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Alternate versions of CDs for 21 Savage’s new album, What Happened to the Streets, are being listed for more than one thousand dollars on eBay, according to Kurrco. Only 2,100 copies were produced, and they originally sold for just nine dollars and ninety eight cents. The resale price reflects a staggering nine thousand nine hundred twenty percent increase from the original cost.
Fans online have reacted with disbelief after hearing the news. “Anyone spending one thousand dollars on a 21 Savage CD needs to be put on some sort of list,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Another fan added, “The music is so f*cking fake now. Bots buying up album alt album covers all to milk album sales.”
21 Savage is scheduled to release What Happened to the Streets on Friday, December 12. The announcement arrived only a few days after he officially unveiled the project, posting a black and white teaser trailer on Instagram on Monday. He has not yet shared a tracklist, and details about guest features remain unknown.
In the comment section of the trailer, several artists appeared to show support for the upcoming album. Conway the Machine, G Herbo, DJ Khaled, and Zaytoven were among those who left messages. Apple Music currently displays fourteen tracks on the album, none of which have been released as singles.
What Happened to the Streets will be his first new album in nearly two years, following American Dream, which arrived in January 2024. That project opened at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, earning one hundred thirty three thousand total album equivalent units in its debut week.
Earlier this month, Savage drew attention when an old interview from June resurfaced on social media. In the clip, he discussed his perspective on rap beefs in the aftermath of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s highly publicized feud in 2024. “I do not really believe in rap beef,” he said at the time. “I do not come from that world though, I feel like it depends what world you come from. […] If you say certain sht about me in a song, I amma slap the fck out you when I see you. You are gonna have to stand on that sht when you see me, I do not really believe in certain sht.”
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Johnny Marr has released his latest song, ‘It’s Time’, which finds the musician confronting “assholes with dodgy views”. Listen to it below.
The single provides another preview of Marr’s forthcoming fifth solo record, ‘The Age Of Everything’, which arrives on October 2. He has already introduced the project through ‘Spin’ and ‘Ophelia’.
On ‘It’s Time’, Marr addresses corruption and cynicism while holding on to a sense of hope. Discussing its meaning, he said: “‘It’s Time’ is my way of singing about some worldly issues but finding defiance in idealism.”
“I wanted a lyric that matched the exuberance of the music but is actually about resisting cynicism and corruption: ‘Everybody ain’t making it, change the weather and breaking it. Mobilise to know the truth. Open eyes to know the truth.’ I guess it’s about the assholes with dodgy views,” he added.
The accompanying video was captured earlier this year during the largest headline concert of Marr’s solo career. Filming took place at his sold out homecoming performance at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester. Watch it below.
‘The Age Of Everything’ follows Marr’s 2022 release ‘Fever Dreams Pts 1–4’. In its four star review, NME described that project as “a soulful record fuelled by fresh ideas”.
Marr also issued a concert album titled ‘Look Out Live!’ last year. The 22 song collection was recorded at London’s Eventim Apollo during his 2024 ‘Spirit Power’ tour.
More recently, Marr appeared on Gorillaz album ‘The Mountain’ and joined the group onstage in London last September. He also participated in the celebrity filled ‘Help(2)’ benefit album for War Child. In 2023, Marr put out a career spanning compilation, which included the previously unreleased song ‘Somewhere’.
Elsewhere, Morrissey and Marr recently contributed to a rare new seven inch pressing by The Smiths for an upcoming Rough Trade collection.
The famous independent London label will issue the second instalment of its newly manufactured classic singles series, ‘Rough Trade 45s: Volume 2’, on October 30. The collection will contain music from The Fall, Aztec Camera, Mazzy Star, Scritti Politti, Robert Wyatt and additional artists. Only 1,000 copies will be available when it arrives on October 30. Place an advance order here.
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