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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 The Weeknd x Playboi Carti, NIGO x Young Thug and Peggy Gou, who released the singles "Timeless" and "Dope Boy," and the project I Hear You - Bonus Tracks Edition, respectively. Also joining this selection are offerings from Justice with Tame Impala, Lady Gaga, Ovrkast., Tee Grizzley with J. Cole, Saweetie, Leon Bridges and TOMMY RICHMAN.The Weeknd x Playboi Carti - "Timeless"The Weeknd and Playboi Carti reunite for "Timeless," their newest collab following "Popular" with Madonna. Produced by Pharrell, Ojivolta, Mike Dean and Twisco, the track fuses Carti’s subtle rap style with the XO Records head’s melodic chops, resulting in a sultr...

There was never a backup plan for Lil Tecca.“I don't have a plan B,” asserts the rapper, who, at just 22 years old, can confidently say he’s found his calling.“Honestly, I don’t have a backup plan at the moment and I don’t know if I’ll ever have one.”Few early twenty-somethings feel that secure in their choice of career, but Tec particularly stands out among the rest, having already spent the past five years as a professional rapper. In 2019, his single “Ransom” peaked at number four on the Billboard chart, and now, he finds himself fresh off the release of his fourth studio album, PLAN A.PLAN A was a byproduct of the rapper’s “clear creative vision,” and finds him stepping into a more mature bag than projects past. “I wanted to bring people one step closer into my personal life,” Tec says...

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 albums coming from Future, Lil Tecca, The Alchemist, Jamie xx and Orion Sun, and singles from Bon Iver, Ray Vaughn x NLE Choppa, AUDREY NUNA, Bktherula and Bad Bunny.Future – MIXTAPE PLUTOMarking Future’s third project of 2024, MIXTAPE PLUTO is here. The long-awaited, highly-teased-on-social-media LP is equipped with 17 high-octane tracks (and no credited features) including the highly-anticipated “Too Fast” and “Lil Demon."Listen: Spotify | Apple MusicBon Iver – ”S P E Y S I D E”Bon Iver dropped and autumn has officially arrived. His first solo studio single in four years, “S P E Y S I D E,” arrives with even better news: an EP announ...

This article originally appeared in 'Hypebeast Magazine Issue 33: The Systems Issue.'It’s mid-December in Puerto Rico, and Rauw Alejandro is backstage at the iconic Coliseo de Puerto Rico, the archipelago’s biggest indoor arena. Tonight marks the final installment of a sold-out, four-night concert series. Over the next four hours, he’ll perform more than 20 songs.But Alejandro’s asthma is acting up. He slides into the corner of the couch opposite me so he can speak softly but still be heard. “It’s not chronic,” the musician says. “It’s just the weather sometimes. Before yesterday, my chest was really tight.”Doctors helped. Now he’s fine, or at least claims to be. Asthma won’t stop resolute Rauw from giving his all onstage, especially in his native Puerto Rico. Tonight is for his fans, his ...

Hypebeast is conducting a series of conversations with producers to learn more about the oftentimes overlooked musicians behind the mixers. Devin Malik’s discography should have cemented him as a household name long before his debut album DEADSTOCK.In fact, it was only about a year before the LP’s summer 2024 drop that Malik transitioned from solely producing to tapping into his on-the-mic talents. His first studio single “LINK DUCKER” hit streaming services in August of 2023, a witty two-and-a-half-minute cut that Malik says was one of the first 25 songs he had ever written.Despite the name of his well-acclaimed first full-length studio effort, Malik’s beats are – and always have been – selling, with the 25-year-old racking up an A-list of Top Dawg Entertainment production credits. Malik ...