Lil Baby is making ready to launch his long-awaited album, The Leaks, due Friday, September 5. The venture arrives after a brief delay from its authentic August 15 date, a postponement that has solely added to the buildup. With options from Playboi Carti, Young Thug, and Lil Yachty, the Atlanta rapper is leaning on acquainted collaborators to anchor what could also be his most mentioned launch in years.

The 17-song tracklist stretches huge, pulling in G Herbo, LUCKI, Veeze, Rylo Rodriguez, and Skooly. On the manufacturing aspect, Lil Baby has enlisted an equally heavy roster—Wheezy, Murda Beatz, TM88, and BabyWave amongst them—a lineup that each one however ensures a variety of sounds. For the rapper, The Leaks serves as each an archival launch and an opportunity to fold once-unfinished tracks into his official catalog.

Lil Baby Turns ‘Leaks’ right into a Statement

Much of the dialog across the album has unfolded on-line, the place followers have lengthy circulated snippets of those songs. On Reddit, the thought of reclaiming leaked materials has been met with enthusiasm. “It’s refreshing to see an artist embrace their unreleased material—there’s no revenue in songs that stay hidden away. As a devoted fan of Lil Baby, I’ve been enjoying many of these leaks unofficially for years,” one commenter wrote. Another pointed to “Get Along,” a posse minimize that includes Lil Yachty, LUCKI, and Veeze, including, “Track 14 has immense potential; it’s great to see a mainstream posse cut making its way into the spotlight.”

The rollout, nonetheless, hasn’t been freed from hypothesis. On the monitor “Otha Boy,” listeners anticipate thinly veiled jabs at Gunna and Offset, with lyrics rumored to reference Gunna’s health routine. Whether these rivalries floor immediately or not, the breadth of the venture suggests Lil Baby is aiming to steadiness sharp-tongued bars with crowd-pleasing anthems.

And this launch could solely be the start. In a latest dwell stream with PlaqueBoyMax, he confirmed extra music is already lined up. “I’m actually dropping two albums, though. I’m dropping another album, like, four weeks after that, something like that. I wasn’t even planning on releasing this one,” he stated—a sign that The Leaks may mark the beginning of an unusually prolific stretch.