New Music Friday: 25 Hip-Hop Releases That You Need On Your Playlist
Lil Baby, Danny Brown, Ken Carson, De La Soul, Jim Jones, DJ Premier & Ransom, and more stars unveil fresh material.
Quality Control Music/Motown Records; © 2025 Warp Records; Opium
Today is Friday, which means there are a ton of new releases to look forward to from some of your favorite Hip-Hop artists. To help you unwind and enjoy the weekend, check out VIBE’s picks of songs and albums you should hear and add to your soundtrack of weekend festivities.
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Lil Baby – “Try To Love”
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Danny Brown – ‘Stardust’
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Ken Carson – “Catastrophe”
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De La Soul – “The Package”
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Jim Jones – ‘The Fall Before The Rise’
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DJ Premier & Ransom – ‘The Reinvention’
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JT – “Girls Gone Wild”
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G Herbo – ‘Lil Herb’
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Quavo, Yeat, BNYX – “New Trip”
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Bun B, Cory Mo – ‘Way Mo Trill’
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Erick Sermon, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Rico Barrino – “Like That”
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1900Rugrat – ‘Big Ah Kidz’
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Lola Brooke – “Get Money”
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Young Miko – ‘Do Not Disturb’
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Russ – “Stay”
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Boldy James, Nicholas Craven – “Infrared Dot Com”
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Armand Hammer, The Alchemist – ‘Mercy’
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MARCO PLUS Featuring Boldy James – “Jamal Crawford”
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Nappy Roots, 808Blake, Trinidad James – ‘Chitlin Circuit’
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The Twilite Tone Featuring Common, Madison McFerrin – “I Still Need Love 2”
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Bay Swag Featuring Zeddy Will –
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Reason – ‘Everything In My Soul_BLUE’
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VisionPlay – ‘The VZN SZN Disc 1’
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BunnaB – ‘Sweet Lick’
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Valee & MVW Featuring Niontay – “Yea I Do”
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