{"id":1961600,"date":"2025-08-15T07:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1961600"},"modified":"2025-08-15T07:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:07:38","slug":"new-music-this-week-cardi-b-coco-jones-kaytranada-more-essence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-this-week-cardi-b-coco-jones-kaytranada-more-essence\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music This Week: Cardi B, Coco Jones, KAYTRANADA & More – Essence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Friday, folks. We\u2019ve made it to the end of the week, which means it\u2019s time for another round of fresh tracks to keep your playlists current. Whether you\u2019re craving big-name drops or rising-artist gems, this week has something to fit the mood.<\/p>\n

Cardi B<\/a> leads with \u201cImaginary Playerz,\u201d flipping Jay-Z\u2019s classic track into a confident, modern-day anthem ahead of her upcoming album. KAYTRANADA returns with his new project Ain\u2019t No Damn Way!<\/em> while Coco Jones<\/a> delivers the deluxe edition of her debut album, featuring the smooth single \u201cPassport.\u201d Chance the Rapper ends a six-year album hiatus with Star Line<\/em>, stacked with major collaborations, and Khalid unveils his soulful cut \u201cIn Plain Sight.\u201d Our roundup also includes music from Jozzy, KenTheMan, and more.<\/p>\n

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Khalid is back with the brand new record, \u201cIn Plain Sight.\u201d Check it out <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Superproducer KAYTRANADA returns with a new album titled <\/span>Ain\u2019t No Damn Way!<\/span><\/i>. Stream the release <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Today, Coco Jones has dropped <\/span>Why Not More (MORE!)<\/span><\/i><\/a>, the deluxe edition of her debut album, <\/span>Why Not More?<\/span><\/i>, featuring the single \u201cPassport.\u201d Hear the song <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Chance the Rapper<\/span><\/a> returns with his first album in six years with <\/span>Star Line<\/span><\/i>, which features Do or Die, Joey Bada$$, Jazmine Sullivan, Jay Electronica, and more. Check it out <\/span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Happy Friday, folks. We\u2019ve made it to the end of the week, which means it\u2019s time for another round of fresh tracks to keep your playlists current. Whether you\u2019re craving big-name drops or rising-artist gems, this week has something to fit the mood. Cardi B leads with \u201cImaginary Playerz,\u201d flipping Jay-Z\u2019s classic track into a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1961601,"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-1961600","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-Cardi-B-Coco-Jones-KAYTRANADA.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961600","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=1961600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}