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This week’s New Music Friday appears like Christmas come early due to a stocking’s filled with musical presents from a few of rap’s most interesting, previous and current.
Leading the invoice is Nas and DJ Premier‘s decades-in-the-making joint album Light-Years, which not solely strengthens their legacy as considered one of hip-hop’s biggest rapper-producer duos however closes out Mass Appeal Records’ epic Legend Has It… series.
Extending his personal prolific run lately, 21 Savage returns with What Happened to the Streets?, a star-studded State of the Union tackle that includes Drake, Lil Baby, Metro Boomin, GloRilla, Latto and extra.
Not to be overshadowed, Conway The Machine continues to show he’s bigger than life along with his majestically-titled new venture You Can’t Kill God With Bullets. No Griselda options on this one, however visitor spots from Roc Marciano, G Herbo and Tony Yayo make up for it.
Elsewhere, Max B and Pooh Shiesty rejoice their respective releases from jail with new music, Bun B and Statik Selektah present no indicators of slowing down with their fifth TrillStatik album which was recorded in a single day, and Nas-approved newcomer Chris Patrick capitalizes on his current viral “Mafiathon 3” freestyle with a brand new EP known as Pray 4 Me.
Check out all of this week’s greatest new rap albums and songs under.
Nas & DJ Premier — Light-Years
Featuring: AZ, Steve Miller Band
21 Savage — What Happened to the Streets?
Featuring: Drake, Lil Baby, Metro Boomin, Latto, GloRilla, G Herbo, Young Nudy, Jawan Harris
Conway The Machine — You Can’t Kill God With Bullets
Featuring: Roc Marciano, G Herbo, Tony Yayo, DJ Whoo Kid, Lady London, Heather Victoria, KNDRX
French Montana & Max B — “Make America Wavy Again (MAWA)”
Produced By: Dame Grease, Red McFly & French Montana
Bun B & Statik Selektah — TrillStatik 5
Featuring: Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, Termanology, NEMS, Bone Crusher, Robb Bank$, Propain
Pooh Shiesty — “FDO (First Day Out)”
Produced By: TP808
Chris Patrick — Pray 4 Me
Featuring: Marco Plus, Swavay, Amindi
Destroy Lonely & Ken Carson — “The Acronym”
Produced By: Akachi, Sonickaboom & DJ Moon
Gorillaz feat. Yasiin Bey & Omar Souleyman — “Damascus”
Produced By: Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton & Remi Kabaka Jr
Lil Tjay — “Therapy Session”
Produced By: Credits unavailable
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — “Over”
Produced By: Seán O’Meara
Rico Nasty — LETHAL-ER
Featuring: N/A
Bfb Da Packman & Rio Da Yung OG — Olympic Shit Talking
Featuring: N/A
MIKE — Showbiz! (Deluxe)
Featuring: Band of the Century
Samara Cyn — “What Will They Say?”
Produced By: Aver Ray & Tiana Kruskic
J Hus feat. Skepta — “Outside”
Produced By: JAE5
Fred once more.. — USB
Featuring: Future, Playboi Carti, Anderson .Paak, Baby Keem, Danny Brown, Lil Yachty, Denzel Curry, Skepta, JPEGMAFIA, Rico Nasty, BIA
Headie One — “Bellingham”
Produced By: M1onthebeat & YG
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