Lil Baby Samples Drake & Jay-Z's "Pound Cake" For New Song Snippet

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Lil Baby attends the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California
Lil Baby is preparing to dominate the summer.

It's been two years since Lil Baby turned into an international superstar with the release of My Turn. The ATL rapper has kept fans waiting for his next project, though he hasn't been completely absent. He linked with Lil Durk last summer for Voice Of The Heroes, and continued to deliver a string of excellent guest verses. 

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Baby has continued to keep fans at the edge of their seats for the release of new music, and it seems like we aren't too far away. The rapper recently took to Instagram where he shared a snippet of a new song that contains the same Ellie Goulding sample that Drake and Jay-Z used on "Pound Cake." The rapper's syrupy, autotuned vocals dive into the muddy production with lavish flexes of private jets and sharing stages with Billie Eilish while reflecting on disloyalty and betrayal among people that he came up with.

"I’m Just Warming Up," he wrote, along with #Thissummermines.

Baby provided a brief update on the release of new music back in February. On his IG story, the rapper said that he was almost finished wrapping up his next project, and had new music on the way.

No word on when we could expect the recently teased single but it seems like Baby is in go-mode. Check out the snippet below.  



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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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