Detroit's Babyface Ray is one of the smoothest rappers out there and luckily for us, he's about to drop a new project. Yesterday, he posted the trailer for this video on his Instagram account and captioned it with “album coming soon.”
Directed by Gerard Victor, “Rubberband Man” – a nod to TI's 2003 hit record of the same name – opens with a Wound report that Ray is in an apartment with so many boxes of cash, he doesn't know where to store a box that's in his hand. He also counts bread with fellow Detroit rappers Samuel Shabazz, Peezy and Boldy James in a kitchen and burns a stack of $100 after a hit score.
Speaking of scores, Big Treeze's production gives it a slick '80s action TV series feel (think Knight Rider) as Babyface nonchalantly tells the listener and his enemies to take their money. “I got bits of conversation so I let my wrist show,” he raps. He then refers to himself as “Mr. Put-That-Sh—t-On” and “Mr. Go-and-Get-That-Bag-And-Show-These-N—s-How-To-Do-It” and brags about his vintage whip, “Candy on the Old School, it looks just like a Prada shoe. ”
Babyface Ray is active this year. He dropped a bunch and had a handful of features, most notably with Lil Yachty on YG's single “Stupid” in an unlikely pairing that was so crazy, it worked.
There's no word yet on the album title, tracklist, or release date for this upcoming project, so we'll keep you posted.
The Detroit rapper's latest album, The summer minedecreased in July 2023.
