Benny The Butcher Gives Explanation For New Album Delay, But Still Calls It AOTY

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The Griselda-affiliated MC may not be as ready as he thought he was, but we're apparently not ready at all for what he cooked up.

While Benny The Butcher's new album Everybody Can't Go saw a delay, it's still shaping up to be one of the best rap albums of the year. Moreover, the "Super Plug" rapper recently explained on social media why the album didn't come out this week as expected. "My album ain’t coming out tonight or tomorrow," he remarked in the clip. "I wasn't as ready as I thought I was. Just know when you hear my s**t it's gonna be better than all this other s**t you've been hearing all year." With its announcement last year (and the proclamation that it would be the best Def Jam album since DMX's debut), he's building up a game-shifting release here.

Considering the Griselda affiliate's incredible body of work so far, this doesn't seem too hard of a promise to live up to for him. With the help of frequent collaborator Hit-Boy behind the boards for many tracks, Everybody Can't Go is probably going to be just as good, if not better, than it would've been if it released this week. Furthermore, this is understandably not the only time that Benny The Butcher gassed up his own albums. For example, last year's Tana Talk 4 was a strong album of the year contender as he predicted.

Benny The Butcher Speaks On Album Delay

"While n***as be talking their s**t, who wanna bet my s**t go cr*zy when I drop Tana Talk 4?" Benny The Butcher said back then in an Instagram video. "If anybody doubting me, who wanna bet? What we talking about? Who wanna bet me? I know the same n***as who be talking that s**t. What are we doing right now? Album of the year, who wanna bet me right now? Album of the year for consideration, before it even came out or even heard a single. I got 10 bands to anyone's five, and I got 20 bands to anyone's 10. Who wants to take that bet?"

Meanwhile, this is a huge and wonderful year for the 38-year-old regardless of Everybody Can't Go, though that's certainly a plus. He recently announced that he married his longtime girlfriend. Congratulations to the newlyweds, and we wish them all the happiness in the world; specifically, we wish this album will be as good as it sounds on paper. On that note, check back in with HNHH for the latest news and updates on Benny The Butcher.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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