Benny The Butcher’s New Drake-Featuring EP Disappears
Benny The Butcher followers have been handled to a shock challenge earlier this week, however their pleasure has shortly turned to each disappointment and confusion.
Following its launch on Friday (August 23), the Griselda rapper’s new EP Buffalao Butch, Vol. 1 has already been pulled from streaming companies with out clarification.
The three-track challenge notably included Benny’s long-teased “Buffalo Freestyle” collaboration with Drake, in addition to appearances from Fabolous and 38 Spesh.
Searching for solutions, followers flocked to Benny’s most up-to-date Instagram submit selling the EP with questions over its sudden elimination.
“[W]here tf did it go?? shits gone off spotify,” one particular person requested, whereas one other commented: “Why not availabe anymore???”
Some speculated that Drake — who shared new music of his personal by way of his burner Instagram account afterward Friday — could also be accountable.
“Yo @champagnepapi free that track with Benny! Why record if you don’t want it to release [clown emoji],” one remark learn.
Benny has but to handle Buffalao Butch, Vol. 1‘s mysterious disappearance.
“Buffalo Freestyle” had been a long time coming prior to its short-lived release on streaming services.
The song, which finds the Buffalo and Toronto natives trading verses over a sparse, moody beat from Boi-1da, was first teased in 2020 and leaked online the following year.
At one point, it was even reportedly being considered for Drake’s Certified Lover Boy album however didn’t find yourself making the minimize.
“Drake is Drake. He’s the biggest artist in the world, so ain’t no telling where that song gonna land,” Benny stated on the Connected podcast in 2021. “We got the song, I played it for all the homies. It’s a vibe and he gotta place that where he sees fit to it.
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“I feel like it definitely would have fit in and definitely would have mixed things up, but I also see why he didn’t put it on [Certified Lover Boy].”
Last yr, the Black Soprano Family boss vented his frustration over the long-shelved music in an interview with Joe Budden.
“I was pissed, I’m not gonna lie. I was pissed, man,” he admitted. “It’s a fucking Drake record! It was surely my biggest record … And the record’s just sitting in my pocket.”
He added: “That’s the biggest artist in the world so I understand his release schedule might be hectic or he might have people that be like, ‘We can’t drop that right now because we doing this.’ I understand that. He’s the name, but he represents a lot of people that he works with and his moves affect a lot of people, so I understand that part.”
