New week, new Recent Picks! From drill love songs by J Hus and Maiya The Don to rap rhythms by Atlanta heads SwaVay and KEY!, we’ve a variety of sounds that will help you energy by way of one other steamy week.
And naturally, take a look at this month’s Recent Picks (up to now) in our Spotify playlist, linked under.
Freshest Discover: J Hus feat. Jorja Smith, “Good Physique”
J Hus is the most recent addition to the streak of U.Ok. rappers (following Dave and Central Cee) who’ve crossing over and dominating the scene as of late. Final Friday (July 14), the Gambian-British rapper launched his long-awaited third album, Stunning and Brutal Yard, with a handful of options together with large names like Drake, Burna Boy and Jorja Smith. Hus and the lattermost teamed up for a slowed down heater, “Good Physique,” a observe about being together with your lover by way of thick and skinny. Hus and Smith duet, ending one another’s sentences — making for a reasonably steamy observe.
Alex Mali, “DinnerTime”
Brooklyn native Alex Mali is aware of her self-worth and with “DinnerTime,” the singer is giving followers a style of her upcoming debut album, Belief the Course of (out August 16). With the hard-hitting new single, Mali explores the idea of ladies evaluating themselves to “a snack” or “a meal,” delving into her personal perspective and redefining what it means to be attractive. “Discovering your self is a journey and you need to enable your self the grace to seek out the wonder in each section, each setback and each triumph,” she shared. “Undergo these feelings with confidence in understanding that every one might be because it’s meant to be as a result of you might have appreciated the evolution and trusted the method. Hold going.”
SwaVay, “UH”
“I don’t want no cosign, p—y, I’ll simply get my very own bag,” Swavay raps. The Atlanta rapper launched the deluxe model of his 2022 album Almetha’s Son on which incorporates two new singles, “UH” and “DUBLIN” that includes Ben Reilly and NASAAN. SwaVay gravitates in direction of mid-song beat switches, with “UH” being a main instance. The music laces a thumping bass line and 808 claps with orchestral loops as SwaVay stomps all around the beat with fiery bars.
Maiya the Don feat. Shawny Binladen, “Luv U Higher”
Maiya The Don recruits Shawny Binladen for a drill flip of Mary J. Blige and Lil Kim’s 1997 hit, “I Can Love You.” The Brooklyn rapper declared her music, “Luv U Higher,” a observe to put up your man to — as she took to socials to exhausting launch her boyfriend, Wu-Tang: An American Saga actor Siddiq Saunderson, as a part of the music’s promo.
Mack Keane, “Possibilities”
On “Possibilities,” Mack Keane is feeling all of the feels. The L.A.-based singer learns to let go and take an opportunity on love with the sultry, conga-driven music that went by way of 12 iterations earlier than Keane landed on the ultimate product. “It’s an actual story and a timestamp of that interval of my life, which is at all times the intention of my music,” he shares in a press launch. “The lyrics within the second verse are my favourite as a result of it’s one thing that I’m nonetheless studying to do in my life immediately: letting go, accepting the issues that I can’t management, and staying current and grounded on this actuality. I’m actually comfortable to lastly get this one out on the planet.”
KEY! & Redd Smash, “Crank Dat”
Like its title suggests, KEY! and Redd Smash pay homage to 2000s Atlanta hip-hop with their new single “Crank Dat.” Sporting classic ATL sports activities workforce jerseys and fitteds, the music’s video sees the 2 and their crew cranking dat, hitting the oldsters and hitting the woah. “Crank Dat” will seem on KEY!’s upcoming mission, Marquis.
