New Music Mondays: GloRilla & Sexyy Red, Lil Baby, Skepta And More

In putting together the latest “New Music Mondays” playlist, we wanted to do something special to commemorate Hip-Hop History Month by showcasing what an average week in rap releases looks like for today’s heavy hitters in the game.

Known to work well together off the strength of their 2024 hit, “Whatchu Kno About Me,” new age rap divas GloRilla and Sexyy Red are showing that female unity can still exist in hip-hop. Their latest collaboration, “Jiggly Bow Bow,” continues that camaraderie in the form of comedy, both displaying cosplay that would make even The Klumps proud. At a time when the world can definitely use a good laugh, we’re glad these ladies know how to have a sense of humor while also dropping witty bars over a club-ready beat.

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Biggest Takeaways From Lil Baby’s New Album FRESH

With almost a decade in the game and riding a six-year streak of number one albums, Lil Baby is entering a new era that will see a major shift in his star power. With his fifth studio project FRESH, the Atlanta-bred emcee proves not only that he’s Quality Control’s most consistent hitmaker, but also that he has no issue getting the job done on his own. Aside from a standout cut with Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez, plus another collab with just the latter, the album sees Lil Baby going feature-free overall in a move that really displays the message he wants to get across. It results in his most personal work to date, not to mention cinematic.

In what could be considered one of the most surprising switch-ups, New York emcee Fivio Foreign is ushering in a whole new subgenre with his latest single, “You Make Me.” The ‘gospel drill’ offering sounds exactly as described, with Fivio keeping his signature flow yet switching the lyricism to focus strictly on celebrating Christ. Paired with a clever (and cleared!) sample of Monica’s 2003 R&B hit, “So Gone,” and a standout feature from The Fire Choir, this is a lane that we think the Brooklyn rapper should stick to and continue to cultivate as it could work wonders in reclaiming his “Big Drip” status.

Also in this week’s rap-centric roundup includes a soul-baring new album by Skepta, a Method Man-starring new video from Kash Doll, a reunion album by SOB X RBE, the latest collaborative LP by Curren$y & Harry Fraud, a lesson in alternative rap by “Black punk” star Molly Santana, beat king Statik Selektak with all his hip-hop homies and Mathematics of Wu-Tang Clan with a new album that keeps it classic.

Get into a special selection in tribute to Hip-Hop History Month by checking out this week’s “New Music Mondays” playlist below:

SINGLE: GloRilla & Sexyy Red — “Jiggly Bow Bow”