6LACK Releases Fourth Album ‘Love Is the New Gangsta’

Alt-R&B singer 6LACK has unleashed his fourth album, Love is the New Gangsta, via LVRN/Interscope Records.

The 15-track set is a meditation on the various shades of love: the intricacies of romance, the fulfillment of family, the joys of friendship and community and the necessary work of self-healing. It’s 6LACK as we know him — his signature monotone delivery that he occasionally trades for poetic rhymes — but a more mature version that he has been climbing towards since 2016’s FREE 6LACK. 

6LACK told Rolling Stone that he began conceptualizing the album shortly after he and his partner, Quiñ, a fellow alt-R&B artist, welcomed their daughter, Blaze, in 2025. “Before the pregnancy, our relationship was on the rocks,” he told the publication. “I just started to vent and have open conversations about what I was going through, and we just knew we had to make an album about it.”

Love is the New Gangsta was preceded by the singles “Bird Flu,” “Sunday Again” with 2 Chainz and “Ashin’ the Blunt” with Young Thug. The album features additional collaborations with Leon Thomas, AZ Chike, Odeal, Mereba and Quiñ. 

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“All That Matters,” featuring Thomas and Chike, captures the yearning tunnel vision 6LACK has for his lover, while the Odeal-assisted “On Me” is a vow to protect that union. “Gotta hold it down if you got one,” he sings over jazzy instrumentation. 

Quiñ joins him on “Out of Body,” where the two harmonize about a love that transcends time and space. “I’ll love you ’til the moon runs out / Love you ’til the wheels fall off / Love you when I’m feelin’ lost / Love you ’til I found myself,” they sing. 

Tracks like the soulful “Vision” and the pop-tinged “I Guess” further highlight 6LACK’s artistic range. 

Love is the New Gangsta is the follow-up to 2023’s Since I Have A Lover, another introspective body of work.

Regarding Since I Have A Lover, 6LACK said, “The album is a collection of songs about love, and learning through the pains that come with growth. It’s a reminder that regardless of the outcome, choosing to better yourself, and sharing that experience with the people around you, has a lasting effect.”

The Grammy-nominated project featured collaborations with Don Toliver, India Shawn, QUIN, Ty Dolla $ign and Wale. 6LACK supported the album on his Since I Have A Lover World Tour.

Stream 6LACK’s Love is the New Gangsta below.