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With another seven days in the books, we’re back catching you up on the best new music with the 336th installment of our Weekly Dope playlist. On the artwork, I ran with a mix of Deante’ Hitchcock‘s Once Upon a Time album, Heem B$F‘s From the Cradle to the Grave album, Lil Durk‘s “All My Life” single […]
Currently in “her next era,” Kiana Ledé kicked off her 2023 with her Ella Mai-guested track “Jealous.” She now returns with her second offering of the year, “Deeper.” The track will find life on Ledé’s in-the-works forthcoming album, which should arrive sometime in the year. [embedded content]
For the past few years Russ has put the falsetto to the left for straight-up boom bap-inflected raps on his CHOMP series (part one in 2020, part two in 2021). He keeps that tradition once again, for the third second-and-a-half installment. A six-song drop, Russ eschews guests on this go-round. Instead, he connects with producers […]
Another rising talent from Brooklyn, BreezyLYN caught a buzz with her 2022 single “Bad B*tches.” Now laced with a deal at 300 Entertainment, she updates the single with fellow femme fatales Lola Brooke and Kali. “I’m very excited to share this moment with my girls Lola and Kali,” says BreezyLYN. “They’ve been so supportive of this […]
Could Jorja Smith be on the verge of releasing a proper follow-up to her debut album, Lost & Found (her 2021 drop, Be Right Back, was only an eight-song EP)? It looks that way. Following “Try Me,” the UK songstress has shared her second offering of the year in “Little Things.” “The song is pretty […]
Her first album since 2018’s Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe has announced that her/their fourth studio album is on the way. Dubbed THE AGE OF PLEASURE, the project is slated to arrive on June 9. Monaé has also shared the forthcoming album’s second focus track (following “Float“), “Lipstick Lover.” “As we enter into The Age Of […]
Killer Mike with his forthcoming solo album MICHAEL, dropping June 16. His sixth overall effort, it is Mike’s first album since 2012’s R.A.P. Music. Having shared the singles “Don’t Let The Devil,” “Talk’n That Sh*t,” and “RUN,” Mike has shared a two-part video for “Don’t Let The Devil” (with his Run The Jewels compadre El-P […]
His first full-length body of work since his 2020 debut album BETTER, Deante’ Hitchcock has shared his sophomore album Once Upon A Time. “IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED. A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE BETTER,” Deante’ begins. “THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED…DEPRESSION, CONFUSION, ANGER, FEAR AND EVERY EMOTION ADJACENT GRIPPED ME FOR WHAT […]
The follow-up to his excellent collaborative EP with producer KAYTRANADA, Simple, IDK shares his full-length album F65. A 22-track release, the project is aimed at “exploring the experiences of people of color around the world – and what that reality means,” IDK says. “Given the theme’s provocative, poetic, and powerful nature, I also chose to […]
With another seven days in the books, we’re back catching you up on the best new music with the 335th installment of our Weekly Dope playlist. On the artwork, I ran with a mix of Conway the Machine‘s Won’t He Do It, billy woods + Kenny Segal‘s Maps, and Atmosphere‘s So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously albums, […]
