The biggest story of 2019 is surely Lil’ Nas X. The Atlanta star rose to fame earlier this year with his now smash-hit “Old Town Road,” a record that got co-signed by country legend Billy Ray Cyrus and debuted No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Despite major releases by Taylor Swift, and Ed Sheeran with Justin Bieber, “Old Town Road” has remained atop the Hot 100 for 11 consecutive weeks now. Lil’ Nas X rides off the unexpected success with his debut project, 7.

The seven-track EP is lead by his chart-topping record and its follow-up, “Panini.” Cardi B, who brought out Lil’ Nas X at HOT 97 Summer Jam earlier this month, makes a surprise guest appearance on the song “Rodeo.” Stream 7 below.

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Griselda Records is known for delivering quality street music. Dubbed by many to be today’s best-kept secret in Hip-Hop, Benny the Butcher returns with The Plugs I Met. Following last year’s Tana Talk 3, the Buffalo spitter drops a new seven-track EP. The Pusha T-featured “18 Wheeler” leads Benny’s new project. The upstate New York lyricist taps his labelmate Conway the Machine, plus Jadakiss, Black Thought, RJ Payne, 38 Spesh, The Alchemist, Daringer and DJ Shay for the EP.

Stream The Plugs I Met below.

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YFN Lucci feeds the streets with a new project to ride to this summer. The ATL rapper joins forces with DJ Drama to release, 650Luc: Gangsta Grillz. The 17-track mixtape includes the Hitmaka-produced “All Night Long” featuring Trey Songz. T.I., Jeezy, Fabolous, Young Dolph, Trouble and more make guest appearances on the mixtape, available everywhere now.

Stream YFN Lucci’s 650Luc: Gangsta Grillz with DJ Drama below.

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Future started off the year with The WIZRD, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200 album chart. The Freebandz star is here to heat the summer up, returning with his new project Save Me. The seven-track EP includes songs like “Xanax Damage,” “Shotgun,” “Government Official,” and “Love Thy Enemies.” The project’s cover was designed by Henri Alexander Levy in collaboration with his fashion house, Enfants Riches Déprimés.

Out now, stream Save Me in full below.

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Over the past few months, Kevin Gates has been rolling out records leading fans to believe a new project is on the way. Turns out the fans were right, as the New Orleans rapper drops off a new EP titled Only the Generals Gon Understand. The six-track project includes the songs “#Yukatan,”
and “Big Gangsta.” No need for additional guest features as Kevin Gates keeps it solo on the EP. It serves the Gates’ first project since last year’s Luca Brasi 3.

Listen below.

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As promised, Taylor Bennett drops his new project The American Reject. The eight-track EP includes the single “Streaming Services” released earlier this year. The Chicago native taps his brother Chance the Rapper, who appears on the song “No One Outside.” Other guest features include Ty Dolla $ign, Mr. Hudson, Bianca Shaw, and more.

“I realized to myself that what I want to do with my music is to bring people together, and I think the best way to bring people together sometimes is to even out the playing field,” Taylor tells Lyrical Lemonade, speaking on the concept of the EP. “I think that very often we try to use things like skin color, money, materialistic assets and others like that to say that we are better than other people, but I think that even people who have money buy these things because they feel and want to be accepted by a different class or different people.”

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The mighty Wu-Tang Clan debuted their Of Mics and Men docu-series on Showtime last week. In support of the four-part documentary directed by Sacha Jenkins, the legendary rap group release an official soundtrack. The project features four new songs, plus three skits that include bonus commentary and footage that did not make the documentary. RZA, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Masta Killa, Cappadonna, Nas and more all contribute to the new EP.

In a statement about the soundtrack RZA says, “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men is the definitive docuseries that explores and reveals our careers spanning over 25 years. The accompanying soundtrack is a great dose of some of those Men back on those Mics again.” Out now, stream it below.

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Sheek Louch holds down the streets, coming with a new project for hardcore fans to bump this summer. The D-Block veteran returns with Beast Mode, Vol. 3. The third installment of his EP series is six tracks, including records like “Good Good,” “On That Shit,” and “New York Shit.” The Yonkers MC is joined by his LOX running mates Jadakiss and Styles P, plus Fat Joe, Havoc, and Uncle Murda appear on the project, out now.

Press play on Beast Mode, Vol. 3 below.

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Last week, Curren$y and Statik Selektah announced plans to release a joint project entitled Gran Turismo on May 17th. With two days to go until it arrives, the pair unveiled the track list for their collaborative album. Coming in at ten tracks, the project will feature guest appearances from Wiz Khalifa, Jadakiss, Jim Jones, YBN Cordae, Termanology, and Haile Supreme. Dropping via Jet Life/Showoff Records/ EMPIRE, see the track titles and features below.

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Since going independent last year, Tink has put out her Pain & Pleasure EP and a handful of records thereafter. The talented Chicago rapper/singer is back with a new project heading into the warmer season, Voicemails. The 12-track mixtape includes the previously released songs “Different,” “Falling In Love” and “Bad Side.” DeJ Loaf also makes a guest appearance on the song “Ride It.” Out now, stream Voicemails below.

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