{"id":794242,"date":"2019-03-28T02:34:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T08:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=814366"},"modified":"2019-03-28T02:34:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T08:34:24","slug":"lil-kim-announces-first-new-album-in-14-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/lil-kim-announces-first-new-album-in-14-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Kim Announces First New Album in 14 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/shutterstock_9060777ho.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lil-kim\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lil-kim\" data-tag=\"lil-kim\">Lil Kim<\/a> will drop a new album on May 17. The rapper announced via Twitter that her latest full-length, which will be her fifth LP and first in 14 years, is titled <em>9<\/em>. The music video for the album\u2019s single, \u201cGo Awff,\u201d is expected Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.2709677419355\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Drip Too Hard ? | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoAwff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#GoAwff<\/a> Video out Friday ? | New Album \u201c9\u201d drops May 17th ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FjPM47dEbo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/FjPM47dEbo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lil&#8217; Kim (@LilKim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilKim\/status\/1110396855601516545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">March 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lil Kim\u2019s last album, <em>The Naked Truth<\/em>, came out in 2005 and she has continued releasing mixtapes in the years since. Her most recent, <em>Lil Kim Season<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lil-kim-talks-new-mixtape-bad-boy-reunion-show-brooklyn-pride-226745\/\">arrived<\/a> in 2016. \u201cGo Awff,\u201d which featured a sample of The xx\u2019s \u201cDangerous,\u201d dropped last month. The new album was originally expected last year after the rapper kicked off the release with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZkP-VdfhzMI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">track<\/a> called \u201cNasty One.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jc3FmPY9JYU?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/missy-elliott\/\" id=\"auto-tag_missy-elliott\" data-tag=\"missy-elliott\">Missy Elliott<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissyElliott\/status\/1110421914516930560\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">offered her support<\/a> when Lil Kim announced <em>9<\/em>. \u201cCongratulations sis,\u201d her fellow rapper wrote on Twitter. \u201cCan\u2019t wait.\u201d There\u2019s no news on the album\u2019s tracklist or potential collaborations yet.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Lil Kim congratulated Cardi B on winning Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards. The rapper tweeted, \u201cThank U Jesus!!!! Look at God ? Congratulations boo @iamcardib you deserve it!! So happy for you \u2764\ufe0f #GRAMMYs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lil-kim-announces-first-new-album-14-years-814366\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Kim will drop a new album on May 17. The rapper announced via Twitter that her latest full-length, which will be her fifth LP and first in 14 years, is titled 9. The music video for the album\u2019s single, \u201cGo Awff,\u201d is expected Friday. Drip Too Hard ? | #GoAwff Video out Friday ? 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