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Don Toliver has been on a roll this decade, and it looks like he has no plans of slowing down. He just released a new music video, but the subject may surprise you. It's for the 2023 Love Sick deluxe cut "No Pole," and sees the Cactus Jack signee pull up to a supermarket with his driver. While Don discovers empty aisles with cold cinematography, the driver falls into a trance watching a stripper on a lamppost and fails to notice the quicksand – or quick-concrete? – swallowing him and the car. When Toliver steps out, we fear he might succumb to the spell as well.
Overall, it's a pretty creative concept with unorthodox presentation that came out around Love Sick's two-year anniversary. But that wasn't the only discog tribute as of late, as Don Toliver's new music video for "TORE UP" also came out recently. Like "No Pole," this one also benefits a lot from cinematic takes and a larger-than-life approach, albeit with more grit to it. It's interesting to see these catalog reversions come to life even months after they came out.
But if you're looking for new Don Toliver music, he's even got you covered there. He recently released the "LV Bag" collab with BTS' j-hope and Pharrell Williams, which goes to show that he's making his presence and efforts in the game very clear. We don't really know if this is all a part of something greater or if we just found the Houston creative's team at a creative and casual time. Either way, kudos for challenging the notion that visual treatments have an expiration date, as you never know when the perfect idea will finally pop into your head.
In addition, there is plenty of speculation around what Don Toliver's next project will be. Some fans even thought that his new music teases hinted at JACKBOYS 2 coming soon with Travis Scott and company. Will that pan out? Who knows? But as Don's promotional gears rev up into high gear, we can't imagine that he doesn't have something big to share with his fans soon.
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Kevin Abstract, like his stage name suggests, is back with another creative record. "GEEZER" is the name, and it sports a feature from singer, rapper, and actor, Dominic Fike. This now makes this their second ever collaboration, with the first being 2019's "Peach" from Kevin's ARIZONA BABY.
This track is also kind of special as it serves as the lead single for the former BROCKHAMPTON member's next solo LP, Blush. Per Hypebeast, fans should expect it to drop on June 27. Per Genius, its shaping up to be a stacked project too with potential features from JPEGMAFIA, The Kid LAROI, Danny Brown, Quadeca, and more.
Of course, this will be Kevin Abstract's fourth solo LP with American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story, ARIZONA BABY, and 2023's Blanket being the predecessors.
On "GEEZER," him and Fike have some great chemistry over this indie instrumental, which shouldn't be a surprise. The duo has some great humor about them too. They cheekily rap about being afraid of not chasing their dreams.
The parent element goes a long way in urging listeners to not feel like you are bound to one path in life. "I said, "Damn, back then you used to be my right hand" / What happened? / She said, "Dad, you got old and then you ruined my plans," Fike raps.
Check out the track below.
Quotable Lyrics:
She ain't get accepted where the teacher recommended (Uh-oh)
She still makin' coffee at the age of thirty-seven (Uh-oh)
I know it's a small town, but the mall now looks small now
I guess the lesson is never let your guard down
Banks put up the buildings and your parents build the fences
Please don't stay behind them in your mid-twenties
