{"id":904721,"date":"2026-05-09T08:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/new-music-friday-the-50-hip-hop-and-rb-releases-you-need-on-your-playlist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:17:51","slug":"new-music-friday-the-50-hip-hop-and-rb-releases-you-need-on-your-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/new-music-friday-the-50-hip-hop-and-rb-releases-you-need-on-your-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: The 50 Hip-Hop And R&B Releases You Need On Your\u00a0Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kehlani, Chris Brown, DJ Khaled, Snoop Dogg, BossMan Dlow, Doechii, Gucci Mane, Kelela, and more stars release new material.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n
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\n\tToday is Friday, which means there are tons of new releases to look forward to from some of your favorite hip-hop, R&B, reggae, dancehall, and afrobeats artists. To help you unwind and enjoy the weekend, check out VIBE\u2019s picks of songs and albums you should hear and add to your soundtrack of weekend festivities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Music Kehlani Feat. Missy Elliott \u2013 \u201cBack and Forth\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 Atlantic Records Group LLC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Chris Brown \u2013 \u201cObvious\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Chris Brown Entertainment\/RCA Records \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music DJ Khaled, Future, Lil Baby \u2013 \u201cOne of Them\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 DJ Khaled Productions, Inc., under exclusive license to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Snoop Dogg \u2013 \u201910 Til\u2019 Midnight\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Death Row Records \/ gamma.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music BossMan Dlow \u2013 \u2018Chicken Talkin Bastard\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Alamo Records, LLC\/Sony Music Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Lady Gaga, Doechii \u2013 \u201cRunway\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Lil Monsters, LLC \/ Top Dawg Entertainment, LLC, under exclusive license to Interscope Records and Capitol Records<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Gucci Mane \u2013 \u201cCRASH DUMMY\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 1017 Global Music, LLC and Atlantic Recording Corporation<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Lupe Fiasco \u2013 \u201cCRASH OUT\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 1st and 15th Too marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Kelela \u2013 \u201cidea 1\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 Warp Records<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
Music Jack Harlow \u2013 \u201cSay Hello\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Atlantic Records \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Skrilla Feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again \u2013 \u201cFree 40\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 UMG Recordings, Inc.\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music DaBaby \u2013 \u201cDon Julio Lemonade\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: YouTube\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Dess Dior \u2013 \u2018Note To Self\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 Big Dess Entertainment under exclusive license to UnitedMasters LLC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music PJ Morton \u2013 \u201cMercy\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 Morton Records under exclusive license to The SRG\/ILS Group<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music AZ Feat. Mumu Fresh \u2013 \u201cSo High\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Mass Appeal, under exclusive license from Quiet Money<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Isaia Huron \u2013 \u2018Mr. Lovebomb\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 RCA Records in conjunction with SLANG, under exclusive license from ITOLA LLC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Joyner Lucas \u2013 \u2018ADHD 2 (Reloaded)\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Twenty Nine Music Group Distributed by Tully<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music .idk. Feat. Eric Andr\u00e9 \u2013 \u201cC.O.P\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: YouTube\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music REASON \u2013 \u201cHumble\u2019Em\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Do More Records\/195 Oak Inc.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music DJ Muggs, T.F \u2013 \u2018Don\u2019t Call Me Lucky\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 Soul Assassins Records<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Blxst Feat. Big Sad 1900 \u2013 \u201cDay After Day\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 International Blxst LLC \/ EMPIRE<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Wesley Joseph Feat. Jorja Smith \u2013 \u201cJuly\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Taha Izzi\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Isaiah Rashad \u2013 \u201cSAME SH!T\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment, under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music MARCO PLUS \u2013 \u201cWindows 98\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 MARCO PLUS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Tink \u2013 \u2018Fuck, Marry, Kill\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 Winter’s Diary \/ WD Records \/ EMPIRE<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Fergie Baby Feat. Cam\u2019ron \u2013 \u201cHarlem River Drive (Remix)\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 Groove Gods Unite the Label, LLC \/ EMPIRE<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Lemmy Feat. Offset \u2013 \u201cWhere The Baddies\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: YouTube\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
Music HDBeenDope \u2013 \u201cFigure Four (Extended)\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Nickie Lee Rose\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music TKandz \u2013 \u201cWORK OF ART\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Timing Is Everything Ent<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Maliibu Miitch Feat. PC \u2013 \u201cBBM\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 MNRK Records LP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Simone Ashley \u2013 \u2018Songs I Wrote In New York\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Universal Music Operations Limited<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Bay Swag \u2013 \u201cDealership\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Standard Records\/Nothing Bout Us Regular under exclusive license to UnitedMasters LLC \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Big Boogie Feat. Kstylis \u2013 \u201cTwerk It\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 CMG<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Fetty P Franklin \u2013 \u201cZelle Money\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 GroundHawg Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
Music Brandy Haze \u2013 \u201cIf You See Me Out In Public Then It Might Be AI\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Brandy Haze \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Icewear Vezzo, Mellow Buckzz \u2013 \u201cI Like\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Iced Up Records<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Kenyon Dixon \u2013 \u201cTalk You Through It\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Kenyon Dixon<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music PaperRoute Woo \u2013 \u201cDa Ghetto Part\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Paper Route Empire\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Chase & Status Feat. Lancey Foux \u2013 \u201cHomework\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, \u00a9 2026 2RUFF Records Limited<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music JAE5 Feat. Skepta, Skillibeng, Lojay \u2013 \u201cMINK SB\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Promised Land Recordings Limited<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Ovrkast., Niontay \u2013 \u201cWata\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 three times LOUDER<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Myles Smith \u2013 \u2018My Mess\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from It’s Okay To Feel Limited<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music DreamDoll \u2013 \u201cClockin It Freestyle\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u2117 2026 MNRK Records LP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music Taj Mahal \u2013 \u201cWild About My Lovin’\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mike Coeyman\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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Music H3adband Feat. DaBaby \u2013 \u201cShe Can Get It\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: \u00a9 2026 WatchDatBaby Records\/Hitmaker Music Group\/Hitmaker Distro<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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