins. In an Instagram post, Ave says the project, which is titled after his birth name, is dropping Friday (August 12).
He released the Free Troy Ave mixtape from jail where he pled his case for innocence in the concert shooting at Irving Plaza and expressed his sadness at losing his friend in the violence.
The news of a new album comes as the BSB rapper is a free man. He posted $500,000 bond in July after being arrested in the hospital for attempted murder. In the shooting, three people, including Ave, were injured and his bodyguard was killed. Surveillance footage showed the rapper wielding a gun outside a VIP green room. His legal team is saying that the video only shows part of the story and that Ave did not fire the deadly shot.
View the announcement for Troy Ave’s Roland Collins video below:
can’t wait!
So instead of laying low knowing full will he can’t make income off the album i.e. banned from bars clubs concerts venues his kids etc he’s gonna release one anyway?
Sounds like the perfect time
He can make income off the album. He just can’t do live shows. And if the album is out and then he is convicted after he can still earn income on it.
The real question is, if he is convicted, will people still be buying the album?
Rap has become so gimmicky. Smmfh.
I think its less gimmick and more he trying to get his money right to pay for the lawyers
Hopefully he gets introspective instead of the usual bullshit he offers… One can only hope… might listen.
I was thinking the same thing. I know he needs some money for his legal fees but hope he isn’t talking about the same shyt that landed him in this position right now.
In a way its kindof smart to release his album at this time since the club scene created quite a buzz outside his music
It won’t matter if the music is garbage though, which it probably will be
Is he going to shoot a music video for the album? Or the surveillance footage in itself will do the job?
I fux with Troy Ave. Wish that man nothing but the best.
For the life of me I can’t understand why ppl will click on an article about an artist they don’t fuck with, just to shit on the person. That shit is lame. Grow up. A lot of artists I don’t fuck with, but I won’t go to the comment section to shit on ’em. Get a life Mookie……. fuckin cornballs. Let that man make his money. FOH!!!!!
Wow your life must really suck if you really defending troy average. Hop off his dick And start sucking in some oxygen, you closeted Stan.
Because the internet. That’s why. As if you’ve NEVER disliked something enough to post about it? FOH.
POWDER!!
I’ll support the homie.. fk Taxstone
Gotta have music for the short bus! Salute.
TrasH
After 50, this girly voiced fuckboy takes the biggest L in hiphop history. Gets into a beef, shoots himself AND HIS BODYGUARD. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
And then sues the place where he shot himself and his bodyguard at.
He is making music and writing raps under extreme pressure..
Lawyer not advising him to lay low until Case is in motion.
Suing a venue over security issues was his lawyers bad advise to make him look like a victim.
He did engage in criminal activity on camera.. Hip Hop forgot but them prosecutors aint gonna like him shooting at innocent people.
Easy for me to watch a movie and critique it because Im not in his movie or his life.
This dumbass who shot himself and his friend will get his asshole turned out in prison.
I slept on this guy … Hes dope