ScHoolboy Q has started the year off right, with a handful of new gold and platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
On Wednesday (January 3), eight singles and one album from the Los Angeles native were awarded new certifications by the RIAA. Going gold for the first time were his 2016 E-40 assisted song “Dope Dealer,” his 2019 Travis Scott-assisted single “CHopstix,” his 2014 2 Chainz-assisted song, “What They Want” and his 2019 album, CrasH Talk.
AD LOADING...
Q’s 21 Savage-assisted song “Floating” and “Numb Numb Juice” — both released in 2019 — both went platinum for the first time, while 2014’s “Studio” and “Man of the Year” both made it to 3x platinum and 2015’s “Collard Greens” with Kendrick Lamar is now 4x platinum.
The new musical milestones arrive at the top of what ScHoolboy Q has promised will be a major comeback – which hopefully will include his first album in nearly five years.
AD LOADING...
While attending Top Dawg Entertainment’s 10th annual Christmas toy drive last month, Q told TMZ that he’s got “something special [for 2024]. I’ma be back. I will be back!”
Last summer, he gave the Back On Figg podcast a preview of his long-awaited album, and the hosts told fans it would be coming “very, very soon.”
“This is something big right now,” they said on the show. “We have been in the studio with my brother every week. The album sounding fire. Fire, you know what I’m saying?”
They continued: “It’s crazy to be in those processes because I’ve never really been in the mixing process. It’s also an experience, you feel me. And we kind of documenting the whole process… The album is there.”
AD LOADING...
Co-signing their news with the caption, “My guys,” Q then reassured a fan who asked if he was capping this time. “I’m actually not,” he said.
The as-of-yet untitled effort will follow 2019’s CrasH Talk, which featured appearances from Travis Scott, 6lack, Ty Dolla $ign, YG, 21 Savage, Kid Cudi and Lil Baby. It debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 81,000 album-equivalent units sold in its first week, making for ScHoolboy Q’s third Top 10 album.
AD LOADING...
Of course, the “CHopstix” rapper has been promising this album for some time now – once telling fans that they could expect it at the top of 2021.
He also promised during a performance at London’s O2 Academy Brixton in January 2020 that his follow-up album would be released in 2020.
AD LOADING...
“I’ma constantly be here bruh, I’m not lying to you, I swear to God,” he said. “I’ma drop a whole other album this year, I promise you that. I promise you that, I’m not lying this time! And I’m the most lying-ist muthafucka ever! I’ll drop next month. Yeah right. N-gga, I’m dropping an album this year, I promise you that.
“I’ve been working on this album since CrasH Talk came out. I been working non-stop. I constantly work because I’m hungry and I love to create. And every time when I come out and I see my fans, it makes me appreciate this shit way more than what it is.”
AD LOADING...
As of now, ScHoolboy Q’s last music drop was the one-off single “Soccer Dad” in April 2022. Listen to the Tae Beast, DJ Fu and Skhye Hutch-produced track here.
