From the week of Friday, May 21 to Friday, May 28 here is Everything GOOD’s best new music picks!
DMX – Exodus
This past Friday, the posthumous DMX album, Exodus was released. The 13 track album has features from Nas, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Moneybagg Yo, Bono, his son Exodus Simmons and was produced by Swizz Beatz.
Release date: May 28, 2021
Favorite track: “Bath Salts” ft. Jay-Z & Nas
Olivia Rodrigo – SOUR
Sour has had the biggest week for an album so far this year and the second biggest streaming week ever for an album by a woman artist with 301 million U.S. streams its first week.
Release date: May 21, 2021
Favorite track: “deja vu”
Sinead Harnett – Ready Is Always Too Late
Release date: May 21, 2021
Favorite track: “Anymore” ft. Lucky Daye
Mereba – AZEB
Mereba announced on her Instagram the day of the EP’s arrival with a photo of her pregnant with the caption; “the way God works is… I became a mama the night of my project AZEB’s release. I’m in an extra special type of awe. Where the Sun Rises… where my son rises. Bless my tribe for 9months of support. And bless my supporters for the life you’re gonna give AZEB from this day forward. I love you! Divinity. P.s. it wouldn’t let me tag the whole team but plenty of thank yous are coming, I truly couldn’t have done it without every single person involved in bringing this project to life! #AZEB“.
Release date: May 26, 2021
Favorite track: “Rider“
City Girls – “Twerkulator“
Release date: May 21, 2021
Patrick Paige II – If I Fail Are We Still Cool?
Release date: May 21, 2021
Favorite track: “Ain’t Talkin Bout Much” ft. Syd
Smino + Monte Booker – “Rice & Gravy”
Release date: May 18, 2021
JoJo – Creature of Habit
Release date: May 27, 2021
Audrey Mika – Alive
Release date: May 26, 2021
Gabrielle Current – Virgo
Release date: May 27, 2021
Favorite track: “Make It Right”
Audrey Nuna – a liquid breakfast
This 10 track project from Audrey Nuna features Jack Harlow on “Comic Sans” and Saba on “Top Again” which came with a music video. Nuna started writing a liquid breakfast when she was just a kid she told Complex, “I was a kid when I started writing it. I’m still a kid but there was definitely some Pika to Raichu action throughout the course of this project. I hope I stay a kid forever.”
Release date: May 21, 2021
Favorite track: “Top Again” ft. Saba
Asiahn – OMW
Release date: May 27, 2021
Tamera – Work It
Relese date: May 28
Symphani Soto ft. Eric Bellinger – “Just A Moment”
Release date: May 28, 2021
Njomza – “over and done”
Release date: May 28, 2021
Allison Russell – Outside Child
Allison Russell’s debut album, Outside was released May 21. The 11 track album was produced by Dan Knobler.
Favorite track: “4th Day Prayer”
Marshmello + Jonas Brothers – “Leave Before You Love Me”
Release date: May 21, 2021
