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TDE is closing 2022 with emphasis. Many Hip-Hop Heads eye next Friday (December 16) for Ab-Soul’s Herbert—the MC’s first album in over six years. However, today (December 9), Top Dawg Entertainment drops off one of the year’s most anticipated albums overall. SZA’s SOS arrives five years after 2017’s Grammy-nominated Ctrl. Featuring Don Toliver, Travis Scott, and a posthumous appearance from Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard, SOS also finds SZA spitting bars.

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“Smoking On My Ex Pack” is a different kind of ex song. “Roll the clip and run it back / I’m really like that / I’m really not friendly / I need my credit, ni**as hate that I need the numbers, I need the data / Got you talkin’ crazy Abracadabra, you ni**as Sideshow / I’m bobbin’ like Psycho You gassin’ like Texaco,” begins the songstress who grew up in New Jersey. In confronting past lovers, she takes jabs at rappers, period. “I’m f*ckin’ on heartthrobs / I got your favorite rapper blocked / I heard the d*ck was wack / Your favorite athlete screamin’, ‘Text me back’ / I make no exception / The lesser part of me loves all the cap / He screamin’, ‘Get back togеther!’ / I’m screamin’, ‘Back of the bus, trick!’” The song packs the bravado, as SZA avoids singing altogether.  The 33-year-old diva closes with emphasis, confronting her critics: “I wipe my phone and gave some dome, I beat the case / Them ‘h*e’ accusations weak / Them ‘b*tch’ accusations true / You hatin’ from nosebleeds, I wish you well.”

“Smoking On My Ex Pack” is produced by Jay Versace, who handled Boldy James’ 2020 Griselda Records LP, The Versace Tape. The producer also won a Grammy through CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST work for Tyler, The Creator.

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In addition to SZA’s new highlight, the AFH playlist currently features fresh music by Bun B & Statik Selektah, Vinnie Paz and Method Man, Apollo Brown & Philmore Green, Bobby Sessions, Benny The Butcher’s Black Soprano Family, Ab-Soul, and more.

#BonusBeat: A 2021 video by AFH that considers Top Dawg Entertainment among the greatest labels ever with a detailed label timeline: