{"id":2398177,"date":"2026-05-01T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2398177"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:06:09","slug":"3-new-hip-hop-and-rb-songs-you-must-hear-this-week-5-1-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/3-new-hip-hop-and-rb-songs-you-must-hear-this-week-5-1-26\/","title":{"rendered":"3 New Hip-Hop and R&#038;B Songs You Must Hear This Week (5\/1\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Every week, seemingly a gazillion new hip-hop songs are released on streaming services. From SoundCloud and Bandcamp exclusives to the endless array of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/you-can-watch-music-videos-on-spotify-now\/\">songs on Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and Apple Music, it\u2019s a lot to take in.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, some tracks aren\u2019t nearly as good as they should be. Who wants to waste their time sifting through records in fear that some aren\u2019t very listenable? How can one possibly have the time to even do it?<\/p>\n<p>This is where Noisey has you\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/3-new-hip-hop-and-rb-songs-you-must-hear-this-week-4-24-26\/\">covered<\/a>. We\u2019re saving you time in the playlist department to narrow it down to the three most essential songs in hip-hop and R&amp;B you should hear. Maybe you\u2019ll find a new favorite artist or album in the process.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-of-the-best-new-hip-hop-songs-and-r-amp-b-records-of-the-week\">3 of the Best New Hip-Hop Songs and R&amp;B Records of the Week<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Aq4s6PuPLnQ\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Reezy- Melanate It [Official Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aq4s6PuPLnQ?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<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Reezy- Melanate It [Official Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aq4s6PuPLnQ?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<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-melanate-it-by-la-reezy\">\u201cMelanate It\u201d by La Reezy<\/h3>\n<p>When guys like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/nas-explained-why-he-thought-hip-hop-was-dead-20-years-ago-mostly-every-form-of-american-music-is-dead\/\">Nas<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/q-tip-explains-why-he-felt-like-the-spirit-of-hip-hop-died-back-in-2004\/\">Q-Tip<\/a> lamented the death of hip-hop in the mid 2000s, it was an issue of commercialism hollowing out the culture. But a lot of people interpreted it as the music itself losing its way. It didn\u2019t sound like it once did back in the lauded \u2018golden age\u2019 of hip-hop. Even today, the rhetoric persists, years of traditionalists lamenting \u2018mumble rap\u2019 and how new rappers don\u2019t sound the same.<\/p>\n<p>La Reezy bridges the gap, a young New Orleans rapper who cherishes rap conventions without dating himself in golden age nostalgia. Instead, he\u2019s punchy and buoyant on tracks like \u201cMelanate It\u201d, a rosy ode to the dimensionality of Black identity. He takes to the streets, basking in the glow of golden hour and learning from old <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FgXBAnduGrc?si=rC04GYoI5GQhNSZ0&amp;t=168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeezy<\/a> about taking the good with the bad. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Like when Monday come and you get some dumbass papers you reviewing \/ Wish that time could stop on a Sunday afternoon barbecuing \/ Suns out, guns out, kids run in, run out \/ Wifey runnin\u2019 her mouth about getting Trump out<\/em>,\u201d La Reezy raps. By the outro, he coos over sweet chords, knowing that, rain or shine, he\u2019ll always glow and persevere.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wB1R4_s-CF0\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wB1R4_s-CF0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bby Kell - 2019 \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wB1R4_s-CF0?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<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bby Kell - 2019 \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wB1R4_s-CF0?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<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2019-by-bby-kell\">\u201c2019\u201d by Bby Kell<\/h3>\n<p>Sampling is a lost art within hip-hop. Too often, artists and producers combine for the easiest, lowest common denominator sample. Or maybe they\u2019ll find a soul sample but settle for an easy loop. <\/p>\n<p>But on Bby Kell\u2019s \u201c2019\u201d, she manages to split the difference. Sure, the Usher \u201cU Don\u2019t Have to Call\u201d flip is glaring, but it slices off a portion of the Neptunes beat, speeds it up, and turns the record into a track race.<\/p>\n<p>From there, Kell bobs, weaves, and punches in like prime Floyd Mayweather. \u201c<em>Four black trucks around me, I feel like O-Bama<\/em>,\u201d she raps, contorting her flow for the rhyme scheme. Then, she muses how she misses Obama, wishes she got to smoke with him. \u201c<em>If I meet him, I\u2019ma call my mama \/ s***, I mean my grandma, she the one that likes Obama<\/em>.\u201d Funny, sharp, and fresh in how it uses its sample.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/U2F2Dq8QPIs\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/U2F2Dq8QPIs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ISAIAH RASHAD FT. SZA - BOY IN RED (OFFICIAL AUDIO)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2F2Dq8QPIs?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<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ISAIAH RASHAD FT. SZA - BOY IN RED (OFFICIAL AUDIO)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2F2Dq8QPIs?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<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-boy-in-red-by-isaiah-rashad-and-sza\">\u201cBOY IN RED\u201d by Isaiah Rashad and SZA<\/h3>\n<p>Isaiah Rashad and SZA are musical soulmates. Like Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell before them, they understand each other\u2019s language, how the tones of their voices interplay, how they approach their themes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OZ29p5LYhZE&amp;pp=ygUbd2VzdCBzYXZhbm5haCBpc2FpYWggcmFzaGFk\">West Savannah<\/a>\u201d is a euphoric, psychedelic piece of soul about how love carries them past suicidal tendencies. \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MWM3IUVCi3U&amp;pp=ygUec3R1Y2sgaW4gdGhlIG11ZCBpc2FpYWggcmFzaGFk\">Stuck in The Mud<\/a>\u201d is a lethargic and downtrodden record sopped in doomerism. Even after SZA became a global superstar, their chemistry wouldn\u2019t waver on records like \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bAgK7FrI1pU&amp;pp=ygUTc2NvcmUgaXNhaWFoIHJhc2hhZA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Score<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoy in Red\u201d continues their undefeated streak, a bluesy, smoky spiritual successor to \u201cWest Savannah\u201d for a pair that aged past their youthful romanticism. There, Isaiah Rashad channels his inner Prince, trying to swoon a woman so he could be her boyfriend. \u201c<em>And if that doesn\u2019t work, then I\u2019ll just be your girlfriend<\/em>,\u201d he coos. \u201cBoy in Red\u201d plays like the flickers of love that burn within us, even at our most burnt out and despondent.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 -->\n<\/div>\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 www.vice.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, seemingly a gazillion new hip-hop songs are released on streaming services. From SoundCloud and Bandcamp exclusives to the endless array of\u00a0songs on Spotify\u00a0and Apple Music, it\u2019s a lot to take in. Additionally, some tracks aren\u2019t nearly as good as they should be. Who wants to waste their time sifting through records in fear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2398178,"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":[21944,21800,295732],"class_list":["post-2398177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-hip-hop","tag-music","tag-noisey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-New-Hip-Hop-and-RB-Songs-You-Must-Hear-This.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398177","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=2398177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398179,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398177\/revisions\/2398179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}