{"id":1950524,"date":"2025-08-09T01:50:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1950524"},"modified":"2025-08-09T01:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:50:27","slug":"new-music-this-week-amaarae-gunna-smino-and-more-essence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-this-week-amaarae-gunna-smino-and-more-essence\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music This Week: Amaarae, Gunna, Smino And More – Essence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Friday, folks.<\/strong> Another week means another stacked lineup of fresh sounds to add to your rotation. Whether you\u2019re into rap, R&B, or genre-bending projects, this week\u2019s drops are sure to hit the spot.<\/p>\n

Today, Gunna headlines the list with The Last Wun<\/em>, his final album under YSL, while Amaarae makes a triumphant return with her new project BLACK STAR<\/em>. Bryson Tiller links up with Luh Tyler on \u201cNo Sharing,\u201d and JID<\/a> delivers his fourth studio album God Does Like Ugly<\/em>. BigXthaPlug teams with Ella Langley for the genre-blending \u201cHell At Night.\u201d Our list also includes Luck, Mick Jenkins, and more.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the best new music this week below.<\/p>\n

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Today, Gunna<\/span> has dropped his final album with YSL, the appropriately titled <\/span>The Last Wun<\/span><\/i>. Listen to the new record <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Two years after the release of the critically-acclaimed <\/span>Fountain Baby<\/span><\/i>, Amaarae is back with <\/span>BLACK STAR<\/span><\/i>. Stream the new project <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Platinum-selling rapper and multi-Grammy nominee J.I.D has released his fourth studio album, <\/span>God Does Like Ugly<\/span><\/i>, through Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. Hear it <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Today, multi-platinum Dallas native and breakout artist BigXthaPlug drops his highly anticipated new single, \u201c<\/span>Hell at Night,\u201d<\/span><\/i> featuring powerhouse country vocalist Ella Langley. Stream the track <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Chicago artist Mick Jenkins drops the EP <\/span>Scarecrows<\/span><\/i>, featuring guest appearances Smino, Ab-Soul, and Python P. Listen to it <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Earlier this week, multidimensional artist Luck made her long-anticipated debut with<\/span> It Wasn\u2019t Luck<\/span><\/i> \u2013 The LP. Check it out <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Happy Friday, folks. Another week means another stacked lineup of fresh sounds to add to your rotation. Whether you\u2019re into rap, R&B, or genre-bending projects, this week\u2019s drops are sure to hit the spot. Today, Gunna headlines the list with The Last Wun, his final album under YSL, while Amaarae makes a triumphant return with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1950525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1950524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-Music-This-Week-Amaarae-Gunna-Smino-And-More.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}