New Music Friday came through with range this week, giving fans pain rap, sugar trap, and smooth lifestyle music without making anybody pick one lane.
Rylo Rodriguez returns with “S.K.A.T.E. (Silence Keeps All Targets Exposed),” a 23-track project that lands three years after Been One. The Alabama rapper leans back into the melodic street storytelling that built his core fanbase, with features from Lil Baby, Veeze, NoCap, Kevin Gates, and YTB Fatt. Production from Zaytoven, JayRich, BassKid, Al Geno, and more helps frame the project around loyalty, betrayal, growth, and the kind of lessons that usually come with a price tag.
Rico Nasty also shakes up the weekend with “Cupcake,” the latest taste of her upcoming album “RX,” which is set to arrive July 24 through Sugar Trap. The single reunites Rico with Kenneth Blume, formerly known as Kenny Beats, after their past work on Smack a Bitch and Anger Management. After exploring rap-rock on Lethal, Rico slides back toward her sugar trap sound with a record that feels loud, playful, and fully in her own world.
Then Larry June keeps things cool with “Organic Motion,” a laid-back release issued through The Freeminded Records and EMPIRE. The record sticks to Larry’s signature formula: clean production, calm confidence, lifestyle bars, and that Bay Area ease that makes his music feel like a slow cruise with the windows down. While everyone else is turning up, Larry is still reminding listeners that motion hits different when it’s natural.
From Rylo’s heavy reflections to Rico’s chaotic bounce and Larry’s smooth reset, this week’s lineup has a little heat for every kind of playlist.
Rico Nasty – “Cupcake” (single)
Larry June – “Organic Motion” (single)
Jorja Smith feat. Wizkid – “Alive” (single)
JDot Breezy feat. Whoppa Wit Da Choppa – “Just Tweakin” (single)
Shenseea – “Brucksweat” (single)
Destin Conrad – “Nervous” (single)
Nipsey Hussle feat. BH – “All Summer” (single)
Rylo Rodriguez – “S.K.A.T.E.” (album)
