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Top Gun: Maverick is currently making all the money, and depending on who you ask, that means good times at the movies are back or, if you’re a far-right radio host, that the Democrats are going to lose bigly in November. One of the stand-out moments has little to do with its next-level aerial photography. It’s the scene where Tom Cruise’s aging (but still kicking) super-pilot meets in person with nemesis-turned-texting buddy Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, played by Val Kilmer — a scene that, despite its semi-autobiographical bona fides, had to lean on some cutting-edge tech to pull off.

The scene nods to Kilmer’s real life ordeals: In 2014, the actor was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent a tracheotomy. He’s been cancer-free for four years, but the fight cost him his voice. In the Top Gun sequel, Iceman is dying from some mystery illness that has also left him unable to speak. Instead he communicates via a computer, but at one point you briefly hear his voice. But it’s not exactly Kilmer you hear speaking.

As per Fortune, Kilmer teamed up with London-based tech startup Sonantic to create a digital version of his voice, using hours of archival footage featuring his speaking voice before his illness. The company then fed those sounds into the their algorithms, which they then used for a model.

As Fortune elaborates:

“After cleaning up old audio recordings of Kilmer, [Sonantic] used a ‘voice engine’ to teach the voice model how to speak like Kilmer. The engine had around 10 times less data than it would have been given in a typical project, Sonantic said, and it wasn’t enough. The company then decided to come up with new algorithms that could produce a higher-quality voice model using the available data.”

It’s not far from what techies did to Mark Hamill’s voice in the Book of Boba Fett episode featuring the younger (and less gravelly) Luke Skywalker. You can listen to a sample of the AI version of Kilmer’s voice below.

Now, before you think this is a priceless form of technology that can only do good, it’s best to consider its disturbing ramifications. A Radiolab episode from 2019 delved into the creation of AI-created voices, such as the one used for Kilmer.It pointed out that this tech, not unlike equally dangerous deepfakes, doesn’t only allow malefactors to create soundalikes that could be used for nefarious purposes. It also allows people to deny that audio of them, say, saying something damning is real. Imagine if Donald Trump would have been able to call the Access Hollywood tape “fake news”? Something to keep in mind when you’re listening to the ersatz Kilmer voice in Top Gun: Maverick.

(Via Fortune)

The weirdest story in baseball this season played out over the weekend when Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson got into it prior to a game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants because of some long-simmering beef between the two in their fantasy football league. Pham approached Pederson before a game and slapped him, which led to Pham sitting out Friday’s game.

Pederson explained what happened — basically, it stems from a meme making fun of Pham’s old team, the Padres, that Pham did not enjoy. Seven months later, after Pham dropped out of the league, he slapped Pederson, and somehow, this story is still going on. Pham called out the league’s commissioner, Mike Trout, who he deemed is the worst commissioner in all of fantasy sports.

Now, as someone who was a really terrible commissioner for a fantasy sports league not all that long ago, I think I hold this distinction, but regardless, Pham believes the title goes to Trout. And on Wednesday, before the Los Angeles Angels’ game against the New York Yankees, Trout had the chance to respond and decided to crack a few jokes over the whole thing.

In fairness to Trout, the commissioner in his league is Rob Manfred, so I get why he would say that.

On Wednesday, after six weeks of testimony and two days of deliberation, Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard came to an end. The jury decided in Depp’s favor, unanimously agreeing that he and his legal team had proven that Heard defamed him in a Washington Post op-ed. Both sides released statements. Depp said the jury “gave me my life back.” Heard, meanwhile, said she was “heartbroken” but “even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women.

The trial was a fog of bizarre and disturbing accusations from both sides. Depp re-aired claims that Heard had left poop in his bed while Heard admitted she hit Depp while on Ambien. Chilling texts Depp had sent about wishing her dead surfaced and Heard claimed that his “smear campaign” had cost her work. She also spoke about receiving “hundreds” of death threats since the trial began.

But when the verdict was announced, the House Judiciary GOP’s oft-raucous Twitter account cheerfully took a side, tweeting a gif of Depp in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, standing on the nest of a ship, wind blowing his long locks, looking triumphant.

People were more than a little alarmed that a corner of government, one with a terrible track record with women’s rights, was siding with a powerful man who was just awarded millions from a woman who had alleged abuse.

Some tried to point out to Depp who was on his side.

Some joked about Republicans using a movie clip from Disney, who they’d recently made Enemy Number One.

Some speculated that the tweet might have come from House Judiciary ranking member Jim Jordan, an infamously bad tweeter.

And some called out this GOP account as particularly toxic.

The next generation of Pokémon is upon us. Soon we will be exploring a whole new region full of unique monsters for us to capture, train, befriend, and battle until we’re the best trainer in the world. We’ve done it eight times before this and everyone is fully ready to do it for a ninth.

On Wednesday, a new trailer showcasing Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet was released and it gave us a bunch of new information about the upcoming games. The biggest reveal was that these new games will be released on November 18, 2022. This is a big year for Pokémon fans that are getting two games in a single year thanks to the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus back in January, but while Legends: Arceus was a spin off title this is a brand new entry into the mainline franchise.

As with any new mainline game that means new Pokémon to become friends with! We already knew about the starters from a previous trailer, but the new trailer gave us three new Pokémon to get excited about: Pawmi, Lechonk, and Smoliv.

Among these three, a quick fan favorite has been Lechonk. The adorable little pig Pokémon is not only adorable looking, but it has an eye catching name that while it will get a giggle out of some has an interesting possible origin behind it. Lechon is a popular pork dish in Spain which also happens to be the region of the world that Scarlet and Violet is inspired by. Add in the popular internet slang “chonk” to mean “fat” and we get a very cute fat pig.

A few more interesting tidbits from the trailer include four player multiplayer, which is exciting for anyone that wants to go on a co-op adventure together with friends, and Toby Fox the creator of Undertale announcing that he did some of the field music for the game. Fox might be best known for Undertale, but he’s done plenty of music composition for other games including Pokémon Sword Pokémon Shield..

There is always a lot to look forward to whenever a new mainline Pokémon game comes out and this year’s entry feels no different. November can’t come soon enough!

When he’s not forecasting trends on Saturday Night Live, or vacationing on Fire Island, Bowen Yang is posting incredibly niche memes on his Instagram account, which has the handle @FayeDunaway. As it turns out Faye Dunaway, the legendary Oscar winner, and one-time CSI guest star, knows about the handle and intends to fight it out with Yang on live television.

Yang stopped by Live With Kelly And Ryan to discuss his upcoming movie Fire Island, and he said that Dunaway is aware of his handle. “As of, like, two weeks ago, I’ve gotten word that she knows about me having the handle and she does actually want to come on SNL and confront me on live television.”

When asked about how she would approach the topic, Yangs had some ideas. “Maybe on Update, she gets brought out to talk about her social media handle being co-opted by this random Asian guy.” Maybe she can dunk on Colin Jost while she’s there.

Yang then explained that he had the handle sine before being cast on Saturday Night Live. I did not want this because I was like, truly, just some plebeian in Brooklyn,” Yang said. “[I thought], best-case scenario, her people reach out to me and give me like $20 and I give it to her. But, now…. there’s a blue check next to my name. People might think that I’m the real Faye Dunaway!” To be clear, the real Dunaway does not have an Instagram account. Yet!

Fellow Americans, it’s long past time to take a good, hard look in the mirror.

The fact that we just had yet another horrific school shooting, with 19 children and two teachers being massacred in their classrooms by a guy with military-style guns that he easily and legally obtained, is maddening. The fact that we’ve seen this same story play out in schools across the country over and over and over again is enraging. The fact that too many of our lawmakers refuse to take any legislative action whatsoever to try to curb the constant carnage, completely ignoring the vast amounts of data that show gun laws do work to reduce gun violence, is disgusting.

Sandy Hook should have been enough. Parkland should have been enough. Columbine should have been enough. Every single school shooting should have been the end of it. But here we are.

As the individual stories of the children killed at Robb Elementary School come to light, we can’t turn away. We must bear witness to what they experienced, to the terror they and their surviving classmates endured, to the anguish and heartbreak of their loved ones.

But as we do that, let’s not embrace “brave hero” narratives for these children the way we do with soldiers on the battlefield. Please. Let’s just not.

The Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas posted a tribute to Uvalde 4th grader Amerie Jo Garza on Twitter, sharing that the organization had posthumously bestowed upon the slain 10-year-old the Bronze Cross, one of the highest honors in the Girl Scouts, and it was like a punch right in the gut. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen anything so well-intentioned feel so dark.

“The Bronze Cross is awarded for saving or attempting to save life at the risk of the Girl Scout’s own life,” the tweet thread read. “On May 24, Amerie did all she could to save the lives of her classmates and teachers. It was our honor as Amerie’s council to present the Bronze Cross to her family, and Girl Scouts will continue to pay tribute at her funeral services today with a Presentation of Colors.”

u201cLast week, Girl Scouts of the USA posthumously bestowed upon Amerie Jo Garza, 10, of Uvalde, Texas, one of the highest honors in Girl Scouting: the Bronze Cross. The Bronze Cross is awarded for saving or attempting to save life at the risk of the Girl Scoutu2019s own life. 1/3u201d

— Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas (@Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas)
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“We will carry her story with us always and ensure her brave actions will endure for generations,” they wrote.

I’m sorry, what fresh hell dystopian reality did I just fall into? As a parent, I cannot even begin to fathom how I would process being handed a Girl Scout honor for my daughter for her bravery during a school shooting. Only in America, right?

u201cWe will carry her story with us always and ensure her brave actions will endure for generations. nnLearn more about ways to help our sisters in Uvalde at https://t.co/o9Xnd6M0Jb. 3/3u201d

— Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas (@Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas)
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To be clear, I’m not faulting the Girl Scouts for doing something to honor Amerie Jo Garza. She was a Girl Scout. To say nothing and do nothing would be wrong. But this also feels wrong. Everything about this situation feels wrong, because it is wrong.

The Girls Scouts shouldn’t have felt the need to posthumously awarded Amerie a Bronze Cross, because they shouldn’t have had to figure out what to do in light of her death, because she shouldn’t have had to try to save her classmates before being shot to death in her classroom, because the 18-year-old who murdered her should never have been able to obtain two AR-15 rifles and 1,657 rounds of ammunition. It simply shouldn’t have happened. Period.

The Uvalde gunman had more ammunition than soldiers carry into war. Let that sit for a second. There is zero—absolutely zero—reason for any civilian to have access to that much killing power.

And the result of our insistence on repeatedly doing nothing about this reality is that we talk about 4th graders—who should be doing fractions, not hiding from gunfire in their classrooms—with the same heroic language we use for soldiers who make the ultimate sacrifice. It’s unbelievably disturbing.

u201c@CorrosiveRabbit @BrynnTannehill @girlscoutsswtx It says u2018For Valoru2019. JFC, what have we become as a nation when the GIRL SCOUTS are giving out medals more commonly associated with bravery on the battlefield. Posthumously, no less! Stop the world, please. I think Iu2019d like to get off of this oneu201d

— Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas (@Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas)
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This is it, America. This is the bottom. And it’s not like we just got here. We’ve been dragging ourselves along the bottom for decades now. Are we going to stay there, or are we going to finally snap out of our delusion that our country’s gun culture equals safety and freedom? Because all signs point to that being a complete and total myth.

When our kids and teachers can’t go to school without worrying about being gunned down at their desks, it’s clear that we are not free. When little Amerie Jo Garza’s parents are handed a Bronze Cross for their 10-year-old’s brave actions in a school massacre—when there were armed and trained officials at the scene—it’s clear that we are not made safer by guns.

Enough is enough, and enough came and went a long time ago. Our lawmakers need to borrow a backbone and pass the gun legislation most Americans agree on before our kids start earning scout badges for successfully surviving a mass shooting.

Normani seems to have a knack for timing her new music drops with racy photo shoots on her Instagram feed. Back in March, the “Wild Side” singer posed completely naked on a couch while explaining the inspiration behind her single “Fair,” which came out four days later. “This song really captures me in one of my most vulnerable moments,” she commented back then.

Now just two days after indicating that her next single is called “Candy Paint,” Normani donned a golden bikini in idyllic Palmilla, Los Cabos, Mexico for a series of photos on Instagram. Pretty smart marketing? Sure. But we’ll give her a pass, because Normani’s post was in celebration of her 26th birthday. “Just feeling sooooo grateful today,” she commented. “Thank you lord for twenty six years around the sun. it’s y’all favorite bad bitch birthdaaaaaaaaay.” The shoot moved from a swank pad, to a boat, to a beachside hut.

Comedian Bill Burr has a lot on his plate: he is about to be the first comedian ever to headline Fenway Park, he is set to make his directorial debut, and he had a cameo in a Channing Tatum movie earlier this year. But he mostly only cares about basketball, particularly the Boston Celtics.

Burr stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to presumably talk about his comedy, though he immediately started talking basketball the moment he sat down. Kimmel asked Burr if he was watching the playoffs, and Burr burst out in a monologue about the NBA, saying it’s “it’s massaged to be exciting.”

“I also think the NBA is also low-key rigged,” Burr said, to the surprise of Kimmel. “Why does that surprise any NBA fan? I don’t know how many times you can watch a game, a team goes up by 20, then all of a sudden ticky-tack foul, all of the sudden they’re in the penalty. The [ref’s] job’s to get down to about 5 to 7 at halftime. And then the ESPN talking head comes on and says ‘I’ll tell you right now, I’m really concerned about that team that used to be up by 20!’” Burr said in his best basketball analyst voice impression.

He continued, “First half of the third quarter is for the players, and then the referees assess what they need to do to make it come down to the final two minutes. You watch the first quarter, they let the teams play. Second-quarter belongs to the refs. [Then you watch] from the half of the third quarter on. I’ve said it is rigged forever.”

“I’m sorry, I’m saying there is no Santa Claus.” Burr said, crushing the dreams of basketball fans everywhere. After Kimmel said that fans ignore the sketchy refs when their team wins, Burr concluded, “It’s massaged to be exciting. The refs just have way too much power.” Just like Santa Claus!

Check out the clip above for Burr’s take on the NBA. If you feel inclined to listen to Burr talk even more about the NBA, he also uploaded a whole podcast episode on the topic earlier this week.

Sure, you can grab a nice bottle of tequila, and a few mixers, and spend an afternoon whipping up margaritas, palomas, and the like. But now that it’s beginning to look (and feel) a lot like summer from Bar Harbor to Beverly Hills, who has the time? That’s where RTDs (also known as ready-to-drink cocktails) come in. These pre-mixed, canned cocktails simply need to be cracked open, poured over ice (or sipped straight out of the can or bottle), and enjoyed.

The only problem is with these canned cocktails growing so popular in recent years, there are too many to choose from. To add to that, while many are well-made, flavorful, and balanced, others are syrupy sweet, generic-tasting, and downright awful.

To make your late spring and summer better, we decided to blindly taste and rank eight of the best tequila-based RTDs. And, since we assume you’d prefer to drink different kinds of cocktails, we selected canned ranch waters, margaritas, and palomas. Keep scrolling to see all the picks and learn how everything turned out.

• Cutwater Lime Ranch Water
• JuneShine Spirits Tequila Margarita
• Ranch Rider Ranch Water
• Tip Top Margarita
• Post Meridiem Spirits Margarita
• Cazadores Paloma
• Crafthouse Cocktails Spicy Margarita
• Golden Rule Margarita Original

Part 1: The Tasting

Taste 1

Tasting Notes:

The nose is slightly herbal, and fruity, with slight citrus aromas, but not much else. The palate is light, refreshing, and effervescent with lime zest, agave sweetness, and just a hint of hard-to-place tequila flavor.

From my notes: “Overall, it takes more like soda than a cocktail.”

Taste 2

Tasting Notes:

Unlike many RTDs, this one smells like tequila right off the bat. Then it delves into key lime and a slight herbal quality. But it’s clear the tequila takes the top spot. One sip and I could tell this was a real deal cocktail. It’s a nice mix of warming, vegetal tequila, and tart, slightly sweet lime.

From my notes: “This is the real deal.”

Taste 3

Tasting Notes:

This doesn’t smell like a tequila cocktail even a little bit. It smells like I just cracked open a can of lemon/line soda. Really, that’s it. Sipping it only added to the lemon/lime flavor with maybe some sugary sweetness and a very faint tequila taste.

From my notes: “Overly sweet and too one-dimensional for my liking.”

Taste 4

Tasting Notes:

The nose is classic margarita with bold aromas of vegetal sweet tequila, lime zest, tangerine pulp, and a light, herbal, earthy aroma. Drinking it revealed ripe orange, key lime, sweet, vegetal agave, warming tequila, and a slightly tart, salinity that brings everything together nicely.

Taste 5

Tasting Notes:

Lime juice, grapefruit zest. slight vegetal notes and an herbal quality dominate the nose. The palate is loaded with tart lime, lemon, grapefruit, and a slight tequila flavor. There’s also a slight smoky quality that adds another dimension to this RTD.

All in all, a well-rounded, easy-to-drink pre-made cocktail.

Taste 6

Tasting Notes:

There are notable aromas of fresh lime juice, sweet oranges, and just a hint of herbal, vegetal tequila. This definitely doesn’t smell like a pre-made, canned cocktail. One sip only adds to that feeling as this is definitely boozier than most. Even with that, it’s fresh, filled with lime juice, and other citrus flavors, and has a nice kick of vegetal tequila. Yet there’s really no burn.

Taste 7

Tasting Notes:

This RTD smells like a classic margarita so I’m going to assume that’s what it is and that’s definitely a good sign. No fake, sugary smells here. Lime zest and a hint of agave sweetness are prevalent on the nose. Sipping it revealed more tart, slightly salty lime, and some other citrus flavors. Not sugary and sweet like some RTDS and that’s a good thing, but the tequila is still rather muted and lost in the salt and lime flavors.

Taste 8

Tasting Notes:

There is a lot of fruit on this drink’s nose. I noticed inviting aromas of lime zest, grapefruit pulp, and even some lemon. The palate follows suit with notes of herbal, vegetal sweet agave, lime peels, and more grapefruit. It’s very refreshing, flavorful, and crushable.

From my notes: “What could be better on a hot day?”

Part 2: The Ranking

8) Cazadores Paloma (Taste 3)

ABV: 5.9%

Average Price: $13.99 for a four-pack

The RTD:

Made with 100% Blue Agave tequila blanco from Cazadores as well as agave syrup for sweetness, this is a gluten-free, canned version of the popular paloma cocktail. Made with natural ingredients, this is a ready-to-drink, easy alternative to mixing your own cocktails at home. The difference is that it’s much lower in alcohol than crafting your own cocktail. If you’re good with that, drink up.

Bottom Line:

I shouldn’t expect a 5.9% ready-to-drink paloma to be anything more than a sugary, sweet soda with a little bit of tequila flavoring because that’s exactly what this is.

7) Cutwater Lime Ranch Water (Taste 1)

ABV: 5.9%

Average Price: $11.50 for a four-pack

The RTD:

Cutwater has made a big name for itself in the read-to-drink cocktail world in the last few years. Probably more so than any other brand. It makes a wide range of canned cocktails including its take on the classic ranch water. This low-alcohol canned cocktail features tequila, soda water, and lime.

Bottom Line:

Great ranch water is simple, refreshing, and highlights the tequila flavor when complemented with other flavors. This one is okay. It’s just a little more generic tasting and low in alcohol than I’d prefer.

6) JuneShine Spirits Tequila Margarita (Taste 7)

ABV: 10%

Average Price: $12.99 for a four-pack

The RTD:

While some canned cocktail makers lower the ABV to the level of a beer, we appreciate a brand that gets a little crazy with it and doubles that. Cocktails aren’t meant to be crushed like light beers and June Shine knows that. It’s made with premium tequila, real organic agave juice, and other natural ingredients.

Bottom Line:

JuneShine Tequila Margarita is a decent example of an RTD done right. This isn’t a cocktail in a can like some on this list, but it’s also not a sugary mess either.

5) Crafthouse Cocktails Paloma (Taste 5)

ABV: 10.6%

Average Price: $26 for a four-pack of 200ml bottles

The RTD:

It seems that many brands make overly sweet paloma RTDs and it’s a real shame. Luckily, Crafthouse, one of the pioneers of pre-mixed cocktails, has a paloma worth drinking. It’s 10.6% and made the right way with La Cofradia Tequila, lime juice, and sparkling grapefruit.

Bottom Line:

I’m not surprised Crafthouse Cocktails Paloma is a good example of an RTD.

I tried this years ago when it first came out and was impressed. I’m equally impressed today.

4) Post Meridiem Spirits Margarita (Taste 6)

ABV: 27.5%

Average Price: $3.99 for a 100ml can

The RTD:

This award-winning ready-to-drink cocktail is a potent 55 proof. Made with just three ingredients: silver tequila, orange curacao, and real lime juice, it’s simple, well-balanced, bold, and deserves to be sipped slowly as it’s an actual cocktail and not a sugary soda with a little alcohol in it.

Bottom Line:

It’s probably not completely fair comparing a literal canned cocktail to low-ABV RTDS, but that’s just too bad. They both technically fall under the same category. I can’t help that the real thing just tastes better.

3) Ranch Rider Ranch Water (Taste 8)

ABV: 5.99%

Average Price: $12.99 for a six-pack

The RTD:

While it’s clear I lean towards higher-alcohol content tequila-based RTDs, sometimes you just want something crisp, light, and refreshing. Ranch Rider Ranch Water fits that bill with simple ingredients like reposado tequila, lime juice, and sparkling water.

Bottom Line:

I was surprised to see one of the lower-ABV offerings land so high on this blind taste test ranking. But Ranch Rider’s Ranch Water has the right mix of tequila and citrus sweetness without being sugary.

2) Golden Rule Margarita Original (Taste 2)

ABV: 27%

Average Price: $17.50 for a four-pack of 100ml cans

The RTD:

You can tell just by looking at this squat, little can, you’re in for something special when you crack it open. This 27% ABV pre-made cocktail in a can is made with 100% Blue Agave blanco tequila that’s mixed with the brand’s own proprietary triple sec, and real lime juice.

Bottom Line:

There’s a reason Golden Rule Margarita Original comes in such a small can (100ml). It’s a real, potent, tart, zesty, tequila-fueled cocktail. If you want a legit margarita, but you’re too lazy to mix it, grab a four-pack of these bad boys.

1) Tip Top Margarita (Taste 4)

ABV: 26%

Average Price: $4.99 for a 100ml can

The RTD:

This 52-proof canned cocktail was created to be as close to a post-prohibition margarita as possible. This bold, potent combination of real tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice was created to be cracked open, poured over ice, and enjoyed as close to the real thing you’d get at a bar as possible.

Bottom Line:

Honestly, it was a toss-up between Tip Top’s Margarita and Golden Rule’s for the top spot. Both are perfectly prepared, high-alcohol margaritas that are ready to be poured right into your glass. The one thing that Tip Top had that put it over the top was the slightly salty flavor that was reminiscent of a salted rim.

Part 3: Final Thoughts

When I blindly tasted these tequila-based RTDs, I realized that there are two different varieties: the low-alcohol crushable cocktails and the high-proof sippers. While the lower ABV drinks are flavorful, it’s obvious I prefer the higher-ABV RTDS that taste like an actual cocktail slightly more. Most tequila drinks are easy to mix but if you’re hosting a big crew and strapped for time, a lot of these do the trick nicely!

Big KRIT dropped off the latest video supporting his album Digital Roses Don’t Die today (June 1) for “Rhode Clean.” The ’80s-inspired visual directed by Thang Ho opens with an exquisitely dressed woman doing a brief stand-up comedy set before introducing the Mississippi rapper, who comes onto the stage dressed pretty sharply himself. From there, he delivers a performance of the record accompanied by a live band. The video continues showing flashes of luxury vehicles, other attendees dressed to the nines, and KRIT eventually makes his way outside to rap while flanked by women sitting atop one of the cars. It’s a special affair.

“Rhode Clean” follows the “So Cool” music video that was released back in January, leading into the February release of Digital Roses Don’t Die. The 17-song album’s sole feature was Rolynne and is the 35-year-old’s fifth studio album following 2019’s KRIT Iz Here. Big KRIT left the Def Jam label in 2016, and has since launched his own record label, Multi Alumni. The first release under Multi Alumni was his third studio album, 2017’s 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time, which debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Check out the smooth new video for “Rhode Clean” above.