Lil B has surprised fans this Christmas with a brand new album, but instead of being a Hip Hop release The Based God has stepped into the world of jazz.
On Thursday (December 22), the California rapper took to Twitter to announce the release of Afrikantis, a 14-track instrumental release that he claimed might be “one of the most important jazz projects ever.”
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“< Artist Note From Lil B > ‘ They said that no idea is original, That was a lie. Welcome To Afrikantis,” he tweeted. “Lil B THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JAZZ PROJECTS EVER … TAKE UR TIME WITH THIS.”
You can listen to Lil B’s latest effort below:
Afrikantis is the latest project to be added to Lil B’s lengthy discography, and it’s his fourth full-length release of 2022. Both Frozen and The Frozen Tape arrived simultaneously in June, and Thraxxx Kiss followed in late August.
It’s not the first time Lil B has put out an instrumental album. In 2012, the former Pack rapper dropped a pair of projects under his Based God alias: Tears 4 God and Choices and Flowers.
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Check out the Afrikantis tracklisting below:
1. “My Fathers Drums”
2. “A Song for Mom”
3. “Cricket”
4. “Kim”
5. “Albany Middle”
6. “Solano Stroll”
7. “Berkeley California”
8. “Eurasia”
9. “Del the Funky Homosapien”
10. “Guinea Pig Arcade”
11. “Jack London Square Oakland Ca”
12. “West Berkeley Ca Waterfront”
13. “Welcome to Oakland California”
14. “Park St Alameda California”
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Following the release of his new album, Lil B engaged in some Twitter chatter with fans, retweeting those celebrating the California rapper for his prolific output and fearless ability to creatively color outside the lines.
“FIRST RAPPER TO DROP A 10/10 JAZZ ALBUM,” one fan wrote, while another tweeted: “Santa came early this year.” The most recent tweet The BasedGod re-shared was one that proclaimed he “started every wave.”
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While he may have started a number of trends, Soulja Boy felt the need to set him straight earlier this year over a statement about who the first rapper on Twitter was.
It all started when the Based God showed love to Wiz Khalifa for being early to embrace the social media platform, writing: “Wiz Khalifa was the 1st rapper I seen on twitter this was during MySpace he was already huge on twitter! – Lil B.”
Wiz responded in kind by tweeting, “Love you bro. Still remember Vegas when black and yellow first came out.”
However, Soulja Boy wasn’t about to let Wiz Khalifa get all the plaudits for being the first rapper with a Twitter account, especially with receipts to prove otherwise.
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“You must be high as Fuk I was the first rapper on twitter B stop that,” the pedantic SODMG leader barked in response to Lil B.
Big Draco then pulled out screenshots of his and Wiz’s respective Twitter bios, revealing he joined the platform in October 2008 while the Pittsburgh native created his account almost six months later in February 2009.
