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Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats release single Difference featuring Yebba

The song leads ii, an album reuniting the rapper and producer six years after Unlocked.

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Denzel Curry, wearing a nose ring and dreadlocks, looks directly at the camera in a close-up shot.
Curry during an interview after his set at Rolling Loud in May 2019. Photo: Supa Cindy, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats have released "Difference," the closing track and lead single from their joint album ii, out August 21 via Loma Vista, with Yebba featured on the hook, Pitchfork reported on August 12.

ii is the pair's first full album together since 2020's Unlocked, and their first collaboration since the producer began going by his full name, Kenneth Blume III. Blume said in a statement that the two "started every project on opposite sides of a coin and fought our way to the center," and that the finished album carries "the growth and the fight in equal parts."

The nine-track album also features Jpegmafia on "Evil Grin" and Westside Gunn on "Crown," HotNewHipHop reported the same day, alongside solo cuts including "Gone Fishing," "Candlelight," "Product," "UPS," "Benjamin" and "Cold Night in Hell."

HotNewHipHop described "Difference" as a strong preview of the record, with Kenny Beats providing layered production, Curry's flow carrying the verses, and Yebba supplying the hook throughout the track.

The single continues a busy year of new material from Denzel Curry within hip-hop, and readers can track the album's release on the release calendar.

The facts

  • Difference is the lead single from Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats' album ii
  • The album is out August 21 via Loma Vista
  • Yebba features on the track
  • It is their first album together since 2020's Unlocked
  • Kenny Beats now records under his full name, Kenneth Blume III
  • The album also features Jpegmafia and Westside Gunn
  • The nine-track album features Jpegmafia on "Evil Grin" and Westside Gunn on "Crown"
  • "Difference" is also the album's closing track

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