Valentine’s Day comes bearing gifts this New Music Friday, and at the top of the pile is an album made with lovers in mind: Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR‘s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U.
The 21-track project features plenty of sultry (and slightly toxic) late-night R&B from the OVO Sound duo, who have built up quite the creative chemistry over the last decade. It’s also laced with a few subliminal jabs aimed at the 6 God’s various enemies — Kendrick Lamar and Joe Budden included.
For those nursing a broken heart on Valentine’s Day, Coi Leray comes through with a new quickire EP called What Happened to Forever?, seemingly inspired by her relationship woes with soon-to-be-baby daddy (and alleged cheater) Trippie Redd. It also marks her first release on Epic Records.
Switching lanes, Westside Gunn extends his prolific streak with 12, his third project in the last six months and the latest installment in his flagship Hitler Wears Hermes series. No Benny The Butcher and Conway The Machine features on this one, but Griselda’s secret weapons, Stove God Cooks and Estee Nack, get plenty of shine alongside the Fly God.
Fellow New Yorker A$AP Twelvyy also returns with a new album, fresh off testifying in A$AP Rocky’s shooting trial, while Yung Bleu captures all of the ups and downs of love on his latest project What Makes Us Human.
Further highlighting the variety that modern Hip Hop and R&B has to offer, there are also new releases this week from OhGeesy, Jacquees and DeJ Loaf, Capella Grey, P-Lo, Black Milk and more.
Check out the best of New Music Friday below.
Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR — $ome $exy $ongs 4 U
Features: Yebba, Chino Pacas, Pim
Production: Gordo, Noel Cadastre, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Earl on the Beat, Jordan Ullman
Label: OVO Sound / Santa Anna Label Group / Republic Records
Westside Gunn — 12
Features: Stove God Cooks, Estee Nack, Brother Tom Sos, Elijah Hooks
Production: Daringer, Conductor Williams, Mr. Green, Denny LaFlare, Cee Gee
Label: Griselda Records
Coi Leray — What Happened to Forever? (EP)
Features: N/A
Production: CashMoneyAP, ItsnotHarold, Taylor Hill, Tommy “Tbhits” Brown, Travis Sayles
Label: Epic Records / Trendsetter Studios
Yung Bleu — What Makes Us Human
Features: Meek Mill, iimagine
Production: Al Geno, OG Parker, Smash David, Andre Elias, Yung Bleu
Label: Moon Boy Music
OhGeesy — Paid N Full
Features: Saweetie, Lil Tjay, 03 Greedo, Luh Tyler, Lefty Gunplay, Kalan.FrFr, BlueBucksClan, Wallie the Sensei, Fenix Flexin
Production: Hit-Boy, Diego Ave, Bankroll Got It, Bruce 24k, Datboimurda
Label: Atlantic
A$AP Twelvyy — I Did More With Less (V1)
Features: Paco Panama, Lord Sko
Production: Ran Van Dam, Zeke, Subjxct 5, Wrex Mason
Label: Two Twelve Technologies
Jacquees & DeJ Loaf — Fuck a Friendzone 2
Features: N/A
Production: OG Parker, Nash B, Dylan Graham, Sean Momberger, D-Roc
Label: FYB Records / Yellow World / EMPIRE
P-Lo — For the Soil
Features: E-40, Too $hort, Larry June, G-Eazy, Saweetie, Symba, Kamaiyah, LaRussell, 24kGoldn, Ovrkast, Rexx Life Raj, ALLBLACK
Production: Credits unavailable
Label: Everywhere Like Air / Golden State Entertainment / EMPIRE
Capella Grey — U Miss Me Yet?
Features: Really Jaewon, Vontee the Singer, Kai Ca$h, Vina Love, Zae France
Production: Capella Grey, Wellz.nyc
Label: Allepac The Family / 10K Projects
D. Savage — We Love D. Savage
Features: Ty Dolla $ign, 310babii, Dc2Trill, Dave Blunts, PlaqueBoyMax
Production: Nate Morgan, dreamz, Cozin, Steelz, Deyflo
Label: D Savage Enterprises / EMPIRE
Chow Lee — Girls Cum First! (EP)
Features: 2300
Production: Ben10K, Tommy Parker, gvrlnd!, Sliick, Powr Up
Label: TC Music / EMPIRE
Black Milk & Fat Ray — Food From the Gods
Features: Danny Brown, Guilty Simpson, Bruiser Wolf
Production: Black Milk
Label: Computer Ugly / Fat Beats
Mereba — The Breeze Grew a Fire
Features: N/A
Production: Mereba, Sam Hoffman, Kibrom Birhane, Rumeal Eggleston, Chris James
Label: Secretly Canadian
Raheem DeVaughn — Winter In Love
Features: H.M.P., Bryan Mills,
Production: Raheem DeVaughn, Salvador Samano
Label: New Era Soul Records
Don’t know bout the rest but Drake sounded horrible easy pass on that. How is this guy even a platinum selling artist? Zionist just pushing their own.
Also Kool Keith – Galaxy Thot, Mickey Avalon & Rove – Postcards From Hell. Plus last week you ‘forgot’ Phill Most Chill & Djar One – Deal with it, ZelooperZ & Real Bad Man – Dear Psilocybin, Andre Nickatina & Reign.