KODAK BLACK IS "JUST GETTING STARTED" TAPPING GUNNA, PHARELL, DON TOLIVER & MORE
KODAK BLACK IS JUST GETTING STARTED ON HIS VULNERABLE AND AMBITIOUS EIGHTH OFFICIAL ALBUM, OUT NOW
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FEATURES INCLUDE PHARRELL WILLIAMS, LIL YACHTY, GUNNA, DON TOLIVER & MORE
October — Today, South Florida superstar Kodak Black drops his eighth official studio album, Just Getting Started, out now via Vulture Love / Capitol Records. Equal parts vulnerable and ambitious, the 20-track project sports a bigger, more stately sound; a selectively stacked guest list including Chance the Rapper, Don Toliver, Gunna, and Lil Yachty, among others; and Kodak’s most heart-on-sleeve lyrics to date with, of course, the rich vocal dynamism to match. Listen HERE.
Kodak is celebrating the new release with a pair of Florida arena shows: the Bill Kill Halloween Concerts. Tonight, October 31, he leads a lineup at Tampa’s Yuengling Center rounded out by Skrilla, Real Boston Richey, Hotboii, and BLP KOSHER. Tomorrow, November 1, he headlines the FTL War Memorial in Fort Lauderdale backed by Sexyy Redd, Rob49, YTB Fatt, YKNIECE, 1900Rugrat, and KOSHER.
Just Getting Started is momentous indeed. That title isn’t some kind of humble brag — Kodak means it. After emerging as a teen and becoming a man in full view of the public, he’s stepping into a new era of his journey on the path into light, a sentiment summed up in the lyrics of dreamy trap-soul cut “Time to Be Free,” when he croon-raps: “I’m happy I got another chance at life to be perfect / I’m open to new methods and to finding new purpose / I tend to mis-present myself sometimes to the public / I struggle to find balance and subscribe to disruptions / But I don’t have no problems actin’ on my intuition.”
Fans were previously treated to singles like “Imma Shoot,” where Kodak spits his grittiest bars over a track that’s been lovingly compared by fans, peers, and press to his 2021 smash “Super Gremlin,” which climbed to No. 3 on the Hot 100 and just recently surpassed half a billion Spotify streams. He also shared early highlight “Keys to the City,” a cookout-ready cut dropped when he received the titular honor from his hometown, Pompano Beach, in recognition of his significant generosity and positive impact (he’s also received keys to North Miami and San Antonio). And then there’s the romantic “Still Get Chanel” where he and Chance freely mix humor, vulnerability, and their freewheeling deliveries.
The latter got best new music nods from Billboard, HYPEBEAST, Rolling Stone, and Grammy.com, among many others, with VIBE noting that, “Yak floats over the beat, continuing his trend of opening up,” while HIGHSNOBIETY dug in, writing, “Chance’s verse feels like a reconnection to his roots with a more mature POV [and] Kodak’s sound fits his current pattern of musical evolution and duality with nods to his past style, making the track a satisfying blend of old inspiration and new growth from both artists.”
Never one to rest on his laurels, Kodak was plenty busy in the run up to the release of Just Getting Started. He recently dropped his RapTV “Media Day Freestyle” with Reign and TTO K.T., who also appear on the album. In July, he released “By Myself” with DJ E Money and G6reddot, a track that samples the iconic strings from Fabolous and Ne-Yo’s 2007 hit, “Make Me Better.” In honor of that connection, Ne-Yo himself made a cameo in the video alongside influencer Big SLM TY. Watch HERE. Ever the collaborator, Kodak has also recently popped up on others’ songs including JACKBOYS 2’ “FLORIDA FLOW,” Ty Dolla $ign’s “SMILE BODY PRETTY FACE” featuring YG, and Marques Houston’s “Hold On,” to name a few.
Kodak’s expansive vision and status continue to transcend rap. Over the years, he’s cultivated the role of a prophetic storyteller and a staple cultural figure. He has over 25 billion global streams to his name and continues to engage in altruism within his beloved Florida community, from covering rents during tough economic times, to giving out AC units in the heat of the summer, on to annual his annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive — last year Kodak gave out 1,800 turkeys in honor of the 1800 block he grew up on. Deep into 2025, he’s continuing to ride for the next generation while affirming his place as a creative beacon.
Kodak Black, Just Getting Started
1. Project Blue
2. Still Get Chanel (feat. Chance the Rapper)
3. No Flaggin
4. Mumble Rap (feat. Pharrell Williams)
5. All Black Rolex
6. Endless Nights (feat. Gunna)
7. Really Liv’n
8. YMCA
9. Shootin Craps (feat. Lil Yachty)
10. Imma Shoot
11. Who You Seeing Tonight (feat. Don Toliver)
12. Calculated Steppin
13. Jungle Fever
14. Time to Be Free
15. Prison Deform
16. The Better
17. Yes Indeed (feat. TTO K.T. & Reign)
18. Savage Compassion
19. Keys to the City (Extended)
20. All Love
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About Kodak Black
Combining vivid street vignettes with the soul of a world-weary blues singer, Kodak Black is one of rap’s great innovators. Just over a decade since he launched his first indelible single, 2014’s Hot 100 sleeper hit “No Flockin,” the South Florida superstar keeps racking up the numbers: 44 Billboard Hot 100 chart placements, 30 RIAA certifications, 26 million monthly Spotify listeners, 25 billion global streams. Yet, it seems like he’s nowhere near the top of his powers. In the last year or so, he’s dropped three solo mixtapes and been awarded keys to multiple cities including his hometown, Pompano Beach, in recognition of his generosity and impact. He’s also a game collaborator both sought out by fellow giants (Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Juice WRLD, Playboy Carti) and quick to lend his shine to artists on the rise. One of his generation’s most prolific and profound, with 20 full-length projects under his belt, Kodak makes his mark on 2025 with his eighth official LP, Just Getting Started, a title meant in sincerity. After emerging as a teen and becoming a man in full view of the public, he’s stepping into a new era, minting a bigger sound and unearthing new levels of honesty. He sees the last decade as a warm-up, while the rest of us saw the rise of an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and artist without parallel. A keeper of the culture shaping music at virtually every level, Kodak Black has become something of a modern folk hero: Of the people. A work in progress. A vessel for greatness.
