2022 has started off strong with fresh new music from many of our favorite artists. Everyone from Lil Wayne to Earl Sweatshirt to Kanye West dropped something new this week!

Blxst hasn’t missed since he burst on the scene in 2019 and

of course this song is a bop. Blxst became a viral hit in 2021 when his track

became unavoidable on the app, now he’s shaping up to be the next Ty Dolla $ign.

JID samples the legendary hook from Aretha Franklin’s

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JID and 21 Savage go together like peanut butter and jelly, then Baby Tate closes out the song. It’s hard to build off of two iconic songs, but JID successfully blended Aretha Franklin into a 2022 fast-paced rap song.

More than ten years after it’s original release Lil Wayne’s highly coveted mixtape

is

Unfortunately a number of the biggest tracks from

are absent from streaming services, but to make up for it - Weezy added four new songs.

Somehow a veteran in the rap game at 27, and highly respected as one of the best lyricists in hip-hop, Earl Sweatshirt has released his fourth studio album -

Earl has a signature sound that has inspired many in the indie/alt-rap scene.

Although this album won’t achieve radio play, it’s already logging millions in streams.

To start 2022, Ye dropped the music video for one of the lesser Donda songs

. The music video is so beautiful and cinematic, it almost tricked me into liking the song.

The video is worth a watch, it looks like a trailer for a Christopher Nolan film. Similarly Ye was also featured on a new song with The Game titled

in which he goes

and disses Pete Davidson.

On January 14th - Cordae dropped his highly anticipated album

. To promote the album, Cordae went to a series of HBCU’s and held listening parties. This album features

released a 10-song project titled

Kota makes tantalizingly chill music, his delivery and beats are infectiously smooth. If you’re looking for well-written lyrics and beats that’ll make your head knock - check out New York’s Kota the Friend.