Pop Smoke Runs This Week's "Fire Emoji" Playlist

BYAron A.Updated on September 26, 20221321 Views

Another weekly update of our "Fire Emoji" playlist including three new cuts from Pop Smoke's second posthumous album, "Faith."

The late Pop Smoke wasn't here for his summer 2020 reign. The release of Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon rang out for the remainder of 2020, and continues to do numbers to this day. On Friday, the follow-up release, Faith arrived in its entirety. The project is loaded with 20 songs, and similar to SFTSAFTM, there's an overwhelming amount of collaborators. Some unexpected, like Dua Lipa, while others assist in emphasizing Brooklyn's drill sound.

For this week's Fire Emoji playlist, we've got a whole lot of Pop Smoke holding it down. Three songs off of the project highlight this week's update. For starters, it was only right that we included the Pusha T and Kanye West-assisted banger, "Tell The Vision." Despite 'Ye's contributions being absolutely minimal, Pop, Push and Kanye make an intriguing trio on wax. It would've been nice to get this collab while Pop Smoke was still alive.

Another collaboration that's received praise across the board is "Bout A Million." With features coming from 21 Savage and 42 Dugg, the three rappers dive into Axl's production with lavish flexes.

While there are plenty of features on the project, Pop Smoke always thrives when he's left to his own devices. On "Coupe," he delivers a stellar solo track that's definitely meant to have on rotation.

Check out the latest Fire Emoji update below.

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Aron A.

Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.

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