MadeinTYO, Big Scarr, SleazyWorld Go, More – New Hip-Hop Projects

Halfway via February and the brand new joints simply maintain coming. This week, hip-hop delivers a extremely anticipated LP from a globetrotting rhymer, a posthumous launch from a 2022 XXL Freshman who has since handed on, a hyped-up album from a New York MC, a Kansas City rapper is again with a sequel to his November 2022 challenge and extra.

After teasing followers with it for almost two years, MadeinTYO lastly comes via together with his new album, NeoTYO. The 11-monitor album is led by the P. Soul-produced single, “Thinking to Myself,” which dropped in December together with a video that finds MadeinTYO returning to his former metropolis of residence, Tokyo, for the primary time since Japan reopened its borders following the COVID-19 pandemic. NeoTYO options visitor appearances from Famous Dex, frequent collaborator UnoTheActivist and MadeinTYO’s brother, 24hrs.

Despite the challenge coming as a little bit of a shock after solely having introduced an official launch date throughout the previous two days, MadeinTYO hasn’t been so delicate not too long ago about having new music on the best way. All all through the previous few weeks on social media, the previous XXL Freshman has highlighted the truth that he is been laborious at work within the studio earlier than finally sharing on Tuesday (Feb. 14), that the time has come and he is prepared for followers to listen to his newest sounds.

“Love you all,” tweeted MadeinTYO earlier this week. “I’m ready for all the new music to drop.”

NeoTYO marks the “Uber Everywhere” spitter’s first full-size providing since 2021’s joint challenge with UnoTheActivist, Yokohama. Prior to the brand new album, TYO’s most up-to-date challenge was 24hrs in Tokyo, an EP in collaboration together with his aforementioned brother, 24hrs, which dropped again in November of final 12 months.

Just about two months after Big Scarr tragically handed away at solely 22 years previous, the rapper’s file label, Gucci Mane’s 1017 Global Music, releases his first posthumous album, The Secret Weapon. Big Scarr’s sophomore album is comprised of 17 songs recorded earlier than the 2022 XXL Freshman died of an unintended drug overdose in December of final 12 months.

Guest options on The Secret Weapon embody vocals from Big Scarr’s cousin, Pooh Shiesty, Key Glock and Scarr’s 1017 labelmate, Enchanting, amongst others. Also featured on the tune “Trappin N’ Rappin” is Gucci Mane himself and in being the one to announce the posthumous album’s launch on Instagram earlier this week, Gucci had some variety issues to say about the late 1017 signee.

“My secret weapon Big Scarr album drops this Friday,” wrote Gucci Mane accompanied by a photograph of Big Scarr and The Secret Weapon‘s monitor itemizing. “I hate that he’s not here to celebrate this great body of work that he worked so hard on. #TheSecretWeapon album drops this Friday 2/17 midnight on all platforms #SecretWeapon #1017Mafia.”

SleazyWorld Go is again with the sequel to his Where the Shooter Be mixtape, which dropped in November of 2022. For WTSB2, the Kansas City rapper added 5 new tracks to carry followers over till he drops his official studio album.

About per week in the past, SleazyWorld unveiled a brand new art work for the challenge, which options him sitting on the throne (aka rest room) in a yard holding one thing in his fingers that seems to resemble a weapon illustrated in crimson crayon. Hours earlier than the mixtape launch, the 25-12 months-previous rapper disclosed the 5 additional songs on the challenge, together with “Catfish,” “Get Used to Me” and the beforehand launched single, “Robbers & Villains.”

“Blessing my fans with 5 NEW Bonus Tracks before I go album mode,” he wrote within the caption. “I hope y’all love em & it hold y’all until [ninja emoji].”

SleazyWorld, who nabbed a Best New Hip Hop Artist nomination for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, is on his perpetual grind for the brand new 12 months.

Jay Critch drops off his new LP, Jugg Season, a prolonged 19-monitor providing with assists from rhymers like Rich The Kid, Max B and Baby Money. The New York spitter has spent a lot of the previous few weeks build up hype amongst his fan base in anticipation of the album’s launch. Aside from dropping off the beforehand launched single “Oh What A Feeling” final Friday (Feb.10), Jay Critch hit up social media with freestyle movies from contained in the sales space, pictures of himself kicking it in his house metropolis of New York and even prolonged an open invitation to followers on Wednesday to rejoice Jugg Season‘s launch at Cookie’s Clothing in Midtown Manhattan.

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