Inside Jaden’s Psychedelic World of Innovation

He tells Complex that the project goes into a lane very few rappers have explored before. [Complex]( MAKING HEADLINES [The Best Songs to Get You in the Mood]( [The Best Bad Movies Of All Time]( [Moneybagg Yo Shows Off Massive Fleet of Vehicles in Celebration of 30th Birthday]( [Coi Leray Shows Off New Piece and Claims She Has the Best Chain]( TOP STORY [Alternate text]( Inside Jaden’s Psychedelic World of Innovation In August, the 23-year-old innovator formerly known as Jaden Smith dropped CTV3, the final chapter of his Cool Tapes series, which delves into a psychedelic journey. He tells Complex that the project goes into a lane very few rappers have explored before. “I’ve never heard a mixtape that was alternative psychedelic rock,” he says. “I also wanted to take a big leap as a rapper, honestly, to go to the extreme ‘other place.’” [READ STORY]( EDITORS' PICKS [Alternate text]( Drake’s Timestamp Songs, Ranked Drake’s career is defined by numbers—the number of records he’s broken, the number of plaques he has, and the countless other accolades he’s stacked up during his decade-long run. Fitting neatly into his ethos of numerology are the songs he labels with a specific time and location. All of the timestamp songs are spicy, and they all come packed with petty messages, ambiguous references, and a lot of bars. With “7am on Bridle Path” continuing the saga, here is my ranking of Drake’s best timestamp songs. [READ STORY]( [Alternate text]( Furi Sport’s Erick Mathelier Wants To Dress Tennis Players Beyond The Country Club When Erick Mathelier, a Haitian-American, was growing up in Flatbush, Brooklyn during the late ‘80s, Andre Agassi was a tennis star. “I don’t know if you remember, but he had the long hair. I felt like tennis was exciting,” says Mathelier. “When people think of tennis, they think, you must play at some country club, which obviously there is that,” says Mathelier. “But I think there’s a brand that’s needed to be like, ‘No, you don’t have to play in this type of environment.’ So we want to be that brand.” [READ STORY]( [Alternate text]( Stephen A. Smith Clarifies Report About Kevin Durant Nixing Kyrie Irving Trade for Ben Simmons During a discussion with Kendrick Perkins on ESPN’s First Take, Stephen A. hinted at a potential trade involving Simmons and Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving, claiming that Durant told the Nets front office “don’t do it.” After multiple outlets interpreted Smith as saying that Durant nixed an actual trade, the ESPN broadcaster took to Twitter on Thursday to clarify what he meant. [READ STORY]( [Alternate text]( Drake’s Projects, Ranked From Worst to Best By now, certain things about Drake’s career are undeniable. He’s one of the most commercially successful artists of all time, and the numbers speak for themselves. He holds records for the most total entries on the Hot 100 chart, the most top 10 hits, and the most consecutive weeks on the Hot 100, among countless others. Name a streaming record, and it probably belongs to Drake. [READ STORY]( [Complex on Instagram]( [Complex on Facebook]( [Complex on Twitter]( [Complex on YouTube]( [Complex on Snapchat]( © Complex Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 229 W. 43rd Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10036 You are receiving this email because you've signed up for Complex Newsletter. Want to stop receiving messages from Complex? [Unsubscribe]( [Click here to view this email in your browser.]( Complex.com is part of: [Complex Networks](