MixTrapNation.net: August 2015

The time has arrived for Jersey’s instant superstar to show the world what he’s really made of. The 300 signee has announced his debut LP will arrive on September 25th, several days before the Grammy deadline- smart move. Fetty Wap tells ABC News that the set has been done for 2 months now and that he’s just waiting to get it mixed and master. Wap currently has 3 hits on Billboard’s HOT 100 chart with “Trap Queen” currently sitting at #9, “My Way” featuring Drake at #10 and “679” sitting at #17. Kind of good for a rookie, huh? Lyor Cohen called the Jersey upstart “brilliant” and that he’s developed a new style AND sound. Fetty Wap will drop the so far unnamed debut project via 300 Entertainment.

Young Thug is the subject of the new Dazed cover story, and although he doesn’t talk much, he does give a little insight into his songwriting process, his love for Atlanta, and his ambition to make money and take care of his family. In “Halftime,” Thugger says, “I swear every time I dress myself it go motherfuckin’ viral,” and in his new cover shoot, he takes the opportunity to get people talking again by wearing a tutu in the photo shoot. His sister/day-to-day manager didn’t approve. See a couple excerpts below, photos above, and read the full cover story here. On his songwriting process: “I think as I go. I can’t remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can’t. I just do it bar for bar. I did a song in eight minutes. I thought everybody could write songs that fast. But working with a lot of them, they don’t. Wayne and Drake, it takes them so long to do a song. I understand why, because they want it to be perfect. But I think I can do a perfect song in ten minutes. I did ‘Danny Glover’ in eight minutes. ‘Stoner’ took me almost an hour.” The moment his sister saw him in a tutu: “Take it off!” a woman’s scream announces, bouncing off the mansion’s marble walls. It’s Amina, Thug’s sister and day-to-day manager, alarmed at the sight of her sibling in a grey tulle dress with tutu skirt by Molly Goddard.“TAKE THE TUTU OFF, NOW!” Thug shrugs – he’s already posed for the shot.