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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 50043" data-attributes="member: 81"><a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/sabrina-claudio-the-eye-performance-better-version/" target="_blank">The Eye</a> usually features up-and-coming artists taking to a minimal studio space for a one-shot, black-and-white performance of discography highlights, with just a single microphone and camera capturing the rendition. That’s mostly true for the latest installment, but this time, performing is somebody we’ve already known well for years now: <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kevin-gates-intro-video-khaza-big-lyfe-tour-dates/" target="_blank">Kevin Gates</a>.The Louisiana rapper has been at it for well over a decade, with his first brush with mainstream success coming in 2013 via the Stranger Than Fiction mixtape, his first release to land on the Billboard 200. A few years after that, in 2016, he dropped his debut album, Islah, which managed a peak all the way up at No. 2. The 2019 follow-up I’m Him also fared well, topping out at No. 4. Most recently, his third album, June’s Khaza (which we named one of our <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/the-most-anticipated-hip-hop-albums-of-summer-2022/" target="_blank">most-anticipated rap albums of the summer</a>), was the rapper’s third straight top-10 LP. (A couple mixtapes, 2017’s By Any Means 2 and 2018’s Luca Brasi 3, also both peaked at No. 4.)So, Gates comes into his new performance for The Eye with a wealth of experience and success by his side. With the instrumental backing him, Gates goes hard for two minutes, sometimes spitting quick-paced verses and sometimes delivering some tender singing.On the vulnerable track, a single from Khaza, he sings of a woman he loves, for better or worse. Lyrics include, “No one loves you like I will / Feel like Yung Bleu ’cause you mines still / Baby, tell me what the fuck they know ’bout our love / Our love is a fire inside and it’s burnin’ forever.”Watch Gates perform “Bad For Me” for The Eye above.Kevin Gates is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kevin-gates-the-eye-performance-bad-for-me/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 50043, member: 81"] [I][URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/sabrina-claudio-the-eye-performance-better-version/']The Eye[/URL][/I] usually features up-and-coming artists taking to a minimal studio space for a one-shot, black-and-white performance of discography highlights, with just a single microphone and camera capturing the rendition. That’s mostly true for the latest installment, but this time, performing is somebody we’ve already known well for years now: [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/kevin-gates-intro-video-khaza-big-lyfe-tour-dates/']Kevin Gates[/URL]. The Louisiana rapper has been at it for well over a decade, with his first brush with mainstream success coming in 2013 via the [I]Stranger Than Fiction[/I] mixtape, his first release to land on the [I]Billboard[/I] 200. A few years after that, in 2016, he dropped his debut album, [I]Islah[/I], which managed a peak all the way up at No. 2. The 2019 follow-up [I]I’m Him[/I] also fared well, topping out at No. 4. Most recently, his third album, June’s [I]Khaza[/I] (which we named one of our [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/the-most-anticipated-hip-hop-albums-of-summer-2022/']most-anticipated rap albums of the summer[/URL]), was the rapper’s third straight top-10 LP. (A couple mixtapes, 2017’s [I]By Any Means 2[/I] and 2018’s [I]Luca Brasi 3[/I], also both peaked at No. 4.) So, Gates comes into his new performance for [I]The Eye[/I] with a wealth of experience and success by his side. With the instrumental backing him, Gates goes hard for two minutes, sometimes spitting quick-paced verses and sometimes delivering some tender singing. On the vulnerable track, a single from [I]Khaza[/I], he sings of a woman he loves, for better or worse. Lyrics include, “No one loves you like I will / Feel like Yung Bleu ’cause you mines still / Baby, tell me what the fuck they know ’bout our love / Our love is a fire inside and it’s burnin’ forever.” Watch Gates perform “Bad For Me” for [I]The Eye[/I] above. [I]Kevin Gates is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.[/I] [url="https://uproxx.com/music/kevin-gates-the-eye-performance-bad-for-me/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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