SOBxRBE Returns With ‘Ten Summers’, Their First Song in Seven Years
SOBxRBE reunite with 'Ten Summers', their first new music in seven years, following a March comeback show in the Bay Area.
The Bay Area rap crew SOBxRBE have broken their seven-year silence with "Ten Summers", a single that carries weight beyond its title. Released following their first live performance together in March, the track represents not just a musical return but a reckoning with time and its capacity to reshape priorities.
Yhung T.O., DaBoii, and Slimmy B recorded the song as a statement of intent. "Coming back together on our own terms and showing that you can move beyond things that once felt impossible to overcome," they explained in a statement to Pitchfork. The title itself references the 10th anniversary of SOBxRBE's founding in 2016—a milestone the group has lived through separately for much of the past decade.
What makes their return significant is the candour with which they've addressed the gap. The crew acknowledged the circumstances that fractured their momentum: "We were young when this started, and there was a lot happening around us that was bigger than music." That phrase carries the weight of context many listeners already know—SOBxRBE's early years were shadowed by street violence and legal troubles that pulled members in different directions.
From Absence to Fatherhood
The intervening years reshaped the members' understanding of what SOBxRBE meant to them. "Time gave us the chance to grow up, become fathers and understand what really matters," they said. "We never stopped being brothers." This distinction—between the professional bond and the blood-deep loyalty—anchors their comeback narrative. They're not returning as the same artists who dropped "Gangin'" in 2017; they're returning as evolved people choosing to reunite.
The accompanying music video provided visual proof of that evolution. Where much of their earlier work traded in street narratives, "Ten Summers" offered glimpses of domesticity, maturity, and the deliberate choice to rebuild something broken.
What Comes Next
SOBxRBE have already scheduled two festival dates for 2026: Back 2 the Bay in San Jose and New West Coast in Salt Lake City. The group promised "additional performances" will be announced, signalling an appetite to build momentum rather than treat this as a one-off statement. Whether they move toward a full album or continue with singles remains unclear, but the release of "Ten Summers" suggests the reunion is more than ceremonial.
For their fanbase—many of whom grew up with the crew's 2014–2017 run—the song's existence alone feels like vindication. Hip-hop is littered with groups that fractured and never recovered. SOBxRBE's willingness to sit with silence for seven years rather than chase a comeback on industry timelines feels, in hindsight, like integrity. They waited until they had something to say that wasn't performative. "Time gave us the chance to grow up" works as both an excuse and an achievement.
