The latest update to the R&B Season playlist features several noteworthy tracks from Jorja Smith, Yung Bleu, and Amir Obe. Each Sunday, HotNewHipHop highlights the hottest songs in the genre on the playlist from the last week. The venture mirrors the Fire Emoji playlist, which showcases the top weekly songs in hip-hop.
For Jorja Smith, her song, “Try Me,” is highlighted. The song comes five years after the release of her debut studio album, Lost & Found. It is also the debut track released on her new label FAMM. “I like this world that I’ve just come into. And I’m still figuring things out. Always figuring things out,” Smith said in a press statement. “This is the first time I’m putting stuff out there that I can connect with right now.”
Jorja Smith Performing In 2021
Yung Bleu’s recent collaboration with Chris Brown, “Distant Lover,” is also included on this week’s R&B Season. The song comes as multiple artists have been criticized for working with Brown in recent weeks. Both Chloe Bailey and Lil Dicky have addressed the backlash in recent interviews. Bailey had worked with him on her new song, “How Does It Feel,” while Dicky collaborated with him back in 2018 on “Freaky Friday.”
In previous weeks, HNHH has added many other of the biggest tracks from 2023. Several songs off 6LACK’s latest project, Since I Have A Lover, made the cut in March. More recently, Daniel Caesar’s long-awaited NEVER ENOUGH album took center stage during an April update. Chlöe has also appeared on R&B Season with her “Body Do” single
HNHH’s R&B Season Playlist
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