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GloRilla GLORIOUS New Album Review Hip Hop News2024 CMG/Interscope Records Glo's still got some rough edges to smooth out, but her studio debut both deepens her artistry and emphasizes its strengths. With a breakout hit as massive as "F.N.F.," it would've been easy for GloRilla to just stick to that sound and appeal to get her bag as hip-hop's most beloved new femcee of that year. To be fair, that's kind of what she did in the following months, giving us single after single of some dirty Memphis bangers that she earned her fair share of hate for, along with every other woman rapper being just as hedonistic as the guys without that patriarchal benefit of the doubt. However, the Tennessee native clearly didn't want to rush her studio debut, and now that GLORIOUS is here, we can easily see why. On this new album, GloRilla amps up the regionality of her artistry with no need for excessive bells and whistles, makes the most out of her various flows and ...