{"product_id":"love_is_the_new_gangsta","title":"Love Is The New Gangsta","description":"\u003cp\u003eLove Is the New Gangsta is the fourth studio album by Atlanta-based singer and rapper 6LACK (Ricardo Valentine), released on May 22, 2026 through LVRN and Interscope Records. The 15-track, 44-minute project was announced on March 17, 2026 alongside lead single \"Bird Flu,\" and arrived three years after his previous album Since I Have A Lover. Where that 2023 record hinted at a desire for emotional change, this follow-up documents the actual work of transformation — rooted, according to Beats Per Minute, in recording sessions with frequent collaborator and producer Childish Major that began as open conversations about mental health and personal struggle before becoming the foundation of the album itself. Valentine has described the title as a genuine thesis: \"Love is the answer, love heals and unites, love is really the new cool, and as the title says, Love is the New Gangsta.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSonically, the album builds on the atmospheric, post-midnight textures 6LACK established across his earlier catalog, but the production here feels warmer and more lived-in, with sparse percussion giving way to soft live instrumentation and ambient synth layers, as InMusic notes. Thematically, the record functions as a real-time therapy session — a rigorous examination of past misdeeds, emotional accountability, and masculinity reframed through maturity rather than bravado. Features from Young Thug (\"Ashin' the Blunt\"), 2 Chainz (\"Sunday Again\"), Mereba, Leon Thomas, and 6LACK's partner QUIN add texture throughout without pulling focus from the album's deeply personal throughline. Apple Music summarizes the album's underlying message well: that 6LACK is in just as much need of receiving love as he is of giving it, and that there is genuine strength in vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":53630035624250,"sku":"38556","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album - Moonlight Clear Vinyl","offer_id":53630035689786,"sku":"38557","price":41.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-19_at_3.05.47_PM.jpeg?v=1781896184","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/love_is_the_new_gangsta","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}