Juicy J has apparently been on the grind all 2023 and has now announced plans to release not one, but seven albums next year.
On Thursday (November 23), the Memphis rapper revealed that he has been working hard on new music, which he intends on releasing throughout 2024. He also signaled that after he’s done putting out all of his current material, he will be switching up his lifestyle.
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“I got about 7 albums I’m dropping 2024 I never worked this hard in my life,” he wrote on Twitter. “after this I’m gonna buy a house on the beach let my hair grow all the way out & become a full time hippie [trophy emoji] ya dig?”
Check out the post below:
I got about 7 albums I’m dropping 2024 I never worked this hard in my life after this I’m gonna buy a house on the beach let my hair grow all the way out & become a full time hippie 🏆ya dig?
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) November 23, 2023
Juicy J seems to have taken matters into his own hands after he expressed concerns about the current state of rap music last month, saying that he wants to bring his peers together and talk strategy.
In early October, the 48-year-old took to his Instagram with a PSA in which he discussed Hip Hop’s alleged “40 percent decline” in 2023 and what could be done to bounce back from it.
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“I know a lot of people don’t want to hear this but I’m being real,” he began. “Rap music is down 40 percent this year. I’ma say it again. Rap music is down 40 percent. Check the charts, check the math. I don’t make the rules. I do not make the rules. It’s down 40 percent. What are we as rappers, producers, composers, etc, gonna do about this shit? ‘Cause it’s down 40 percent this year. Check the charts! Do your research. This is a fact.
“Let’s have a conversation!,” he continued. “What are we gonna do? As rappers, producers, composers, songwriters, engineers – what are we gon’ do, man? Rap is down 40 percent, man. We gotta figure some shit out. We gotta sit down and talk. Let’s have a meeting. Let’s meet up somewhere… Let’s talk about this shit, how we can turn this shit around.”
Juicy added: “Because this is how we eat… Rappers – we make money off rap, shows, publishing. Aight? This is how we make money. This is how we eat. This is how we take care of our families. It’s down fucking 40 percent, n-gga. Real shit. But I’m willing and I hope you willing to figure out something to keep this muthafuckin’ money train running.”
It took all the way to the end of July for a rapper to top the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023 – which Latto achieved thanks to her “Seven” collaboration with BTS star Jung Kook. It was certainly a curious situation after Hip Hop spent the last half-decade as the most popular genre of music in the U.S., statistically speaking.
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By the midway point of last year, Future and Drake (“Wait For U”) and Jack Harlow (“First Class”) had topped the Hot 100, even amidst Harry Styles’ historic 15-week run with “As It Was.”
Hip Hop was facing a similar struggle on the Billboard 200, experiencing the longest drought of a No. 1 rap album since 1993. That was until Lil Uzi Vert’sPink Tape broke the curse, debuting atop the chart in July after moving 167,000 equivalent album units in its first week, two weeks before Latto topped the singles chart.
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The Three 6 Mafia icon hasn’t provided any updates on the above proposal to bring the Hip Hop community together to find a solution, though he does seem to be doing his part in the meantime.
