Benny The Butcher promises that his new album will be a seminal moment for Def Jam Recordings, and hip-hop as a whole. In a new interview with XXL, Benny gives a reminder that he’s the first Buffalo, N.Y. rapper to ever get a deal with the respected rap label. A historical feat in and of itself, but as Benny has slowly cooked up his new album, Everybody Can’t Go, these past two years, the rapper has upped the stakes even higher by speaking so highly of it.
Benny thinks his upcoming LP will be the best hip-hop album Def Jam has dropped since DMX‘s 1998 debut album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot. Even though it’s only January, Benny’s also cited Everybody Can’t Go as the best album of 2024, the “most
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