Quando Rondo Guides Listeners Through His Life On "Here For A Reason"

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Rondo's here to show all sorts of sides of him on his third album.

Savannah, Georgia rapper and auto-crooner, Quando Rondo, is back on the album scene this weekend with Here For A Reason. It's the 25-year-old's third studio album, and first since 2023's Recovery. Prior to the full release, he got the rollout started with "Cash" at the tail end of 2023 during some serious legal issues. Then, in August of this year, Rondo dropped off an additional five singles. "Gotta Do Better & Pray" got things started and that then led to the precursing EP Here for a Reason: In The Darkest Time. Finally, from October 18 to just hours before the LP, Rondo gave fans three more, with one of them being a tribute to his late cousin, Lul Pab. All of that brings to us November 15 and the 17-song album.

Across the body of work, Quando's detailing his life and the various emotions he's dealt with as he's grown up literally and mentally. It's probably his most mature record to date with various bars proving that to be the case. For example, on "Boy To Man," he raps, "I got my mind on the struggle with my heart in the gutter and my grind on my hustle." Overall, the record comes at another interesting time in his life, with the weight of his cousin's death on his mind and the noise surrounding Lil Durk's murder-for-hire arrest. Coincidentally, the messages and themes on Here For A Reason feel like an accurate representation of Quando Rondo's thought process over these last couple of months. See if you share that opinion by listening to the project below.

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Here For A Reason - Quando Rondo

Here For A Reason Tracklist:

  1. Bady Guy
  2. Gotta Do Better & Pray
  3. Life Goes On
  4. Pour It
  5. Could've Been Me
  6. Boy To Man
  7. Luh Wodie
  8. Rollin' (feat. Winter Rae)
  9. What Do You Know
  10. My Lingo
  11. Grow Up
  12. Traded
  13. Aw Yeah
  14. Street Love
  15. Point Of View
  16. Cash
  17. Don't Give Up On Me

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Zachary Horvath
Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.
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