Lil Nas X seeks to catch lightning in a bottle, adding horror elements inspired by The Matrix, Blade, and ‘Thriller’ plus a verse from his namesake Nas to the controversial country-trap track ‘Rodeo’. Days after his ‘Letter to Nipsey’, Meek Mill is back with ‘Believe’, a collaboration with Justin Timberlake which Meek describes as ‘for motivational purposes only’. Sufjan Stevens teases Aporia, the upcoming New Age album composed and recorded with his stepfather Lowell Brams. Moses Sumney and Dogleg prep their upcoming albums, Sea to Sea by the Latvian artist Sign Libra is imminent, and new records by Fat Tony and Taydex and Hayley Williams are out now. There’s new music and new videos from Nicki Minaj, KAYTRANADA, Denzel Curry, and Danny Brown, from Sharon Van Etten and Carly Rae Jepsen, from Christine and the Queens, Kamaiyah, 070 Shake, HOOK, and QUIN, in an iteration of tracks of the week so long it’ll have you listening until the next one.
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Kamaiyah – ‘Set It Up’
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Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats – ”Cosmic’.m4a’
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Nicki Minaj – ‘Yikes’
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Moses Sumney – ‘Cut Me’
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Sharon Van Etten – ‘Beaten Down’
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Jon Hopkins – ‘Scene Suspended’
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Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Let’s Be Friends’
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Meek Mill – ‘Believe’ (feat. Justin Timberlake)
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Dogleg – ‘Kawasaki Backflip’
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Fat Tony and Taydex – ‘Get Out My Way’ (feat. Sophia Pfister)
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Christopher Paul Stelling – ‘Something In Return’
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Flyying Colours – ‘Big Mess’
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Charlotte Lawrence – ‘Joke’s On You’
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Everything Is Recorded – ’12:12 AM / PATIENTS (FUCKING UP A FRIDAY)’ (feat. Aitch & Infinite Coles)
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Lil Nas X – ‘Rodeo’ (feat. Nas)
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QUIN – ‘Calling’
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Honey Cutt – ‘Coasting’
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DaeMoney – ’10:17 PM’
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Hayley Williams – ‘Cinnamon’
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Sign Libra – ‘Sea of Nectar’
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Jacaszek – ‘The Zone’
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Christine and the Queens – ‘People, I’ve been sad’
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The Radio Dept – ‘The Absence of Birds’
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Summer Walker – ‘I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby’
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Farah – ‘Law Of Life (Midnight Version)’
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Sufjan Stevens, Lowell Brams – ‘The Unlimited’
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Danny Brown – ‘3 Tearz’ (feat. Run The Jewels)
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HOODLUM – ‘LEGEND’
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J Hus – ‘One and Only’ (feat. Ella Mai)
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HOOK – ‘Be Mindful’
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Beabadoobee – ‘Sun More Often’
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Gil Scott-Heron, Makaya McCraven – ‘I’m New Here’
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Lido Pimienta – ‘Eso Que Tu Haces’
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KAYTRANADA – ‘10%’ (feat. Kali Uchis)
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070 Shake – ‘Terminal B’
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King Krule – ‘Alone, Omen 3’
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Lawrence Rothman – ‘Crust (neverreallyknewyou)’
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Chromatics – ‘Faded Now’
