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ILOVEMAKONNEN is officially back with the release of his surprise new album, which comes on the artist’s thirty-first birthday. While his career may not have gone the way we all predicted back in 2014, Makonnen is still culturally relevant because of his earlier work on songs like “Tuesday”, which remains one of the best niche records for a night out in the middle of the week.

We haven’t heard from Makonnen in a while but he’s been locked in the studio, continuing to work on his craft and delivering his latest full-length effort on his birthday. Revealing that My Parade is the first independently-released project in his catalogue, fans will be listening to the Lil B and Payday-featured album for the next little while. There are chances of viral success on tracks like “Whoopsy”, which has a new visualizer below.

Listen to the new album and let us know what you think of it.

Tracklist:

1. 2SEXY
2. If It’s Cool
3. Whoopsy (feat. Payday)
4. So Saucy
5. Whip It Harder
6. Bad B*tch With A Stutter
7. More B*tches Than The Mayor (feat. Lil B)
8. All I Wanna See
9. I Can See It In Your Eyes
10. What You Tryna Do
11. My Parade
12. Makonnen’s Beethoven
13. My Hustle Don’t Stop

Following the release of singles like, ‘”fxck it then” and “september 13th,” multi-disciplinary artist and singer-songwriter Yaya Bey has finally arrived with her new project, The Things I Can’t Take With Me. The East Coast artist continues her hot streak following the critically acclaimed release of The Madison Tapes in 2020. The six-track EP is entirely self-produced by Bey who takes the listener on a journey through warm production and honest storytelling. 

The project was actually produced while she was working on her next album. “[The album] is going to be about the journey home to self,” Bey explained in a statement. “But on the way, there’s all this shit I gotta let go of, just the things I can’t take with me.”

Check the project below. 

Houston artist Fre$h is a man who has consistently delivered some dope tracks and projects over the years. Fans are always looking forward to what he will do next and over the weekend, he decided to drop a brand new five-track EP that contains some summer tropical vibes. In fact, while making this album, Fre$h noted that he got to experiment with Afro beats for the very first time.

“I was in Aruba when I realized that tropical sounding music really has no expiration date. Ironically, my dog Paperboy Fabe hit me and said “Yo Fre$h, I think your voice would sound good on some Afro beats.” I had never tried it before so as soon as I got back we locked in and created some of the best music I ever made and named the project Still Summer Somewhere.. because even if it’s cold where you are, all you have to do is board a plane to catch the vibe,” Fre$h said.

Fre$h’s voice works great with the production and all five of these tracks will have you wanting to be at the beach with a drink in your hand. Stream the project, below.

Tracklist:

1. Bottomless Mimosas
2. Wild (ft. Flee)
3. Toxic
4. Shaggy (ft. Mike Zombie)
5. Asking For A Friend (ft. Squalla)

Pink Siifu dropped off Negro in 2020, but he is back with a reup on that project. The album was an eclectic mix of genres that didn’t feature much rapping. Negro was well received, however, it’s now apparent that Pink Siifu had a lot more work he wanted to release. And so he did. Negro Deluxe touches down with a whopping 40 track playlist, doubling that of the original. 

“if you eva given tha chance to wake up take it stank u every human involved in making this project,” wrote Pink Siifu. “Blood and sweat. pain and tears. Blackness is infinite. All Praise is Due to Allah.” Some stand out tracks include “numbers on yo head” with Billy Woods, “BLACKZ” featuring Zeroh, and “FKOFFME.” Stream Negro Deluxe and let us know what you think below. 

There are few rappers in the game who have the type of presence as Big Baby Scumbag. He’s not a household name by any means but he carries himself like he is. 

On Friday, the rapper released his latest body of work HustleMania which coincided with WWE’s Wrestlemania 37. The rapper offers a 13 song project that’s filled with abrasive energy and undeniable charisma over grandiose trap production. Though he handles the majority of the project on his own, he does enlist Rizzo Rizzo for assistance on track 10, “Big Belts.”

HustleMania also marks Big Baby Scumbag’s first project of 2021 following the release of three projects over the course of 2020 including flexedupshawty.com, Big Baby Earnhardt, and Juvenile Hall (ChopNotSlop Remix).

Check out the latest project from Big Baby Scumbag below. 

The Maryland/DMV area has been always been a major hub for extraordinary talent in the rap game. Black Fortune is striving to make a mark in his own way, and is slowly accomplishing that with each release. The Landover, Maryland rapper made a formal introduction on 2018’s OsshRock (Deluxe) which was later followed up with OSSHLORD last year.

On Friday, the rapper returned with his latest body of work in the OSSH-universe. The rapper dropped off OSSHMOB, an 11-song project that includes a slew of appearances from artists like Fat Trel, MoneyMarr, Lil Dude, Goonew, Xan Man, and more. OSSHMOB also has an array of producers who contributed to it such as Dj Money, SloppeKid, and more.

Check Black Fortune’s new project OSSHMOB below. 

Toronto’s Lil Berete delivered several bangers throughout 2020 as he prepared for the release of Icebreaker 2. The sequel to his 2018 breakout project was bigger and bolder than his previous efforts and included even bigger features than in the past. Sada Baby and 2KBaby assisted on the tracklist along with Nafe Smallz who he worked with in the past on “Money Sex & Drugs” and “No Distractions.”

This week, the rapper keeps the momentum of the 2020 project high with the release of the deluxe edition. The eight-song project gets a four-song extension with British producer Unimerce serving as the only additional feature artist for the single, “One Week.”

Press play on Lil Berete’s project below and check out our 2019 interview with the rapper, “Lil Berete Is A Toronto Star In The Making: On Smoke Dawg’s Legacy & International Success.”

Rapper Tommy Cash’s unconventional approach to music has allowed him to meld different sounds together to form his own. However, he’s an overall creative who dabbled in fashion and dance, as well. This week, he returned with his latest project, MoneySutra EP. It’s a five-song project that opens up with abrasive energy on “Zuccenberg” which also features $uicideboy$ and Diplo. Additional features on the project include Bones, Riff Raff, and Eldzey. 

Tommy Cash’s new project arrives after he set the Internet ablaze with the release of his custom adidas sneakers which also set a new record for the world’s longest shoes.

Check his new project MoneySutra and the tracklist below.

1. Zuccenberg ft. $uicideboys & Diplo
2. Siri ft. Bones
3. Racked 
4. Millionaire Mullet ft. Riff Raff
5. Nalik – Eldzhey

One of the greatest hardcore rap groups of all time has brought their latest album to DSPs. Fredo Starr and Sticky Fingaz released the latest Onyx album in March as a Bandcamp exclusive before bringing Onyx 4 Life onto streaming platforms. The 13-song project includes the previously released single, “Ahhh Year” ft. Mad Lion, and also features Cappadonna, Planet Asia, Panama PL, Snak The Ripper, and SickFlo. The project was led by the single, “Coming Outside.” It’s definitely a project that should be in rotation this week if you’ve been needing a healthy dose of hardcore hip-hop. 

The new album from Onyx arrives nearly a year after they released the feature-laden collaborative project with Snowgoons, Lost Treasures. Check out their new project Onyx 4 Life below and sound off with your favorite song in the comments. 

Sauce Walka clearly stockpiled on music throughout the pandemic. The rapper’s prolific output this week included the release of Birdz Hunt Snakes and his collaborative effort with El Trainn on Sauce Train. Those two projects along would give fans enough music to ride out to for the remainder of the year, though it seems like the plan is to overwhelm them with songs.

This week, he returned with another project titled, Sauce R&B which stands for Sauce Rhythm & Blood. Laced up with 15 songs with a runtime of nearly an hour, Sauce Walka offers a slew of bangers with artists like Trippie Redd, El Trainn, Maserati Jay, Rico Glizzy, and more.

Check out the latest project from Sauce Walka and sound off with your favorite track in the comments.