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 list is led by JID, DJ Khaled and Offset x Moneybagg Yo, who each released the albums The Forever Story and GOD DID and the single “Code.” Also joining this week’s selection are fresh drops from Joji, Flo Milli, Ezra Collective x Sampa The Great, Butcher Brown, Pi’erre Bourne, Mach-Hommy and FIDLAR.
DJ Khaled – GOD DID
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DJ Khaled drops yet another star-studded project for his 13th studio album, GOD DID. The 18-track record features guest appearances from Drake, JAY-Z, Eminem, Future, Travis Scott, Rick Ross, 21 Savage, Kodak Black, Nardo Wick, Takeoff, City Girls, Don Toliver, Kanye West, SZA, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Gunna, Quavo, Latto, Roddy Ricch, John Legend and the late Juice WRLD.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
JID – The Forever Story
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JID releases his first album in almost four years, The Forever Story. The followup to 2018’s DiCaprio 2 is sprinkled with verses from Kenny Mason on “Dance Now” and “Just in Time” alongside Lil Wayne, EARTHGANG on “Can’t Punk me,” 21 Savage and Baby Tate on “Surround Sound,” Lil Durk and Mustafa The Poet on “Burddanem,” Ari Lennox on “Can’t Make U Change,” Yasiin Bey and BADBADNOTGOOD on “Stars,” Johnta Austin on “Better Days” and Ravyn Lanae on “Lauder Too,” while production was mainly handed by the likes of Monte Booker, Kaytranada, James Blake, Thundercat, DJ Khalil, Childish Major, Groove, Tommy Brown and Cardiak.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Offset x Moneybagg Yo – “Code”
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Offset follows up last week’s Baby Keem-produced “54321” with “CODE,” which features Moneybagg Yo. The track also arrives with an accompanying music video helmed by Claire Arnold and stars supermodel Bella Hadid.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Joji – “YUKON (INTERLUDE)”
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Joji announces his upcoming album SMITHEREENS with the record’s latest single, “YUKON (INTERLUDE).” The project drops November 4 via 88rising and will mark his first full-length effort since 2020’s Nectar, as well as incude the gold-certified single “Glimpse of Us” from June.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Pi’erre Bourne – “Good Movie”
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Pi’erre Bourne unveils his new album Good Movie with the lead titular single. The SossHouse CEO is also set to hit the road from September to November and is set to trek North America, Europe, the UK and Australia.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Flo Milli – “Big Steppa”
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Flo Milli shares an accompanying music video for her YOU STILL HERE, HO? track, “Big Steppa.” The album dropped in July 2022 and marked her debut full-length, following the success of her 2020 mixtape Ho, Why Is You Here?
Watch: YouTube
Mach-Hommy – Dollar Menu 4
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Mach-Hommy continues his beloved Dollar Menu series with Dollar Menu 4, which features Your Old Droog, Big Cheeko, and JuJu Gotti along with instrumentals from Sadhu Gold, Tha God Fahim and Fortes. Just like its predecessor, which honored basketball legends Michael Jordan, LeBron James and the late Kobe Bryant, this project’s artwork commemorates Steph Curry’s fourth NBA ring.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
FIDLAR – “FSU”
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FIDLAR makes their exciting return after three years with the single “FSU.” The band’s first release since 2019’s Almost Free, the now-trio — comprised of Zac Carper, Max Keuhn and Brandon Schwartzel — the band describes their upcoming EP as “leaning into the extremes.” They add, “Loud, louder, loud. Three chords and the truth. Catchy and obnoxious. Lyrics are very thought mouth. It’s speaking to the FIDIOTS of the world.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Ezra Collective x Sampa The Great – “Life Goes On”
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Ezra Collective enlists Sampa The Great for their newest track “Life Goes On,” the lead single off their upcoming album Where I’m Meant To Be. The cut arrives with a music video helmed by Nathan Miller and shot on-location in London and Lusaka, “London meets Lusaka. Moments of Joy, moments of struggle, but United in a spirit that we must carry on. Life must go on,” the band said of the new track. “We write our music with a consistent will to push the boundaries of what we can mix jazz with. This incorporates the energies of southern African vibes, mixed with our own style of London jazz. And no better person to voice this beauty than the queen, Sampa the Great.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Butcher Brown – “777”
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Butcher Brown preps for their upcoming album Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey featuring Tennishu and R4ND4ZZO BIGB4ND, which drops September 16, with the new single and official performance video of “777.” The new album began as a hip-hop album from MC and multi-instrumentalist Tennishu, and developed into the group’s own eclectic ode to big band jazz.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
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