Lil Baby his latest album “It’s Only Me” is set to debut at Number 1.
Lil Baby reveals that earlier in his career he battled for a significant time to find happiness, telling Big Loon of The Experience Podcast that he was in a “dark spot.” While making an appearance on the show earlier this week, Baby thought back on his professional path.
“There was a long time, I wasn’t happy,” Baby admitted. “I had a lot of sh*t I was going through. Getting adjusted to this sh*t, changing, having to stop being around people I’m used to being around, doing s**t I used to be doing. Like, this is over time, I feel — and I know I can adapt to any environment. So it was just like, adapting to my new environment put me in a dark spot for a minute.”
Then, while making adjustments, what was the toughest thing for Lil Baby to overcome? “Really starting everything over, all the way down to your thoughts. That sh*t can kinda f**k with you. Now you really gotta tell yourself, ‘You can’t think like that no more.’ That s**t can be a little depressing.”
Baby claims that, despite his increasing success, his need to improve is what keeps him rooted. “I see how [people] can get blurry,” he explained. “And that’s because they finally getting everything they wanted. I ain’t get everything I wanted yet out this sh*t. Now, when I get it, I might go to actin’ different. But for right now, I ain’t got what I want yet.”
Considering that modest claim, Baby has accomplished a lot in 2022. At the second annual Music in Action Awards Gala of the Black Music Action Coalition, the Atlanta rapper was presented with the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award. His achievements in racism and social justice both inside and outside of the music business were recognized with the award.
The 23-track It’s Only Me, Lil Baby’s third full-length studio album, was released on Friday (October 14). Young Thug, Pooh Shiesty, EST Gee, and Rylo Rodriguez all make features on the new album, which is due out two years after the triumph of his critically praised sophomore effort My Turn.
