{"id":685316,"date":"2025-08-15T21:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rap-blog-protect-gears-up-for-an-irish-exit\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T21:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:35:15","slug":"rap-blog-protect-gears-up-for-an-irish-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rap-blog-protect-gears-up-for-an-irish-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Rap Blog: Protect gears up for an Irish exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a338629252aa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rap-blog-protect-gears-up-for-an-irish-exit\/#Listen_to_%E2%80%9CIfUGotMe%E2%80%9D_off_the_Buffalo_rappers_new_album_500_Days_of_Summer\" >Listen to \u201cIfUGotMe\u201d off the Buffalo rapper\u2019s new album 500 Days of Summer.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Listen_to_%E2%80%9CIfUGotMe%E2%80%9D_off_the_Buffalo_rappers_new_album_500_Days_of_Summer\"><\/span>Listen to \u201cIfUGotMe\u201d off the Buffalo rapper\u2019s new album <i>500 Days of Summer<\/i>.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273255\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/saw82987-R1-03-34_photography_credit_James_Saw_cm3o3v\/protect-photo-by-james-saw.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/saw82987-R1-03-34_photography_credit_James_Saw_cm3o3v\/protect-photo-by-james-saw.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/saw82987-R1-03-34_photography_credit_James_Saw_cm3o3v\/protect-photo-by-james-saw.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/saw82987-R1-03-34_photography_credit_James_Saw_cm3o3v\/protect-photo-by-james-saw.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/saw82987-R1-03-34_photography_credit_James_Saw_cm3o3v\/protect-photo-by-james-saw.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/saw82987-R1-03-34_photography_credit_James_Saw_cm3o3v\/protect-photo-by-james-saw.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Rap Blog: Protect gears up for an Irish exit\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Protect. Photo by James Saw.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273258\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <i>Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. Follow our playlists on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/playlist\/rap-blog\/pl.35c36469c8b14eaf8166ad47fa80a5d5\">Apple Music<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/2cVUPETgwYGaxA4RVShIjW\">Spotify<\/a>.<br \/><\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273257\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            In December 2024, Protect, a r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er from Buffalo, NY, released <i>Ball Hog For Life<\/i>, his second album of the year. It cemented his blown-out, melodic style \u2014 musically, he sits somewhere between OsamaSon and Destroy Lonely, and he\u2019s got access to all of the underground\u2019s best producers (wegonebeok, Cade, prettifun, CXO, Rio Leyva, etc). On songs like \u201cFall Guys\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6hkt9SPgKpU\">Ion Wanna Talk (Instagram Live)<\/a>,\u201d his instinct for pristine hooks was front and center, lodging phrases like \u201cblue bunnies pink fiftiesss\u201d deep in the subconscious.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273254\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Protect - IfUGotMe [Official Audio]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FRBnlQcC3bc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('273254');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273256\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Out today, <i>500 Days of Summer<\/i> burrows further into Protect\u2019s fried sound, his ear for beats somehow even wonkier than before. I\u2019m partial to the detuned pan flutes of \u201cJumbo\u201d and the translucent 808s of \u201cGossip Girl,\u201d though I miss the copyright-violating dialogue sample from the latter song&#8217;s snippet (\u201cNot everyone wants to be Blair Waldorf\u201d \u201cNot everyone can be\u201d).\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The album standout for now is \u201cIfUGotMe,\u201d whose instrumental conjures the image of a 15-story tall cricket rubbing its legs together, twitching and chirping insistently. The titanic Cade instrumental spurs Protect to admit \u201cI don\u2019t want talk to no one \/ I don\u2019t wan&#8217; be around no one \/ I just wanna be alone.\u201d He\u2019s crooning about women stalking his page in one breath and dismissing hating ass tweets in the next. \u201cPull up but I won\u2019t stay long,\u201d he intones on the hook, then: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> battery gone!\u201d he yelps, an odd burst of candor in the sub-two minute song. Sometimes the most important skill is knowing when to leave. \n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273259\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/2cVUPETgwYGaxA4RVShIjW?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/playlist\/rap-blog\/pl.35c36469c8b14eaf8166ad47fa80a5d5\"><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Vivian Medithi<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2025\/08\/15\/rap-blog-protect-ifugotme\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to \u201cIfUGotMe\u201d off the Buffalo rapper\u2019s new album 500 Days of Summer. Protect. 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