{"id":34158,"date":"2025-07-18T19:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/ilkmoney-releases-new-album-via-lex-records-ilkmoney-releases-new-hiphop-album\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T19:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:02:39","slug":"ilkmoney-releases-new-album-via-lex-records-ilkmoney-releases-new-hiphop-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/ilkmoney-releases-new-album-via-lex-records-ilkmoney-releases-new-hiphop-album\/","title":{"rendered":"$ilkMoney Releases New Album Via Lex Records. &#8211; $ilkMoney releases new hiphop album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Richmond, VA\u2019s $ilkMoney releases his new album Who Waters the Wilting Giving Tree Once the Leaves Dry Up and the Fruits No Longer Bear? via Lex Records. Across 15 tracks co-produced by $ilk himself and frequent collaborator Kahlil Blu, with contributions from Mutant Academy producer Sycho Sid, $ilk explores the reality that giving oneself to something isn\u2019t always reciprocal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/ilkmoney-releases-new-album-via-lex-records\/about:blank\" seamless=\"\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1250804788\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/silkmoney.bandcamp.com\/album\/who-waters-the-wilting-giving-tree-once-the-leaves-dry-up-and-fruits-no-longer-bear\">WHO WATERS THE WILTING GIVING TREE ONCE THE LEAVES DRY UP AND FRUITS NO LONGER BEAR? by $ilkMoney<\/a><\/iframe><noscript><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1250804788\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/silkmoney.bandcamp.com\/album\/who-waters-the-wilting-giving-tree-once-the-leaves-dry-up-and-fruits-no-longer-bear\">WHO WATERS THE WILTING GIVING TREE ONCE THE LEAVES DRY UP AND FRUITS NO LONGER BEAR? by $ilkMoney<\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking about the album\u2019s thematic inspiration, $ilk says, \u201cWhether you give your all to your children or your passion or your dreams or to a relationship or whatever it is, we just gotta realize that a lot of what we give ourselves to don\u2019t really owe us anything to begin with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The album is a potent artifact of $ilkMoney\u2019s irreverent humor and his refusal to conform, putting together a record that intertwines his signature intensity and debauchery with insightful parables about his own relationship to the industry and what he\u2019s given to his craft. In typical $ilk fashion, every word, line and song title is delivered with intent, whether up front and in your face, or hidden just under the surface. The album rewards repeat listens to unpack some of the metaphors he\u2019s embedded into the album, like a criticism of the rise of digital minstrelsy and negative depictions of Black people in the media, a targeted takedown of the wealthy elite class and complicit rap stars, and even turning his gaze inward to interrogate his own relationship to rap as a career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$ilkMoney first emerged onto the scene as a teenage rap phenom with unforgettable tracks like \u201cP.Sherman (PS42WW$)\u201d and \u201cMy Potna Dem\u201d. In the time since, he\u2019s solidified a sound that\u2019s singularly intense, debaucherous and impeccably precise with a collection of critically acclaimed projects including his most recent 2022 full-length I Don\u2019t Give a F**k About This Rap Shit, Imma Just Drop Until I Don\u2019t Feel Like It Anymore. The rapper has made a few select guest appearances since his last full length, on Noname\u2019s Sundial alongside billy woods, on Pink Siifu &amp; Fly Anakin\u2019s beloved FlySiifu\u2019s and most recently appearing on two tracks on Fly Anakin\u2019s (The) Forever Dream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$ilkMoney | Who Waters the Wilting Giving Tree Once the Leaves Dry Up and the Fruits No Longer Bear?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">July 18, 2025 | Lex Records<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSPOPIC(NOBODY)SILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. WELL I\u2019LL BE A MONKEY\u2019S UNCLE<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. \u201cOOPS HONEY I SHRUNK MYSELF WITH THE HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS RAY MACHINE AND CRAWLED INTO YOUR DICKHOLE BY ACCIDENT :O\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. A WHALE IS ONLY AS BLUE AS YOU SAY IT IS, SO, IT\u2019S 2<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. WE SNUCK THE BISCUIT IN THE TUNNEL AND DIN EEN NEED TO<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. PROLLY WOULDN\u2019T BE HERE IF WE WOULDA BEEN KILLED THAT N*GGA KING BACH<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7. BIG FAT JELLY DA CHILI DAAAWG LUVAH LUVAH<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8. FIRST I GIVE UP, THEN I GIVE IN, THEN I GIVE ALL<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9. I\u2019VE BEEN DOING THIS THING WRONG THE WHOLE TIME, THAT\u2019S CRAZY, HOLUP<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10. FUUUCK, BABY, YOU\u2019RE SO SEXY WHEN YOU\u2019RE TERRIFIED<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11. THERE ARE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS BETWEEN US, ALWAYS SOMETHING TO GET OVER<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12. THE $400 CHEESEBURGER FROM THE WINDOW SHOPPER VIDEO WAS JUST A BIG MAC -_____-<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">13. THE JURY DUTY SEAFOOD BOIL BAG FROM THE LYFE JENNINGS PAPERWORK PARTY<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">14. NEVER TRUST A BITCH THA- *EXPLODES*<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15. 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