9

9 is the fifth studio album by Lil' Kim, released on October 11, 2019. It was Kim's first album in over a decade, and also her first since parting ways with Atlantic Records.
==Background and release==
Lil' Kim first made mention of a new album during an interview with Ebro in the Morning on Hot 97 while discussing "Took Us a Break". She referred to it as "the jump off" to this album, stating that it is not the first single, but just a song to let fans know that she is back.
Kim first announced the album and title during a show in Atlantic City on March 23, 2019, with a release date for May 17. She also alluded to the opening track "Pray for Me" — "I got some shit for y'all! One of my favorites is this record I got with Ricky Rozay". In April, Kim took to Instagram to announce that eOne had pushed back the release date of the album but did not announce a new date. Shortly after she released "No Auto Blanco" as a promotional single exclusively on SoundCloud. During an interview with SiriusXM at Essence Fest 2019, Kim announced that the album would be released around the same time as her VH1 show Girls Cruise, however the release was pushed back further with a final release date of October 11, 2019.
In an interview with BUILD Series, Kim described the album as "a re-invention of Lil' Kim" —"It's Lil' Kim like you've never really seen her before because it's different and you gotta grasp what I'm doing. You know what I mean, this is next level elevation for me. So I'm letting people know like, I do what I do, but I also can take it to the next level. I can be in the now, and I can be in the future, and I can be classic."
==Track listing==
Category:Studio albums
Category:9
Category:2019