Why this matters
Every drop until now has had a partner in the title. Murat Koff x 2Pac. 2Pac × Bones × Eddy Baker × Murat Koff. Murat Koff x DMX. The catalog has been a conversation with the voices that raised me.
Haters is the first one that's just mine. No sample. No feature. No borrowed weight. If everything before was me answering someone, this is me speaking.
What it sounds like
Deep house. Night drive. Same architecture, different owner. The bassline is heavier than most of the catalog — haters deserves weight, not lightness. Kick sits forward, hi-hats scatter, pad rides cold above it. When the drop lands, it lands like a decision, not a reveal.
Full details on the production, the title, and where it sits in the catalog land on release day. For now: pre-save it so it appears in your library the second it drops on August 20.
"Every artist eventually has to stop covering and start writing. This is that moment."
Why pre-save matters
Pre-saving isn't just about you having the song ready on release day. On Spotify and Apple Music, pre-saves feed the algorithmic signal that determines editorial playlisting in the first 24 hours. That first-day signal is why some drops explode and some die.
If you've followed the catalog — Only Fear of Death going viral with 3M+ views, Get It on the Floor opening the DMX door, the Pray 4 Me / Goat (My Cash) survival trilogy — this is the next chapter, and the one where the ceiling could get raised.
One pre-save is 10 seconds of your time. It's the single thing that makes the biggest difference for an independent drop.
What happens next
- July 21 → August 19 — pre-save phase. If you're on the Inner Circle, you'll get first listen a few hours early on release day.
- August 20, 14:00 GMT — Haters goes live on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Amazon Music.
- August 20+ — full breakdown article drops here. Production notes, the story behind the title, why it had to be solo.
- Beyond — this opens the fully-solo tier of the catalog. Expect more drops without partners in the title.
Through DistroKid — same as every drop before.
The pre-save link above is a DistroKid Hyperfollow page. That's how I distribute every release — Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Amazon Music, all through one upload. If you're serious about shipping your own music, this is the tool.
- Unlimited releases — one flat annual fee, drop as much as you want
- Keep 100% of royalties — no cut, no percentage, ever
- Pre-save Hyperfollow pages — exactly like the one you just used to pre-save Haters
- Fast turnaround — Spotify in 24-48h, every major platform
- YouTube Content ID + Vevo eligibility
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Meanwhile — the catalog while you wait
Thirty days is a long time. If you're new here, start with the viral: Only Fear of Death (Remix). Then the answer I wrote to it: Only Fear of Death (Original). Then the trilogy on survival: Pray 4 Me and Goat (My Cash). If you want the producer breakdown of the viral one, read this.
