{"id":2281632,"date":"2026-02-14T06:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T06:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2281632"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T06:32:20","slug":"new-music-friday-brent-faiyaz-mary-j-blige-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-brent-faiyaz-mary-j-blige-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: Brent Faiyaz, Mary J. Blige and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Brent Faiyaz dropped off <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLE3uncMq8x3xZXXYJUW00Vrd0GnT2cyK5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ICON<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0his long-awaited third studio album.\u00a0Described as \u201cminimalist and polished\u201d\u00a0R&amp;B, the album with no features\u00a0is complete with 10 tracks. It includes the previously released \u201cHave To,\u201d which earned\u00a0the singer the #1\u00a0<em>Billboard\u00a0<\/em>spot on the R&amp;B Airplay chart.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mike WiLL Made-It tapped YoungBoy Never Broke Again and\u00a0Chief Keef for\u00a0\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c5aYTMnACfk&amp;list=RDc5aYTMnACfk&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rooms<\/a>,\u201d a bass-heavy fast track that showcases the producer\u2019s powerful sound. The single is the first\u00a0to be released from Mike WiLL\u2019s upcoming album,\u00a0<em>R3SET<\/em>, which is set for delivery on March 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day, Mary J. Blige returned with a catchy love ballad, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i_Yhbup9jS8&amp;list=RDi_Yhbup9jS8&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More Than a Lover<\/a>.\u201d In her Instagram <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUs4V0YEdWj\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> about the new single, she copied some of the songs lyrics: \u201c\u2018I was sitting back relaxing minding my business\u2019\u2026..then love found me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other releases:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Foxx, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gIJx_6LbW8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Somebody<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>YFN Lucci, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-UpxJ-gSMfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you special<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>BossMan Dlow, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KX6FladTris&amp;list=RDKX6FladTris&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Act Like Money<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BossMan Dlow - Act Like Money (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KX6FladTris?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike WiLL Made-It ft. NBA Youngboy &amp; Chief Keef - ROOMS (Official Visualizer) \" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c5aYTMnACfk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thebeat951.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent Faiyaz dropped off ICON,\u00a0his long-awaited third studio album.\u00a0Described as \u201cminimalist and polished\u201d\u00a0R&amp;B, the album with no features\u00a0is complete with 10 tracks. It includes the previously released \u201cHave To,\u201d which earned\u00a0the singer the #1\u00a0Billboard\u00a0spot on the R&amp;B Airplay chart.\u00a0\u00a0 Mike WiLL Made-It tapped YoungBoy Never Broke Again and\u00a0Chief Keef for\u00a0\u201cRooms,\u201d a bass-heavy fast track that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2281633,"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-2281632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Music-Friday-Brent-Faiyaz-Mary-J-Blige-and-more.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281632","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=2281632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2281634,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281632\/revisions\/2281634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}