TM88 & Pi’erre Bourne Give The Fans What They Want With The Release of “Block Boy”
Today, TM88 and Pi'erre Bourne come through with “Block boy,” a dope new collaboration soaked with colorful synths, bold lyrics, and memorable shoutouts to their day ones. “Block boy” serves as the first offering from their forthcoming joint album, Yo!88, which is set to drop on December 10th, which just might be December’s strongest New Music Friday with releases from Rick Ross, Juice Wrld, and Curren$y too.
On Yo!88 fans can expect lustrous and unique lyricism from Pi’erre Bourne rapping over the beats crafted from TM88 taking the reins on the full production. Yo!88 is a long time coming—the two hitmakers have been teasing the album in interviews and online for a while now. Naturally, that’s only led fans to speculate about what’s to come and given the two artists’ genuine friendship and natural chemistry, it isn’t hard to see why.
For years now, these two have helped define an era of Hip Hop. GRAMMY®/NAACP nominated, TM88 helped develop the vibrant aesthetic of trap music from the 2010s to now. In 2017, he produced Lil Uzi Vert’s "XO TOUR Llif3,” a song that’s been certified 7x platinum since its release. This year, the Atlanta native picks up 2 more GRAMMY®️ nominations off producing “Way 2 Sexy,” a Future and Young Thug-assisted Drake record that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
For his part, Pi’erre Bourne first left his mark as a producer. He kicked off his career working on massive singles for Playboi Carti (“Magnolia”), topped Billboard’s Hot 100 Producer chart working with Lil Uzi Vert (Eternal Atake), and eventually became a GRAMMY® Award winning producer (Kanye West’s Jesus Is King) – all the while establishing himself as a successful rapper in his own right with his solo critically acclaimed albums The Life of Pi'erre 4 and The Life of Pi'erre 5, which was recently listed as one of Complex’s “Top 50 Albums of 2021”.
Now, the two are teaming up, and if tracks like “Block boy” are any indication, their combined powers should position them to make another seismic impact with Yo!88.
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