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decrescendo. Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Rkomi
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Cry For Help
Cry For Help Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 BabyDrill Atlanta MC BabyDrill is a straight shooter with very little patience for anyone who isn’t. “N***a, I’m ski’d up in the winter/N***a, I’m ski’d up in the summer/I spin shit ’bout my gang, n***a/I kill shit ’bout my mama,” he raps on Cry for Help standout “Murk Sum.” “He went from catching doors to slanging poles/Boy, that boy a ho/Why the fuck you acting like you a shooter?/Know you never scored.” Keeping it gutter is paramount across the project, an endeavor fortified by the company the MC keeps. Young Nudy brings his signature drawl to “Bypass,” while 21 Savage adds his own trench veteran’s menace to the Mike WiLL Made-It-produced “30 Deep.” The introspective “Can’t Know Where I Live” then offers a powerful energy shift. The ATL Jacob-produced track showcases Drill’s storytelling ability while delving into family dynamics and a lifestyle that only breeds unending paranoia. “Surviving a lot, but I’m dying to live,” he confess...
Let Me Fly
Let Me Fly Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Rob49 If New Orleans MC Rob49’s Let Me Fly was an IRL coming-out party, it’s likely one you wouldn’t be able to get into. Just look at who showed up to pay homage: The album has features from Lil Wayne, Cardi B, Fridayy, Meek Mill, Sexyy Red, Quavo, G Herbo, YTB Fatt, and Polo G, and an increasingly rare appearance from Cash Money Records impresario Bryan “Birdman” Williams, who pops up just to talk shit between a few Rob49 verses (“Get the Picture,” “JetWifi”). Artists—as well as fans—love Rob49, and not just for his impossible-to-see-coming runaway smash “WTHELLY.” The MC has plenty to offer, and he offers plenty of it across Let Me Fly ’s 22 tracks. There are songs for war (“Get the Picture,” “Supposedly,” “On Sight”), for celebrating (“BLOUSIN,” “High or What”), for repenting (“Hear Me Momma”), for those in need of motivation (“Pick Your Poison,” “Widebody”), for women who think he’s sexy (“So Sexyy,” “I Swear to God,” “Tell No...
Dlow Curry (Deluxe)
Dlow Curry (Deluxe) Album ∙ Rap ∙ 2025 Bossman Dlow Bossman Dlow began building momentum off his Too Slippery mixtape, but the success of his 2024 hit single “Get in with Me” really put numbers on the board for the Florida rap phenom. Following his Mr Beat the Road project from earlier in the year, Dlow Curry is a game-winning buzzer-beater from the logo. After likening himself to a certain point guard on the title track, he backs it up with skillful braggadocio on booming cuts like “The Biggest Pt. 2,” “Dlow Gucci,” and “Star Life.” While most of the tracks rightfully center him, he does get some notable support on the proverbial court. He’s joined by New York rap royalty on two occasions here—first by Bronx drill princess Ice Spice on the mellowed “Pillsbury Dlow” and then by Coke Boys don French Montana for the effortlessly swaggering “Mo Chicken.” Elsewhere, he trades off with Lil Baby and NoCap on “PJ” and “What You Need,” respectively, reminding...
Eurovision Song Contest Basel 2025 (Karaoke Version)
Eurovision Song Contest Basel 2025 (Karaoke Version) Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025
ETERNO
ETERNO Album ∙ Pop Latino ∙ 2025 Prince Royce From at least as far back as the days when boogaloo reigned, Latin artists have been inventively covering English-language hits in their own style. Bronx-born star Prince Royce kept that informal tradition going, opening his eponymous 2010 debut with a bachata-fied take on Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me.” Following 2024’s genre-affirming album LLAMADA PERDIDA , his ETERNO revisits the not-so-secret formula behind that early hit, offering tropical interpretations from a predominantly 20th-century songbook. As expected, he takes certain bilingual liberties with the material almost immediately, the opening pair of “Dancing in the Moonlight” and “How Deep Is Your Love” made malleable through his approach. His preceding catalog of romantic works, and that silky smooth voice, makes every tweak and quirk a gratifying one, his versions never overstepping the original ubiquitous smashes from Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Stevie Wonder...
Bittersüß (Baller Deluxe)
Bittersüß (Baller Deluxe) Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Abor & Tynna The sibling duo’s debut LP—with their Eurovision banger front and centre.
Salihi x Ferizi (Explicit version)
Salihi x Ferizi (Explicit version) Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Mc Kresha & Lyrical Son
BlownBoy RU
BlownBoy RU Album ∙ African Dancehall ∙ 2025 Ruger A portrait of a rising singer-songwriter's transformation into a coveted star, and elegantly depicted by the album artwork, Blown Boy Ru houses the fun, trials, romance, and triumph associated with exponential growth. Ruger (born Michael Adebayo Olayinka) makes a fiery statement on chest-thumping opener “REIntroduction” before “Muah (Soulmates)” contains the lines, “Are you happy with your man or you want to switch lanes?/Baby don't you ever let your man block you from your soulmate,” a reference to his cheeky concert antics. To that sensuality, add bravado (“Give Away”), revelry (“Jay Jay”), and vulnerability (“Toro”) as this sure-footed sophomore album fleshes Ruger's Afro-dancehall out with explorations of amapiano, trap, R&B, and Brazilian funk. These soundscapes are largely fashioned by Kukbeatz and depict expansion—of both Ruger's persona and into the varied worlds of Zlatan, Kranium, Haile, Valiant, and Tiwa...