Donovan Watkis Podcast

DJ Khaled has been promoting Khaled Khaled since his last album dropped in 2019. No one really knows why and how Khaled is able to have more guest appearances than an Obama All Black White House party. But he keeps getting them. Khaled Khaled is a 14 track effort by We The Best/ Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. A legacy project, Khaled kneels in the Garden of Holy Mountain on the cover in prayer surrounded by his two sons Asahd and Aalam who along with Allah are executive producers. The album soberingly starts off with the Ain’t No Love sample and the haunting but resurrecting sound of negro spirituals. A grateful Lil Wayne and a recovering Jeremih croon survival at all cost as the choir’s melody sets the tone for a wild ride. The irony and artistry of a song named Thankful, sampling Bobby Bland’s Ain’t No Love track, released in 1974 and famously sampled by Jay-Z in 2001 for his Blueprint Album cut of the same name, affirms Khaled’s ability to resurrect familiar sounds and make