Breathe 4
Breathe 4 Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 YUMDDA
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NATSUKASHII YORU
NATSUKASHII YORU Album ∙ Urbano latino ∙ 2025 SAIKO One of the more versatile collaborators in the current Latin music landscape, SAIKO has been sought out by everyone from J Balvin and Sech to Manuel Turizo and Mora. On 2024’s SAKURA , the Spanish artist showed his growing fanbase just how effective he can be when he’s the host rather than the guest, with album highlights like “BADGYAL” and “ESKELETO” making his case. Arriving a little over a year later, his moderately shorter follow-up NATSUKASHII YORU shows an emboldened SAIKO maximizing his moment and expanding his sonic breadth. Bookended by “SÍ QUIERO” and “NOSTALGIA,” two tracks that intentionally lean into the traditional, the rest of his 13-song set pushes forward with a futurist edge. That’s evident on the shimmering slowed dembow of “MIAMI 22,” the urgently pulsating electronica of “SAN JUAN,” and the progressive perreo of “WEKEWEKE.” Naturally, he’s invited some guests of his own along, setting his sights o...
MANIA
MANIA Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Hamza The Brussels rapper relishes life’s luxuries on a melodic trap album.
4
4 Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Aitch “Since 2018, I brought life to the game. From the M-Town, Europe, States, even Zante. Cooking up with Sheeran, on stage with Ashanti,” Aitch raps on “STRAIGHT RHYMEZ 2.” That’s one of many typically confident bars that Aitch—born Harrison Armstrong—spits on his second album, 4 . The Mancunian rapper has seen a shift in the landscape since 2022’s Close to Home , and 4 reflects that. “Music’s changed a lot since album one and I think I tried to find the balance of not trying to look like the sickest rapper in the world, but then over-confusing people,” he tells Apple Music’s Dotty. “I’ve found the middle ground of making a three-and-a-half-minute song into a two-minute song, also getting my point across.” It’s an efficiency that extends to the largely sinewy beats that back his verses across the album. Aitch sees 4 as a move away from more heartfelt, personal tracks of the past like “My G,” his Ed Sheeran-assist...
Don't Die Before You're Dead
Don't Die Before You're Dead Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 AJ Tracey Death is at the forefront of AJ Tracey’s mind on his third studio album; the title, Don’t Die Before You’re Dead , makes that more than clear. And although success has granted the West London rapper a certain level of immortality, no one, not even Tracey—who has seen his career go from strength to strength since he put his home borough on the map with the 2019 hit single “Ladbroke Grove”—lives forever. “I’ve been through a lot of things since I dropped the second album,” he tells Apple Music’s Dotty. “Life is beautiful, but it’s also quite tough sometimes…We all go through it, but I come out the other side stronger and with a different perspective on life.” The reason for his preoccupation is laid out in “3rd Time Lucky,” which finds him sorting through his emotions as his mother recovers from cancer, over solemn chords reminiscent of Sting’s “Shape of My Heart.” The track is a rare moment of vulnerability on...
THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!
THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 JADE Pre-add the debut solo album from the BRIT Award-winning “IT girl” now.
