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New Music Friday - New Albums From YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Lakeyah + DJ Drama, G-Eazy + More

One of raps most fascinating, menacing and troubled figures, mega-star YoungBoy Never Broke Again has just released Sincerely, Kentrell, his long-awaited latest LP. YoungBoy, once one of Hip Hops most prolific artists, has slowed down in pace over the past year, partially because of legal issues which led to his incarceration, the latest being an arrest from this past March. But YoungBoy has proven his ability to overcome obstacles again and again throughout his career, and Sincerely, Kentrell is just the latest example of this. A follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2020 album Top, the Baton Rouge rappers latest features heavy themes of trauma, loyalty and betrayal, all set to the tune of YoungBoys intoxicating crooning. G-Eazy These Things Happen Too The latest from Bay Area rapper G-Eazy comes just less than a year after his run of deluxe re-issues, which featured the rapper adding tracks to The Beautiful & Damned and When Its Dark Out, two of his mid 2010s projects, but its been even longer since the Me, Myself & I artist dropped an album of new material. These Things Happen Too toys with G-Eazys love of the sounds of punk, twisted to his sleek and polished rapping style. The 32-year-old Oakland rapper managed to secure a diverse list of guest features, ranging from YG and Lil Wayne to E-40 and Demi Lovato. With production from Ambezza, Hit-Boy, OG Parker and more, this LP is not to be missed. Westside Gunn Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B No New Music Friday coverage would be complete without an appearance from the Griselda team. After the release of Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf, Buffalos Westside Gunn is back again with Side B, essentially a new albums worth of music to accompany the original thirteen-song tracklist. Included in the new additions are verses from Tyler, The Creator, Jay Electronica, 2 Chainz, Stove God Cooks and more. Side B also features producers including Madlib, Jay Versace, Alchemist and Daringer. Like any Flygod project, the deluxe to HWH8 features belligerent adlibs, gritty bars and nasally singing. Solemn Brigham South Sinner Street North Carolinas Solemn Brigham makes music which doesnt fit into boxes. It subverts trendy aesthetics and sounds, taking bits and pieces from a diverse range of sub-genres before distilling it into Brighams deeply unique and personal sound. With producer LOrange, Brigham comprises one-half of Hip Hop duo Marlowe, but the Lost Arts MC tackled his latest project, South Sinner Street completely alone, marking his debut solo release. South Sinner Street, led by singles such as The Lore and Vantablack, is full of frenetic and chaotic sounds, wrangled into a cohesive project through Brighams intentional artistic vision and calculated flows. D Smoke Read more