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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 20202" data-attributes="member: 81">Leikeli47’s upcoming album Shape Up is one of Uproxx’s <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/the-most-anticipated-hip-hop-albums-of-spring-2022/" target="_blank">most anticipated hip-hop albums of spring 2022</a>, and the masked MC dropped by The Tonight Show studio to show why. Wearing a pink Celine sweatshirt with her customary Nike Air Maxes and bandana balaclava, she performed a fiery rendition of the album’s lead single “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-chitty-bang/" target="_blank">Chitty Bang</a>” in a stripped-down set backed by her DJ/hype man, who you may know as former annual “Rap Up” rapper Skillz(!).The Virginia rapper — Leikeli, not Skillz — took a long and well-deserved break after her last album, 2018’s Acrylic. She reappeared in the summer of 2020 with “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-zoom-video/" target="_blank">Zoom</a>,” ostensibly the first single from her comeback album. However, it seemed she wanted to perfect the album in question, heading back to the studio for another year and a half before returning with “Chitty Bang” in January this year. Shortly afterward, she announced the release date for Shape Up (May 13) with the single “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-shape-up-bitm/" target="_blank">BITM</a>.” The most recently released single, “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-ll-cool-j-video/" target="_blank">LL Cool J</a>,” continued Leikeli’s tradition of mystery. Now, with the album right around the corner, it’s time to see whether Shape Up is worth the wait — and judging from the output so far, it should be.Watch Leikeli47 perform “Chitty Bang” on The Tonight Show above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-chitty-bang-fallon-tonight/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 20202, member: 81"] Leikeli47’s upcoming album [I]Shape Up[/I] is one of Uproxx’s [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/the-most-anticipated-hip-hop-albums-of-spring-2022/']most anticipated hip-hop albums of spring 2022[/URL], and the masked MC dropped by [I]The Tonight Show[/I] studio to show why. Wearing a pink Celine sweatshirt with her customary Nike Air Maxes and bandana balaclava, she performed a fiery rendition of the album’s lead single “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-chitty-bang/']Chitty Bang[/URL]” in a stripped-down set backed by her DJ/hype man, who you may know as former annual “Rap Up” rapper Skillz(!). The Virginia rapper — Leikeli, not Skillz — took a long and well-deserved break after her last album, 2018’s [I]Acrylic[/I]. She reappeared in the summer of 2020 with “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-zoom-video/']Zoom[/URL],” ostensibly the first single from her comeback album. However, it seemed she wanted to perfect the album in question, heading back to the studio for another year and a half before returning with “Chitty Bang” in January this year. Shortly afterward, she announced the release date for [I]Shape Up[/I] (May 13) with the single “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-shape-up-bitm/']BITM[/URL].” The most recently released single, “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-ll-cool-j-video/']LL Cool J[/URL],” continued Leikeli’s tradition of mystery. Now, with the album right around the corner, it’s time to see whether [I]Shape Up[/I] is worth the wait — and judging from the output so far, it should be. Watch Leikeli47 perform “Chitty Bang” on [I]The Tonight Show[/I] above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/leikeli47-chitty-bang-fallon-tonight/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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