Key Takeaways:

• The album’s new launch date is reportedly Dec. 5, following a number of delays since its unique announcement.
• Fans on social media are break up between frustration and optimism, with some calling out the repeated pushbacks.
• The album is anticipated to incorporate 16 tracks.

It’s beginning to really feel like Roddy Ricch’s third studio LP would possibly by no means come out. On Monday (Oct. 13), THE NAVY ALBUM was reportedly postponed for the umpteenth time.

The challenge was lastly set to drop subsequent Friday (Oct. 24), however now it seems to be like followers is likely to be ready till Dec. 5. “Bro,” one X consumer wrote alongside a crying face emoji and screenshots displaying each delay up to now.

If the rumors are true, this would be the fifth time THE NAVY ALBUM has been pushed again because it was first teased in May 2024. Originally, it was slated for Dec. 6, 2024, earlier than being delayed to Feb. 21 of this yr. Then, the challenge confronted three extra delays, the final of which named the discharge date as Oct. 24. At least Roddy Ricch gave followers one thing to carry onto together with his Terrace Martin–assisted single, “Lonely Road.”

“Surely, we have to accept we aren’t getting this new Roddy Ricch album this year… Never seen so many pushbacks,” one particular person tweeted. Another consumer claimed the “Die Young” rapper is “clearly too afraid of criticism to release his album.”

Fortunately, not everybody has given up on the Compton native delivering a late album-of-the-year contender. “I know Roddy Ricch’s [THE] NAVY ALBUM is going to be the greatest of all time, so I’m patient,” one optimistic fan mentioned. “No matter the release date, I’ll be there!” See extra reactions beneath.

According to its pre-save hyperlink on Apple music, THE NAVY ALBUM is anticipated to span 16 songs, together with “Survivor’s Remorse” and the beforehand talked about “Lonely Road.” No motive has been formally confirmed as for why the challenge would possibly’ve seen a number of delays; nonetheless, it could possibly be attributable to sample-clearance points, last-minute additions or the label — Roddy Ricch is signed with Atlantic Records — ready for a greater advertising and marketing window.

The rapper’s final album, LIVE LIFE FAST, dropped in 2021, although it didn’t fairly do the numbers he anticipated. “That song [‘late at night’] was such a crazy song that people caught on two to three months later,” he explained to DJ Akademiks the next yr. “If I would have dropped an album within that [time frame] and did whatever I did (62,000 album-equivalent units), I would have dropped, and I would have been 180,000 up.”