Across pop, rap, rock, and country, we have a variety of new music released this week, including releases from Dua Lipa, slowthai, Jay-Z, Nipsey Hussle, Nas, The Pretty Reckless, Florida Georgia Line, and more. Whatever your music taste may be, there is sure to be something you can listen to amongst the new releases.
The soundtrack for the movie Judas and The Black Messiah dropped today. The album is executive produced by Hit-Boy and features the long-awaited collaboration between Nipsey Hussle & Jay-Z, “What It Feels Like”. The album also features Nas, Black Thought, Polo G, Dom Kennedy, A$AP Rocky, & Rakim.
Yesterday, Dua Lipa released her first new music of 2021 with her song “We’re Good.” The artist tweeted about the new song, which included accompanying cover art. It shows Dua Lipa in a green outfit, with her name written in the same font as her most recent album Future Nostalgia. She will also be releasing the Moonlight Edition of Future Nostalgia today. This edition of the album includes a handful of b-sides. The full tracklist was tweeted here.
British rapper, slowthai releases his sophomore album TYRON today. The album includes the previously released tracks “CANCELLED” featuring Skepta, and “MAZZA” featuring A$AP Rocky. TYRON includes a- and b-side tracks, and all show slowthai at his truest self. Themes of self-actualization, gaining confidence, and navigating personhood are expected to be on this album.
Guapdad 4000 & the producer !llmind dropped their highly anticipated collaboration “How Many”. R&B crooner Brent Fayiaz is back on the scene with a new song “Circles”, he released the song via a Dropbox link on his Instagram. Rowdy Rebel dropped his new single “Jesse Owens” featuring Nav, and the two didn’t disappoint with their latest effort.
The Pretty Reckless released their fourth album, Death By Rock And Roll, today. Last week, the band released the striking music video for “And So It Went” in collaboration with Tom Morello which will be included on the new album. “25” and the album’s title track “Death By Rock And Roll” have also been previously released. Passionate, gritty, and classic rock and roll are words that describe this new album by The Pretty Reckless.
Today, Florida Georgia Line releases their fifth album, Life Rolls On. Despite the band’s tough year (COVID contractions, rumors of the band’s split, and solo projects) the album is said to have themes of happiness, and joy. The new album includes 16 tracks, some of which have been previously released, including “Life Rolls On,” “New Truck,” and “Long Live.”
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