Vince Staples Readies New Album Cry Baby

Vince Staples has lined up a new album for June 5. Presented as the start of a more independent era, Cry Baby is Staples’ debut for Loma Vista. “As the world burns, I have decided to release this album,” he said in a statement. Check out the tracklist and album art below.

The lead single, “Blackberry Marmalade,” came out Sunday with a first-person shooter-style video co-directed by Staples and Bradley J. Calder. Watch that below, though, as Staples noted on Monday, “YouTube has age-restricted the Blackberry Marmalade video, so if you are over the age of 18, make sure to share it with the youth around you. Our children deserve the truth.”

The album is built around live instrumentation, according to a press release, which also heralds Staples’ new era as one of newfound autonomy. Staples’ signing to Loma Vista—which is part of Concord Music Group—follows a series of releases that were mostly in partnership with Def Jam and Blacksmith, the label co-founded by Talib Kweli. Staple’s last LP, Dark Times, came out in 2024.

Revisit Alphonse Pierre’s column Vince Staples Turns Rap Stardom Anxieties Into Comedy on The Vince Staples Show.