WESTSIDE GUNN FEAT. BENNY THE BUTCHER & BOLDY JAMES – BASTARDS
The Griselda Gang is relentless when it comes to giving us new music. Westside Gunn collects Benny the Butcher and Boldy James for the Themansur-produced “Bastards.”
HEEM FEAT. CONWAY THE MACHINE & STOVE GOD COOKS – COCAINE COUNTY
BSF’s Heem has been popping up here and there doing guest spots but hasn’t dropped a project since 2020’s Long Story Short. But now he’s back and on May 12 will drop From the Cradle to the Game and blesses us with “Cocaine County” featuring Conway the Machine and Stove God Cooks.
YOUR OLD DROOG – VENTURE CAPITAL
Your Old Droog has been sprinkling us with songs every now and then and makes us wonder when a new project is wondering. His latest offering is “Venture Capital” as the New York emcee is as sharp as ever.
SLUM VILLAGE FEAT. LARRY JUNE & THE DRAMATICS – JUST LIKE YOU
After doing some work for Larry June, June returns the favor for Slum Village on “Just Like You.” Featuring none other than The Dramatics, “Just Like You” will be the first single from the group’s ninth as-yet-titled album. And Young RJ says that there just might be some J Dilla on it.
KILLER MIKE FEAT. EL-P & THANKUGOODSIR – DON’T LET THE DEVIL
Killer Mike will drop a new solo album titled MICHAEL on June 16 and it will serve as his first solo outing in over a decade. One half of Run The Jewels is joined by his rhyming partner and thankugoodsir, along with some co-production from No I.D. for “Don’t Let The Devil.”
TEFLON FEAT. M.O.P. – THE THORO SIDE (PRODUCED BY DJ PREMIER)
Teflon of M.O.P.’s First Family returns with his Brownsville Home Team Lil Fame and Billy Danze to spit that pure FIRE over DJ Premier production on “The Thorn Side.” From the forthcoming LP “2 Sides To Every Story” dropping in June.
JAY-Z FEAT. GIL SCOTT-HERON – NEW YORK (CONCEPT DE PARIS)
Jay-Z hit Paris for the Basquiat x Warhol’s “Painting Four Hands” for a one-night only performance. During that performance, Jay played a (kind of) new song titled “New York (Concept De Paris)” that is really a mash up of “Empire State of Mind” and Gil Scott-Heron’s “New York Is Killing Me.”
STATIK SELEKTAH FEAT. INSPECTAH DECK, METHOD MAN, RAEKWON & GHOSTFACE KILLAH – UNPREDICTABLE
Statik Selektah assembles four members of the Wu-Tang Clan to find that vintage vibe on “Unpredictable” from Statik’s upcoming 10th studio album Round Trip. If you were feening for some Wu-Tang Clan over dope production, check out what Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah do here.
LOGIC FEAT. JOEY BADA$$ – SHIMMY
Remember that time Logic “retired?” Yeah, that didn’t last long. The rapper returned with an independent album titled College Park recently. Check out “Shimmy” which obviously salutes Ol’ Dirty Bastard throughout as Logic and Mr. A$$ trade bars over production by 6ix and Soundtrakk.
MEYHEM LAUREN, DJ MUGGS & MADLIB – FRESH OUT THE WATER
How’s this for a team-up? Meyhem Lauren collaborates with both DJ Muggs and Madlib for “Fresh Out the Water.” The dope part about this is that it isn’t random at all. Meyhem’s next album will have production handled by both producers exclusively. That could be frightening. For now, enjoy their first offering.