As the week in music comes to a close, HYPEBEAST has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks.
This week’s lineup is led by Daniel Caesar, Drake and NBA YoungBoy with Nicki Minaj, who released the album NEVER ENOUGH and the singles “Search & Rescue” and “WTF,” respectively. Also joining this selection are offerings from Yaeji, Meyhem Lauren x DJ Muggs x Madlib, Teezo Touchdown, redveil x JPEGMAFIA, Albert Hammond Jr. x GoldLink, Shenseea and Dinner Party x Arin Ray.
Drake – “Search & Rescue”
Drake drops off his first solo single of 2023, “Search & Rescue.” Produced by BNYX, SAPDONY, Wesley Curtis, OVO’s Noah “40” Shebib,” Lil Yachty and BEAUTIFULMVN, the pensive cut features a sample of Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner from the series finale of Keeping Up With The Kardashian.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Daniel Caesar – NEVER ENOUGH
Daniel Caesar shares his first studio album in four years, NEVER ENOUGH. The 15-track record features guest appearances from Ty Dolla $ign, Omar Apollo, serpentwithfeet and Mustafa, as well as production from the likes of Raphael Saadiq and Dylan Wiggins. “I think I found a sweet spot with this album. I’m not good at faking things. So if I am making something and I’m not impressed by it, even if it’s really good or people… Everyone listens to it and they’re like, ‘I love it, this is the one. This is the one.’ If I’m not impressed by it, then it’s like, it’s painful to me,” the artist told Apple Music 1.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
NBA YoungBoy x Nicki Minaj – “WTF”
NBA YoungBoy and Nicki Minaj reunite for the third time for their latest collaborative effort, “WTF.” The joint is taken from YB’s upcoming album Don’t Try This At Home, which drops April 21, and hears the two go after their enemies in the industry, those who leech off of them and the internet trolls.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Teezo Touchdown – “Familiarity”
Teezo Touchdown debuts his newest single “Familiarity,” produced by Roofeeo, Bolooki and the artist himself. The ’90s pop-punk and alternative-inspired cut arrives with an accompanying music video that takes fans back to 2018, and follows the early days of Touchdown’s pursuit of a music career. “Everyone’s journey starts somewhere. My journey started with me cleaning a filthy bathroom with a smile on my face because I knew that my music would take me to places that I could never imagine,” he said in a statement.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Meyhem Lauren x DJ Muggs x Madlib – Champagne For Breakfast
Queens, New York’s very own Meyhem Lauren drops off his latest studio effort Champagne For Breakfast, produced entirely by DJ Muggs and Madlib. “Long story short, I was working on an album with Muggs and an album with Madlib. We were all in the lab together going through songs and decided to do a Meyhem x Muggs x Madlib collaborative album before dropping the other two projects,” Lauren shared in a statement. Muggs added, “We were in the studio one morning listening to music, drinking Champagne, and realized we had a lot of songs we really loved. So we started going through everything together, and we ended up recording a few new joints based around that morning Champagne session, and that was the birth of Champagne For Breakfast.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
redveil x JPEGMAFIA – “black enuff”
redveil announces his upcoming EP Playing W/ Fire, out April 19, with the release of his JPEGMAFIA-assisted single, “black enuff.” The cut’s accompanying music video is helmed by AG Club’s Manny Madrigal and follows the pair’s collaboration on the Scaring The Hoes track “Kingdom Hearts Key.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Albert Hammond Jr. x GoldLink – “100-99”
Albert Hammond Jr. and GoldLink team up for an unexpected collaboration in the form of “100-99,” which is set to appear on The Strokes guitarist’s forthcoming solo album Melodies On Hiatus, dropping June 23. “I grew up listening to 90s hip-hop, and I would always gravitate towards the melodic hooks in the songs I heard on the radio, specifically anything Dr. Dre was producing or rapping on,” he said about the new track. “Years later, I noticed myself pulling from the style of those melodic lines in my guitar work, even though it wasn’t obvious to anyone else as I was so directly associated with being in a rock band. ‘100-99’ was something I’ve wanted to do for some time—work with a rapper over a beat and guitar part I wrote—and it’s really exciting that I was able to do it with GoldLink.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Shenseea – “Locked Up Freestyle”
GRAMMY nominee Shenseea preps for her debut Coachella performance next week with a new freestyle entitled “Locked Up.” The visual is simple and sees the Jamaican artist perform the cut in front of a green backdrop, highlighting her natural talent.
Listen: YouTube
Yaeji – With A Hammer
Yaeji’s debut studio album With A Hammer is here. The 13-track effort features Loraine James, Nourished By Time, Enayet and K Wata, and includes the recently-released single “Passed Me By.” She explained to New York Magazine that the cut is one of the most “pivotal” in the record, with a line directed towards her younger self. “She’s always been looking at me, but I was always averting my gaze and rejecting her existence,” she explains. “And this is the moment I lock eyes with her, and I’m like, ‘You’re there. I see you.’”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Dinner Party x Arin Ray – “For Granted”
Dinner Party, the supergroup comprised of Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington and friends, announce their sophomore studio album Enigmatic Society with the Arin Ray-assisted single, “For Granted.” The group’s forthcoming effort follows 2020’s self-titled debut, and will feature the likes of Tank, Ant Clemons and Phoelix. Enigmatic Society drops April 14.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
