The 6 projects you should stream right now

New albums from Mykki Blanco, H.E.R., Gucci Mane, and more.

June 18, 2021
The 6 projects you should stream right now Mykki Blanco. Photo by Luca Venter  
Mykki Blanco, Broken Hearts & Beautiful Sleep
The 6 projects you should stream right now

Mykki Blanco brought a venomous spirit when they debuted on the rap scene, and on their new nine-track mini-album, produced by FaltyDL, Mykki made a conscious effort to switch their style up. “When you start playing around in those worlds," Mykki said in a press statement, "God just starts flowing through you in all these different kinds of ways."

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H.E.R., Back Of My Mind
The 6 projects you should stream right now

Fresh off of winning Song of the Year for "I Can't Breathe" at the 2021 Grammys and the Oscar for Best Original Song ("Fight For You" from Judas & The Black Messiah), H.E.R. shares her official debut album. Lil Baby, Thundercat, Yung Bleu, Cordae, Ty Dolla $ign, and more feature across the project.

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Gucci Mane, Ice Daddy
The 6 projects you should stream right now

The Atlanta rap star celebrates fatherhood with a new album, his 18th studio project, not including the countless mixtapes that helped cement his legend. Ice Daddy contains two guest appearances from Pooh Shiesty, the fast-rising rapper signed to Gucci's 1017 Records, as well as verses from Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, Young Dolph, Project Pat, Peewee Longway, and more.

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Cola Boyy, Prosthetic Boombox
The 6 projects you should stream right now

Matthew Urango a.k.a. Cola Boyy is a California-based psychedelic bedroom pop producer signed to MGMT's record label. "Don't Forget Your Neighbourhood," his collaboration with The Avalanches, was playlisted on FADER's Songs You Need. Revisit our 2018 Cola Boyy GEN F profile after you listen.

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GoldLink, Haram!
The 6 projects you should stream right now

Two years after dropping Diaspora, DMV rapper GoldLink returns with defiant and boundless energy on his new project Haram!, juggling genres as skillfully as he does different flows.

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Moonshine Collective, SMS For Location, Vol. 4
The 6 projects you should stream right now

Moonshine Collective is a group founded in Montreal known for their secretive lunar-themed parties with progressive jams celebrating the African diaspora. The group's fourth mixtape brings that much-needed spirit to our pandemic-stricken world with new music from Pierre Kwenders, Uproot Andy, and more.

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The 6 projects you should stream right now