The 4 projects you should stream right now (that aren’t Drake)

New albums from Little Simz, Lady Gaga, Jhay Cortez, and more.

September 03, 2021
The 4 projects you should stream right now (that aren’t Drake) Little Simz. Photo by Nwaka Okparaeke  
Little Simz, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
The 4 projects you should stream right now (that aren’t Drake)

We've been fans of Little Simz since her 2016 album Stillness In Wonderland. We brought her to The FADER Fort the following year, and the London rapper showed exactly why she's a favorite of everybody from Gorillaz to the Mercury Prize. Her fourth studio album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert drops today a few days after her lovely set for NPR's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series.

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Lady Gaga, Dawn Of Chromatica (remix album)
The 4 projects you should stream right now (that aren’t Drake)

Gaga is revisiting her 2020 project Chromatica with a bunch of friends for a full-length remix project. This ode to the dancefloor sports reworkings from Charli XCX, A.G. Cook, Rina Sawayama, Doss, LSDXOXO, Arca, and more.

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Jhay Cortez, Timelezz
The 4 projects you should stream right now (that aren’t Drake)

Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Jhay Cortez had a dominant song in 2020: "Dákiti," a collaboration with Bad Bunny that's clocked over a billion streams on Spotify alone. His sophomore album Timelezz follows 2019's Famouz and comes with guest appearances from Anuel AA, Skrillex, Kendo Kaoni, Myke Towers, and Buscabulla.

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DJ Seinfeld, Mirrors
The 4 projects you should stream right now (that aren’t Drake)

The Swedish techno producer's second album and first in four years arrives after health issues in his family and, of course, a global pandemic. “On this album, I wanted to retain a lot of the raw emotionality that brought people to my music in the first place,” he wrote in a statement. “But I also wanted to become a much better producer. It’s been an arduous process but it’s a real statement of where I’m at as a producer and person right now."

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The 4 projects you should stream right now (that aren’t Drake)