Pi'erre Bourne: The full-fledged 'Grails EP' has arrived and comes stacked with anthems

There’s honestly no doubting hip-hop artist Pi’erre Bourne in 2023. The rap artist is nice-nice with the production but making his presence really felt as a certified lyricist, too. How so? How about coming courtesy of his new Grails EP.

Pi’erre Bourne’s ‘Grails EP’ is fully streaming everywhere

Whether it’s because of the nostalgic feel from throwback classics revamped with new vocals or having previously released snippets turned into full-fledged songs, it’s all in the EP.

GRAMMY® Award Winning Producer / Rapper, and SossHouse CEO, Pi'erre Bourne shares Grails, his new EP. The 8-track EP is a gift for fans ahead of the artist's upcoming Coachella debut, this Sunday, April 16th. Pi'erre announced the EP tracklist on Monday, with support from Spotify, who featured Pi'erre on a Billboard in Times Square. 

The new EP collects a series of fan-favorite snippets and early Pi'erre tracks, each re-recorded with new vocals and given official release for the first time. Grails gives a permanent home to songs like "IG," which originally emerged as a snippet in 2021 before its release in February, and "Honeyberry 2," which dates back to 2017 and finally had its DSP drop in March. Marking the first release of anticipated tracks like "NY in June" and "George Lopez," among others, Grails EP is available everywhere via SossHouse/Interscope.

GRAILS EP TRACKLIST:
IG
Love Reeks
George Lopez
Chicken and Waffles
NY in June
Tabloid
Honeyberry 2
Lessons

Grails EP is the latest salvo in a busy year for the SossHouse founder and CEO.  Earlier this year, Pi'erre shared the new video for "DJ In The Car," danceable highlight from his 2022 album Good Movie, available now HERE. The South Carolina-born artist is hard at work on the follow-up to Good Movie, dropping later this year. Most recently, Pi'erre connected with his SossHouse signees Sharc and Frazier Trill to release an unofficial remix of Lil Yachty's "Poland," with a video filmed in the titular country. Last night, before heading to the desert, Pi'erre headlined a sold out show at The Novo in Los Angeles.

Juicy J and Pi'erre Bourne's new album is coming

It’s not even officially summer yet but the audio heatwaves are coming. Memphis rap legend Juicy J and fellow hitmaker Pi’erre Bourne are on their steady grinds coming together to tease the world with their new ‘This Fronto’ single ahead of an upcoming Space Age Pimpin’ joint album.

Juicy J and Pi’erre Bourne’s new album is coming

Instead of going on a massive promo tour, the duo have shocked fans by coming through on the new tunes announcement. Their joint effort will arrive later this month but in the meantime they’ve hit the green light on dropping their new single.

Legendary rapper, producer, entrepreneur, and Academy Award winner Juicy J has announced his new collaborative album with super-producer and artist Pi’erre Bourne available June 22 that J executive produced. J’s signature grit paired with Bourne’s melodic airy style bring together an album made the perfect hip hop listener. Today, you can hear the first track called “This Fronto,” which has all the makings of a summertime club banger and sets the tone for the album.

All you need to know about Juicy J

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As one of the founding members of the legendary Platinum-selling Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia, Juicy J is credited as one of the founders of Southern rap. His contributions to the sound of the culture over the last three decades have made his influence omnipresent including countless TikTok and social media samples and a RIAA-Diamond certified record for Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse.” Earlier this year, Juicy J and longtime collaborator Wiz Khalifa released their second collaborative LP, Stoner’s Night (executive produced by both guys), which received praise from Complex, XXL, The Source, and more. Juicy J and Three 6 Mafia closed out 2021 with a legendary Verzuz against Bone Thugs N’ Harmony, and did a series of live shows nationwide. The year prior J dropped his first independent release in a decade with The Hustle Continues,which got praise from Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, MTV, Pitchfork, and more. All while producing Megan Thee Stallion’s Platinum break out “Hot Girl Summer'' which went #1 on the Billboard Rhythmic charts and became the first female rap collab in history to reach #1 on Apple Music.

Pi’erre Bourne’s been doing this for a long time, too

It’s not just all about Juicy leading the way. Bourne has kept busy in recent years and put out quality anthems with some mega rap stars.

Pi’erre Bourne first made his mark as a producer — crafting massive singles for Playboi Carti (“Magnolia”), topping the charts with Lil Uzi Vert (Eternal Atake), and becoming a GRAMMY Award winner (Kanye West’s Jesus Is King) — while establishing himself as a successful rapper with lauded solo albums The Life of Pi’erre 4 and The Life of Pi’erre 5, which was critically acclaimed as one of the “Best Albums of 2021” by NPR, Complex, Rolling Stone, XXL and more. Earlier this year he collaborated with Atlanta’s own,  TM88 on their collaborative mixtape titled, Yo88!, where TM produced the beats while Pi’erre provided glorious “catchy and effortless bars,” as stated by Billboard. The project went on to garner massive praise by fans and various publications including Billboard, OFFICE Magazine, The FADER, ET, Complex and more. In addition to releasing music, the founder and CEO of his own SossHouse imprint–home to artists like Chavo and Sharc–Pi'erre recently wrapped up the U.S. leg of his headlining "The Purple Tour," which included several sold-out dates, and plans to take his show to Europe during the summer months.

Barring any last-minute changes, the new studio album is slated to arrive Wednesday, June 22.