THE GOAT IS BACK

THE GOAT IS BACK

Oh my God, yeah. The champ is here. The goat is back. The king has returned. Who am I talking about? You don't already know. There's only one person. That is my man, the Canadian king. My number one, Mr. Not Good himself, Nav, vocalist, rapper, singer, producer, extraordinaire. More talent in his pinkie than your favorite rapper has. If he lived five lifetimes, a guy who is literally running the game so hard right now. He barely even ever drops. He only drops when he feels like it. And on top of it, Drake and Kendrick Lamar, losers, who just spent four weeks writing poems to each other because they have such a freaking crush on one another. You guys make me sick. Their little beef just ended out of nowhere, obviously, because they heard NAV was on the way.

My guy Nav, he announced a brand new album On My Way 2 Rexdale, dropping this summer. We are eating so good. And like the GOAT that he is, my guy put out an album trailer for the record, which I got to see because I know there's going to be layers and easter eggs and epic visuals in this thing that we got to see. So before this game-changing album, let's take a look at this game-changing trailer and get a sense of what exactly Nav has in store.

Okay, so a couple of things. I know we're only five seconds in. Oh, my God, the goosebumps on my skin right now. Obviously, my dude is in the desert. Why? Because the rap game, it's dry, it's parched, it's lifeless, it's a barren wasteland, scorched sun beating down onto the sand. Not only that, but my goat is walking down a lonely road, totally solitary. He's just a wolf, a predator without prey, just existing in solitude as Nav does. He's just on a plane. He's in a space, creatively, where he just can't be touched. He has no peers. He sees no one for miles in all directions because that's just Nav.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. The storm is coming. What's going to happen? Clouds, thunder. Also, cactus. Is this a Travis Scott dis? Travis Scott, Cactus Jack, storm coming. This is impending doom for Travis Scott. Also the cactus looking quite phallic. Just going to say that. Skull, death, devil, snake, serpent, temptation, Adam and Eve biting the apple. But he's in the desert. There's no apples in the desert.

Nav jump scare, man. He's staring out into the air. Into the storm. What's going to happen? The lightning is going through him. What's happening? He's just being overtaken by the electricity. He's going full electro guy. Man, once he's charged up like Raiden, Mortal Kombat style, he's going to be unstable. He's going crazy. He's screaming. The pain, the rush.

Also, notice, rare moment here that we're seeing Nav, no glasses, no anything. Rare moment of expression, too. Nav is usually just posted up so cool like a cucumber. Sunglasses, no emotion on his face, just totally numb to the world. That's the usual Nav. This Nav over here, new Aaron Nav, he's shocking.

Okay, we're going into a Nav dream vortex. Production equipment, huggies. Man, if I was getting shocked to death by a lightning bolt. Location-wise, this looks like he's hanging out in the American Southwest, but then there's a pyramid. I don't know if the pyramids are there. Nav, bravely staring down the Illuminati. Illuminati, I'm not afraid of you. As long as my goat's not afraid, I'm not afraid.

That's it, ladies and gents. That's Nav. That's the Brown Boy. He is back. He is ready to take on snakes, storms, cacti, the Illuminati. He is about to deliver unto us the album of the summer.

Yeah, I mean, what was that recent Drake update on his story, post-beef, where he's like, "Oh, we're going to do some summer vibe soon" So you thought. You're not the only summer Canadian in town, buddy. Better make sure whenever you drop whatever that thing is that you're going to drop music, you better not be anywhere near Rexdale.

I'm going to leave it there. Let me know what you guys think. Nav, he's back. New album on the way. What are you hoping for? What are your expectations, your hopes, your dreams?

Anthony Fantano, Nav, Rexdale. Forever.

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