This new’s New Music Friday highlights Hip Hop’s regional and sonic diversity — from the rugged raps of its birthplace to and the trunk-rattling trap flavor of the South to the modern innovations from some of its youngest and hottest stars.
Yeat continues to prove himself as one of the most intriguing artists of the current generation with his fifth album LYFESTYLE, while veterans such as Benny The Butcher, 38 Spesh and 03 Greedo further feed their fanbases.
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Elsewhere, Memphis’ Big Boogie caps off his breakout 2024 with the star-studded Ether and Jennifer Hudson reminds fans she’s not just a TV host these days.
See the full list of new albums below and check out this week’s stacked New Music Friday singles spotlight featuring new tracks from Drake, Gunna, Wizkid, Ab-Soul, Danny Brown and more.
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Yeat — LYFESTYLE
Features: Lil Durk, Kodak Black, Don Toliver, Summrs
Production: Synthetic, Sharkboy, Primo, Rafeprod, Yeat
Label: Lyfestyle Corporation / Field Trip / Capitol
The enigmatic masked superstar releases his fifth album before even turning 25 and continues to show his evolution and maturation as an artist. Buoyed by some big-name features, LYFESTYLE finds Yeat playing with sounds that range from ’80s disco to electro dubstep and just about everything in between.
Benny The Butcher & 38 Spesh — Stabbed & Shot 2
Features: Busta Rhymes, Dave East, Ransom, Elcamino, Klass Murda, OT The Real
Production: Harry Fraud, Bink!, Daringer, V Don, Aesthetic
Label: T.C.F. Music Group / Black Soprano Family
Over a decade of working together has not meant Benny The Butcher and 38 Spesh have gotten lazy — in fact, quite the opposite as their chemistry is as electric as ever on the sequel to their 2018 collaborative album.
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03 Greedo & Helluva — Hella Greedy
Features: G Herbo, Rob49, Maxo Kream, Vae Vanilla
Production: Helluva, Twizz, Whitlock Beats, Swshr, Rizzo
Label: Alamo / Sony
His whopping 17th mixtape, the West Coast lynchpin shows no signs of slowing down as he appears to be better than ever following his release from prison last year.
Big Boogie — Ether
Features: GloRilla, Moneybagg Yo, 42 Dugg, DJ Drama, YTB Fatt, Lakeyah
Production: Real Red, Carter Z, YPM Carter, UncleFinesse, Lil k33 Beats
Label: CMG
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Jennifer Hudson — The Gift of Love
Features: Common, The Joy
Production: James Poyser, Ryan Tedder, Kirk Franklin, Greg Phillinganes, David Foster
Label: JHUD Productions / Interscope
Jean Dawson — Glimmer of God
Features: Lil Yachty, BONES
Production: Jean Dawson, Wyatt Bernard, Hoskins, Biako, Johnny May
Label: P+
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TisaKorean — In Silly We Trust
Features: Don Toliver, TiaCorine
Production: TisaKorean
Label: JaZZZy / Nice Life
ian — Goodbye Horses
Features: Chief Keef, Lil Yachty
Production: Chief Keef, WondaGurl, Taz Taylor, Sxprano, ian
Label: Bu Vision / Columbia
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DJ Muggs, CRIMEAPPLE & RLX — Los Pollos Hermanos
Features: T.F., Primo Profit
Production: DJ Muggs
Label: Soul Assassins
Jaden Smith — 2024: A Case Study of the Long Term Effects of Young Love (EP)
Features: N/A
Production: Askel Arvid Hauge, Omarr Rambert, LastNght, LeXoskeleton, Ayo, LeauxFi
Label: MSFTSrep / Three Six Zero