The album lands at No. 1 on the Apple Music All Genre Chart and Hip-Hop Chart
After dominating DSPs, earning acclaim, and making waves throughout the culture last week, multiplatinum-certified Memphis rap superstar Key Glock reloads his acclaimed album, Glockaveli, with three new tracks available exclusively on streaming platforms as Glockaveli: The Don via Paper Route Empire/Republic Records.
As such, Key Glock delivers the next version of Glockaveli. Once again, he turns up solo with no features, bodying excellent production with his precise lyrical execution. The focus single “Money Habits” sees him dispense more street wisdom as flexes on the hard-hitting hook. “Going Hard” lives up to the promise of its title, while “All Dogs Go To Heaven” illuminates his penchant for poetic introspection uplifted by divine sonic eloquence.
Right out of the gate, the original Glockaveli crash landed at No. 1 on the Apple Music All Genre Chart and Hip-Hop Chart. It has effectively surged as the No. 1 New Album on Apple Music All Weekend.
A bold and unfiltered statement, Glockaveli is Key Glock at his rawest — 18 tracks, zero features, and an unrelenting energy that turns pain into power and pressure into purpose. Recorded between New York, LA, Miami, and Paris, the album captures the inner thoughts of a man who’s persevered and came out sharper, hungrier, and more locked-in than ever.
Leading the charge is the focus track “Blue Devil,” where Glock pays homage to his Memphis roots with a fresh take on Three 6 Mafia’s iconic “Stay Fly.” He dominates the hulking beat and hypnotic horns with a quotable and commanding flow. Wielding disciplined and deft rhyme-craft, it culminates with a confident affirmation during the rich refrain, “I’m nothing like them. I put paper over pleasure…If it’s about money, then you know I’m on it.”
On “Made A Way,” he takes stock of his journey so far through resounding gospel harmonies. In between, he looks back, “I still made my way. You can catch me on the private jet—long way from the Greyhound.” Then, there’s the lusty “She Ready.” It represents yet another side of his sound altogether as a sample of Barbara Mason’s soul classic “I’m Ready” melts into a call-and-response with Key Glock’s bars.
From motivational anthems to street scriptures, Glockaveli is an impactful body of work — one that speaks to success earned through struggle, confidence honed through prolific output, and a throne ordained for Glock’s arrival. Inspired by Tupac’s Makaveli in title and spirit, it channels that same fearlessness and vision for legacy.
He recently preceded the LP by unwrapping “The Grinch.” The anthemic cut landed on the heels of “3AM in ToKEYo” and “No Sweat,” which has already amassed north of ten million global streams.
He launches the Glockaveli Tour. It promises to be his biggest and boldest North American jaunt yet. In support of the anxiously awaited album, he hits the road on May 21st in Oklahoma City at The Criterion, visits major markets coast-to-coast, and concludes on June 30th in Las Vegas at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas. Along the way, he stops in Queens, New York on June 8th for Governors Ball.
