“Leavemealone” by Fred Again and Baby Keem

"Leavemealone" dropped on 8 December 2023 through Atlantic Records UK, a team-up between English DJ and producer Fred Again and American rapper Baby Keem that also appears on Fred Again's compilation USB. The trick is that Keem's raps are recycled from two of his own songs, "Bullies" from a 2019 mixtape and "South Africa" from his 2021 album The Melodic Blue, which Fred Again chopped, repitched and rebuilt through the sampling service Tracklib, so Keem's flow shifts every time the beat does.

Billboard's Jason Lipshutz praised how Fred Again pared the samples down into something that sounded brand new, Clash's Robin Murray heard it setting midwinter alight, and it entered the UK Singles Chart at 30. It also earned a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Recording.

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