For the final week one story has dominated the world of Hip Hop, R&B and music at giant – Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime efficiency and the simultaneous announcement of her being pregnant. But let’s put a pin in that dialogue in the intervening time – there’s a rating of recent albums to dive into on this week’s version of New Music Friday.
The listing kicks off on a somber observe as 1017 rapper Big Scarr drops The Secret Weapon, a posthumous launch which comes lower than two months after he tragically handed from an alleged unintentional overdose. Next comes tremendous-producer Metro Boomin with HEROES & VILLAINS (Villains Version) which expands on his hit file from December of final yr.
A legion of promising upcoming expertise got here ahead this week, as Bktherula dropped LVL 5 P1, Lil Darius launched Gift Of The Ghetto and TyFontaine dropped his newest EP titled The Revive (The Ascension 2 Prelude).
Keep studying for the whole listing under and tell us your favorites within the feedback.
Big Scarr – The Secret Weapon
A number of years in the past, Gucci Mane’s 1017 Records imprint was seeking to develop into the most popular label in Atlanta and past because it reinvented itself from the mid 2010s and saved an ear to the streets for burgeoning expertise. He signed some thrilling names in Pooh Shiesty, Foogiano, Enchanting and Big Scarr. Together they launched compilation tapes akin to So Icy Boyz together with an onslaught of solo releases.
However, latest years have discovered the label working into concern after concern. Shiesty was arrested, as was his companion Foogiano. But it was in December of 2022 that all-time low hit – when Big Scarr handed away from a reported unintentional overdose. His newest effort, The Big Secret, reveals he had a lot extra to offer, and it’ll serve to guard his legacy.
Metro Boomin – HEROES & VILLAINS (Villains Version)
Metro Boomin is a part of the uncommon breed of producers whose identify attracts as a lot (and infrequently extra) consideration than the artist he’s working with. The Atlanta producer’s work with artists akin to Future, 21 Savage and Travis Scott launched him into the stratosphere. This previous December he launched his producer album HEROES & VILLAINS, which felt like an all-star recreation with the album’s ever revolving forged of A-listing options.
Now he’s again to broaden the universe with HEROES & VILLAINS (Villains Version).
SleazyWorld Go – Where The Shooters Be 2
25-yr-outdated Michigan-born, Kansas City-based rapper SleazyWorld Go is understood for tracks akin to “Sleazy Flow” and its Lil Baby-helmed remix, “Step 1” with Offset and “What They Gone Do To Me.” He has a menacing movement that inches throughout stutter-step beats with a cool intention.
Stepping ahead once more with a comply with-as much as his November 2022 album Where The Shooters Be, Sleazy haw now unleashed Where The Shooters Be 2.
Bktherula – LVL 5 P1
Bktherula is tough to categorise. She raps whereas drawing affect from quite a few genres. Her movement is continually switching, from a rage-impressed howl to a monotone, deadpan supply.
One of probably the most spectacular feats in regards to the younger Atlanta MC is her skill to choose a number of the greatest beats presently out. Latest album LVL 5 P1 isn’t any exception. From the delicate, melodic Pluggnb sounds of “FOREVER, PT. 2 (JEZEBEL)” that includes Destroy Lonely to the synth-heavy growls of “PSSYONFT,” LVL 5 P1 retains the listener guessing at each flip.
TyFontaine – The Revive (The Ascension 2 Prelude)
TyFontaine is reduce from the identical material as rappers akin to Dro Kenji, Playboi Carti, Juice WRLD and Trippie Redd. His Internet Money sound (obvious on songs akin to “Message” and “Run It Up” that includes SoFaygo from Ty’s 2021 album Ascension) led him to the excessive halls of post-SoundCloud rap.
Through all of 2022 Ty was on a tear, dropping two full-size LPs, three chew-sized EPs and a smattering of singles. Though he didn’t drop something in January of this yr, evidently he’s again to flooding the streets with the discharge of his newest EP The Revive (The Ascension 2 Prelude).
Neek Bucks – BLESSED TO THE MAX
Rising Harlem rapper Neek Bucks is gearing as much as be a real pressure to be reckoned with. His ashy, charred movement skirts throughout jazz and soul-laden manufacturing from the likes of Smatt Sertified, Hitmaka and VITALS. His raps have the identical motivational high quality as rappers akin to Nipsey Hussle and Rick Ross.
BLESSED TO THE MAX comes two years after his 2021 album NEIGHBORHOOD HOV and contains options from a formidable forged consisting of Wiz Khalifa, Benny the Butcher, 2 Chainz, Raekwon and extra.
Jay Critch – Jugg Season
At one time limit, New York rapper Jay Critch had a chokehold on the town. His cult following was amassed via hits akin to “Fashion” that includes Rich The Kid, “Speak Up” and “Thousand Ways” with producer Harry Fraud.
Critch has remained constant and prolific as ever within the following years, dropping albums akin to 2021’s Critch Tape and the yr earlier than’s Signed with Love, however Jugg Season marks his first launch in 2023.
Be positive to stream 22Gz’s Love, 22 and Lil Darius’ Gift Of The Ghetto, this week’s Honorable Mentions.
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