Key Takeaways:

• “DARK AURA” provides gasoline to Joey Bada$$’s feud along with his main label.
• The monitor follows delays to his album Lonely At The Top, which he blamed on Columbia Records.
• With “DARK AURA” and “ABK,” Joey is constructing momentum forward of his Aug. 29 album launch.

Joey Bada$$ is again with vengeance. On Monday (Aug. 18) morning, he fired off at main labels on his newest single, “DARK AURA.”

Over Chuck Strangers’ manufacturing, the Brooklyn rapper dishes out traces like, “You ain’t talkin’ money, you must be talkin’ a different language / Independent mindset, we ain’t f**kin’ with the majors / Can’t get back our time spent, gotta treat it like it’s sacred.”

Joey would possibly’ve simply been talking generally phrases on the monitor, however it’s most likely no coincidence given his recent frustration with Columbia Records. In July, he accused them of delaying his forthcoming album, Lonely At The Top, which was initially set to drop on Aug. 1. Check out the music video for “DARK AURA” beneath.

“I’ma just rip the Band-Aid off,” Joey informed followers in a since-deleted video. “The album is not dropping Aug. 1. I’m f**king sorry. I’m ashamed, I’m f**king disappointed. I wanted to take accountability and responsibility because I’m not ever gon’ leave y’all high and dry.”

In that very same clip, the 1999 artist revealed that he simply hasn’t been “f**king with” Columbia Records for some time now: “They really don’t f**king contribute to nothing, especially this year.” At one level, Joey even prompt he’d leak Lonely At The Top on YouTube.

Joey’s forthcoming undertaking — which is now slated for an Aug. 29 launch — has loads of momentum already, particularly after he is gone bar-for-bar with West Coast rappers like Ray Vaughn and AZ Chike. Plus, the Pro Era frontman gave followers a style of the album by performing its lead single “ABK” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Outside of music, the rapper welcomed his first youngster with Serayah in May. During the actress’ two-month postpartum update, she confirmed that they have been engaged. “My fiancé has held it down, you hear me! Through and through, that’s a good man, Savannah,” she wrote.