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 Mick Jenkins x JID and Dominic Fike, who dropped the single “Smoke Break-Dance” and the album Sunburn, respectively. Also joining this selection are offerings from JELEEL!, Coi Leray with David Guetta, Black Sherif, Conway the Machine, KennyHoopla and Little Dragon.
Mick Jenkins x JID – “Smoke Break-Dance”
Mick Jenkins announces The Patience, his first full-length effort in two years, with the release of “Smoke Break-Dance” featuring JID. “As best I can be, I am a person who does everything within his power to change his situation. I think with some level of consistency, that behavior inevitably leads you to a point where you have to wait. A point where the things that now need to happen to move you forward are no longer in your control,” Jenkins shared in a statement. “I see this as a period of time in one’s journey, no matter the length, where the unseen things must take place; The muscles must tear and repair, the understanding of a concept coming to you in a moment completely devoid of artistic intention. It’s through these moments where I’ve found myself being the most frustrated with patience. And this body of work sounds like that frustration.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Dominic Fike – Sunburn
Actor and musician Dominic Fike returns to music with his newest album Sunburn, which features a sole guest appearance from Weezer. “There’s something free and sexy about Florida and the sun, like tan lines on, and everyone’s just got barely any clothes on and we’re all running around just screaming profanities that the world probably wouldn’t be ready for,” he tells Apple Music of the album’s title. And a lot of the jokes in Florida, you can’t say in LA. You’re uncancelable here.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
JELEEL! – “HANDS UP!”
JELEEL! celebrates Fourth of July with “HANDS UP!,” which hears the Best Rising Artist honoree deliver his signature energetic synth take on Miley Cyrus’ hit track “Party in the USA.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Coi Leray x David Guetta – “Make My Day”
Coi Leray and David Guetta deliver an accompanying music video for their “Make My Day” collab. The track is part of Meta’s new multi-year campaign “It’s Your World,” and features Leray team up with manga illustrator Acky Bright, anime artist Isago Fukuda and Emmy award winning director Fx Goby for content surrounding her biggest passions: hip-hop, anime and basketball.
Watch: YouTube
Conway The Machine – Drumwork The Album
Conway The Machine is giving space for his Drumwork artists in the new record Drumwork The Album. The project features previously released singles “Elephant Man” and “Lalo,” and features guest appearances from the likes of Jae Skeese, 7xvethegenius, Goosebytheway, SK Da King, Shots Almigh, Benny The Butcher, Rome Streetz, 38 Spesh, Heem, Elcamino, D.Smoke and Bangladesh.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Black Sherif – “Oh Paradise”
Black Sherif delivers an accompanying music video for “Oh Paradise.” The heartbreaking visual, directed by David Nicol-Sey, takes inspiration from the Ghanian superstar’s real-life experience of the passing of his highschool sweetheart. The cut is a reminder to cherish the time with our loved ones, and was the first track he wrote for his debut album The Villain I Never Was.
Watch: YouTube
KennyHoopla – BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT//
KennyHoopla delivers his newest project BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT//, which is executive produced in its entirety by Travis Barker.“This capsule is just a batch of songs I made to accompany and celebrate the blink tour! Some old ideas and some new. Just wanted to have fun and make music. There’s a lot of nostalgia, grief, and even hope mixed in,” he says in a statement. “BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT// just kind of represented this tour being a next level for me as an artist and how challenging it can be to live in the moment when the moment can feel unbelievable. Time flies and there’s no more time to waste. I’m also so honored to be putting out music with Travis for a second time, especially right before I join him on blink-182’s tour.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Little Dragon – Slugs of Love
Sweden’s Little Dragon drops off their latest album Slugs of Love, which features guest appearance from Damon Albarn and JID . “We’ve been exploring different ways to collaborate and communicate. Dissolving patterns and making new ones. Nurturing our ability to curiously press down keys, to bang — sometimes hard sometimes gently — on different things, strumming strings, recording sounds and investigating the limits for how much or little a sound can be tweaked…” the group shares in a statement. “Together we have developed, replayed, danced to, cried and laughed to this music as it has evolved forwards, backwards, sideways and all around, but now finally as a complete masterpiece… This feels like our finest work yet. We are very proud.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
