Chris Brown and Leon Thomas, Durand Bernarr, Mýa and Too $hort, North West, THE-DREAM, Vince Staples, Lizzo, and more stars present new material
℗ 2026 Durand Bernarr / DSING RECORDS / Create Music Group Inc.; ℗ 2026 RCA Records, under exclusive license from Chris Brown Entertainment; MYA PLANET 9
Today is Friday, which means there are tons of new releases to look forward to from some of your favorite hip-hop, R&B, reggae, dancehall, and afrobeats artists. To help you unwind and enjoy the weekend, check out VIBE’s picks of songs and albums you should hear and add to your soundtrack of weekend festivities.
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Chris Brown Feat. Leon Thomas – “Fallin’”
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Durand Bernarr – ‘BERNARR.’
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Durand Bernarr / DSING RECORDS / Create Music Group Inc.
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Mýa Feat. Too $hort – “Just a Little Bit”
Image Credit: MYA PLANET 9
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North West – ‘N0rth4evr’
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THE-DREAM – “Bring That Body”
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Vince Staples – “Blackberry Marmalade”
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DaBaby Feat. GloRilla, Yung Miami, YKNIECE – “POP DAT THANG (Remix)”
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Lizzo – “Bitch”
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Daddy Yankee, Shenseea – “Echo”
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Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, Harry Fraud – ‘Roofless Records For Drop Tops: Disc 2’
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BunnaB – “Best B*tch”
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NAV, Quavo – “Mutt”
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Skrilla – ‘Z’
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Jessie Reyez Feat. Muni Long – “AIN’T U TIRED”
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Danny Brown – “Lift You Up”
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Chxrry, Mariah the Scientist – “Bottles & Lights”
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AZ – “Uniqueness”
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Isaiah Rashad – ‘It’s Been Awful’
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Elmiene Feat. Baby Rose – “Honour”
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Shoreline Mafia – ‘BIDNESS IS BOOMIN’
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Ziggy Marley – ‘Brightside’
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Real Boston Richey – “B*tch You Weird”
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Bryson Tiller – “IT’S OK”
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Dondria – “Solitude”
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Lil Tjay – “They Just Ain’t You”
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Angélique Kidjo – ‘HOPE!!’
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Toosii – “Proud Of Me”
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Nick Grant Feat. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Back Up”
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Asake – ‘M$NEY’
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JPEGMAFIA – “babygirl”
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Lord Sko, Statik Selektah – “Hangman”
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Various Artists – ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2: Music From The Motion Picture’
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Fetty P Franklin – “Grind It Up”
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KenTheMan – “Popular”
Image Credit: © 2026 KenTheMan LLC -
Kelsey Lu Feat. Sampha – “Better Than That”
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Anna Margo – “Brainrot”
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India Shawn – ‘Subject To Change’
Image Credit: © 2026 India Shawn LLC under exclusive license to VANTA Music/VANTA Records -
Casper TNG Feat. A Boogie wit da Hoodie, 100Bandplan – “The Market”
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Chow Lee, Cash Cobain – “2C”
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Luhh Dyl – ‘A Time To Hurt, A Time To Heal’
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DC The Don – “the rumors are true”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 LETTER 5, LLC, under exclusive license to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. -
Kenny Mason – “BOUNCE WIT ME”
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Jada Kingdom – “Still Searching”
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Ruth B – “Bad Combination”
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Siobhan Bell – “Toxic”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Hall of Fame Artists
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Ama – “So…”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 I Came Home Late Records, Inc. / ISO Supremacy, Under exclusive license to PULSE Records. A Concord Label Group Release. -
Phoenix James – “Company”
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MOIO – “Just A Man”
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Joyce Wrice – “Crack The Code”
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B.o.B – ‘The Morning Bang’
