Rod Wave

Rod Wave Wants To Convince Us He's a Complicated Man On 'Beautiful Mind'. The trap crooner's real-life sins colors his music's macho aggression and heartbroken ...

As a result, Rod Wave spends much of Beautiful Mind‘s second half unpacking conflicted feelings over his partner. Looming over Beautiful Mind is Rod Wave’s arrest last May on a felony charge of domestic battery by strangulation, the result of an alleged incident with his on-and-off girlfriend and the mother of his two children. His tough-yet-sensitive image feels substantive, and not just a kind of bland, Post Malone-like anomie. A quiet storm radio interlude, “Pt. II,” samples K-Ci & Jo-Jo’s “Just for Your Love.” The opening of “Me vs. If he still feels a part of the rap world, it’s due to subtle touches, like stacking his verses into hard, anguished thrusts on “No Deal,” where he claims, “I’m trying to ball, niggas trying to take my life,” and says he doesn’t feel comfortable without carrying a .45 automatic handgun. On earlier releases, he sometimes toggled between a soft mid-range croon and a thick, bluesy bellow reminiscent of Kevin Gates. The latter remains a prime inspiration: “No Deal” finds Rod Wave reminiscing about his youth as he sings, “I was just on the bus stop, getting higher than my brain/Headphones in, listening to Kevin Gates.”

Rod Wave's 'SoulFly' follow-up was released on Friday. Spanning 24 tracks, the new album features appearances by Jack Harlow and December Joy.

“I wanted that shit to be perfect, because it was Drake, you know what I’m saying?” Rod explained, later spurring a response from Drake himself in the comments of an IG post from the official Complex account. Rod later responded to Drake’s show of support with some words of appreciation of his own. Ahead of the album’s rollout, Rod and Drake shared a friendly public exchange spurred by the former’s reflection on having ultimately elected to turn down a collaboration.

Drake has responded to Rod Wave's explanation as to why he didn't end up being featured on the Toronto rapper's "Lemon Pepper Freestyle."

I want to get in there and do some shit.’ I got this man CD for Christmas and was a little boy wathcing him. “He sent me the song and it took me a week to record. “A n-gga like Drake have to understand I got your CD for Christmas. At that moment, I just was like in shock and I was still adjusting to the shit,” he explained.

On Friday, August 12, the Florida rapper delivered his fourth studio album Beautiful Mind via Alamo Records. Rod's new body of work features 24 tracks including ...

When asked if he thought Drake was upset about not appearing on the record, Rod Wave said that he had a feeling that the Scary Hours 2 rapper wasn't mad about it. I was still adjusting to this s**t, adjusting to like, ‘Ok, this is me. I was listening to it and I was like, ‘I don’t know what to do on this muthaf**ka.'”

Rod Wave explains why he chose not to appear on Drake's "Lemon Pepper Freestyle" track. Drake responds to the 'Beautiful Mind' album creator.

I was still adjusting to this s###, adjusting to like, ‘Ok, this is me. Drake saw an Instagram clip from Rod Wave’s interview and reacted to the Alamo Records recording artist’s explanation. “I wanted the s### to be perfect because it’s Drake,” explained Rod Wave. “At that moment, I was still in shock.

Rod Wave has been lauded for years for his innate ability to convey sadness that many listeners feel as well through melodies and croons.

Despite Rod Wave being a “sad boy,” the people are pleased with his offering to a music landscape where sad boys arguably thrive more than ever before. — Ahmed/INeedHer.eth (@big_business_)August 12, 2022 Thus, his new album Beautiful Mind is being well received by the people and they are making their voices heard.