JID Gears Up for 'God Does Like Ugly' With 'GDLU (Preluxe)'
JIDis just heating up. With his fourth studio album due out in just over a month now,God Does Like Ugly,the artfully penned Atlanta rapper is revving us up for the anticipated release with a proper prelude to the project, or what he's calling a 'Preluxe.'
TheDreamvillerapper has packaged four tracks that didn't end up making the finalGod Does Like Uglytracklist into a straight-to-the-point EP dubbed theGDLU (Preluxe).Now, while JID did drop his '32 (Freestyle)' earlier in the week (the same day he announced the surprise July 4 release ofPreluxe),the rapper's latest freestyle installment isn't one of the four new tracks. 'Behold' opens the mixtape as the only solo track, followed by features withLil Yachty,6LACKandEminem.
If the throwaway project includes an Eminem feature, there's no telling what JID has in store on the properGDLUrelease next month. Possibly an 'Animals (Pt. 2)?'
1. Behold2. Knew Better (with Lil Yachty)3. Lisa (with 6LACK)4. Animals (Pt. 1) (with Eminem)
StreamGDLU (Preluxe)– out everywhere now, and expectGod Does Like Uglyto drop everywhere on Friday, August 8.
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