Teyana Taylor’s ‘The Album’ Set For Release This Friday
The hotly-anticipated new title features special guests Rick Ross, Erykah Badu, Quavo, Missy Elliott, Future, Big Sean & more.
Teyana Taylor has announced her highly anticipated third LP, The Album, will be released on Juneteenth aka Friday, 19 June through G.O.O.D Music/Def Jam Recordings. The Album features special guests Rick Ross, Erykah Badu, Quavo, Missy Elliott, Future, Big Sean & more.
The announcement of the new record release date comes on the heels of another very special reveal: Taylor’s pregnancy with her second child. The singer revealed the news on Friday in her intimate, self-directed video for ‘Wake Up Love’ featuring her husband Iman Shumpert, and daughter Junie. Taylor’s increasingly significant and dynamic body of a work as a director was celebrated today with a 2020 BET Award nomination for Best Director.
Tapped by Pitchfork as one of the “most anticipated albums of the summer,” The Album also features Taylor’s new graduation anthem ‘Made It,’ pegged by NPR as a “a triumphant, isolation-proof anthem for the Class of 2020,” the Janet Jackson-approved viral sensation ‘Bare Wit Me’, and ‘How You Want It? (HYWI?)’ featuring King Combs.
Since 2018’s KTSE, Teyana Taylor’s star has continued to rise; from her successful career as video director and continued investment in her production company, The Aunties, to her acting and modeling career, to a string of scintillating self-directed singles and videos, including ‘Morning’ with Kehlani. The Album is poised to take her to the next level.
Taylor’s new record is the highly anticipated successor to K.T.S.E. from June 2018, her second album. K.T.S.E. (acronym for Keep That Same Energy) set off an 18-month chain reaction for Taylor, starting with its summertime Top 10 R&B smash ‘Gonna Love Me.’ She performed ‘Gonna Love Me’ (in a medley with ‘Rose In Harlem,’ another K.T.S.E. track) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Hip-hop audiences embraced the ‘Gonna Love Me’ remix featuring Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Raekwon, whose video was directed by Teyana Taylor.
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