Leikeli47 sets release date for new album 'Shape Up,' shares new song "BITM"
Brooklyn rapper Leikeli47 has been talking about a new album called Shape Up since 2020, and now she has finally announced it. It’s due April 15 via Hardcover/RCA Records, and she considers it the finale to the trilogy that included her 2017 debut album Wash & Set and her 2018 sophomore album Acrylic (the latter of which we included in our list of the 100 best rap and R&B albums of the 2010s). The album features recently released single “Chitty Bang,” as well as the just-released “BITM,” which stands for “Bitch I’m The Man.” Over a dark, minimal house beat, Leikeli raps in the way that only she can, and the result is as uniquely great as you’d hope. The song comes with a video that features footage from her recent sold-out show at Brooklyn’s Elsewhere and footage of her attending the OTA Ball. Check it out below.
25 Best Rap and R&B Albums of the 2010s
25. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
24. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
23. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
22. Future – DS2
21. Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
20. Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
19. Rihanna – ANTI
18. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
17. A$AP Rocky – LONG.LIVE.A$AP
16. Tyler, the Creator – IGOR
15. Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside
14. Noname – Room 25
13. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
12. SZA – Ctrl
11. Beyonce – Beyonce
10. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
9. Drake – Take Care
8. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
7. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
6. Solange – A Seat at the Table
5. Frank Ocean – Blonde
4. Kanye West – Yeezus
3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Beyonce – Lemonade
1. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
See albums 100-26 here.