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.
Chris Brown Feat. Leon Thomas – “Fallin’”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 RCA Records, under exclusive license from Chris Brown Entertainment Durand Bernarr – ‘BERNARR.’
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Durand Bernarr / DSING RECORDS / Create Music Group Inc. Mýa Feat. Too $hort – “Just a Little Bit”
Image Credit: MYA PLANET 9 North West – ‘N0rth4evr’
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 North West / gamma. THE-DREAM – “Bring That Body”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Dreamboy Records, under exclusive license to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Vince Staples – “Blackberry Marmalade”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Section Eight Arthouse., Under exclusive license to Loma Vista Recordings. A Concord Label Group Release. DaBaby Feat. GloRilla, Yung Miami, YKNIECE – “POP DAT THANG (Remix)”
Image Credit: South Coast Music Group/Interscope Records Lizzo – “Bitch”
Image Credit: © 2026 Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Recording Corporation Daddy Yankee, Shenseea – “Echo”
Image Credit: FIFA World Cup SalXCO Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, Harry Fraud – ‘Roofless Records For Drop Tops: Disc 2’
Image Credit: © 2026 Jet Life Recordings/Taylor Gang Ent./SRFSCHL BunnaB – “Best B*tch”
Image Credit: Daniel Tuggerson NAV, Quavo – “Mutt”
Image Credit: © 2026 XO Records, LLC and Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Skrilla – ‘Z’
Image Credit: © 2026 UMG Recordings, Inc. Jessie Reyez Feat. Muni Long – “AIN’T U TIRED”
Image Credit: © 2026 FMLY, under exclusive license to Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Danny Brown – “Lift You Up”
Image Credit: © 2025 Warp Records Chxrry, Mariah the Scientist – “Bottles & Lights”
Image Credit: © 2026 XO Records, LLC and Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. AZ – “Uniqueness”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Mass Appeal, under exclusive license from Quiet Money Music Isaiah Rashad – ‘It’s Been Awful’
Image Credit: © 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment, under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. Elmiene Feat. Baby Rose – “Honour”
Image Credit: © 2026 Elmiene, under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations Limited Shoreline Mafia – ‘BIDNESS IS BOOMIN’
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Atlantic Recording Corporation. Ziggy Marley – ‘Brightside’
Image Credit: © 2026 Tuff Gong Worldwide Real Boston Richey – “B*tch You Weird”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Freebandz Global under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Bryson Tiller – “IT’S OK”
Image Credit: YouTube Dondria – “Solitude”
Image Credit: © 2026 Awe Me Entertainment, LLC Lil Tjay – “They Just Ain’t You”
Image Credit: © 2026 TrenchKid Records Angélique Kidjo – ‘HOPE!!’
Image Credit: © Label Parlophone, © 2026 Warner Music France Toosii – “Proud Of Me”
Image Credit: © 2026 UMG Recordings, Inc. Nick Grant Feat. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Back Up”
Image Credit: © 2026 Nick Grant/195 Oak Inc. Asake – ‘M$NEY’
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 GIRAN Republic / EMPIRE JPEGMAFIA – “babygirl”
Image Credit: © 2026 PEGGY Under Exclusive License to AWAL Recordings America, Inc. Lord Sko, Statik Selektah – “Hangman”
Image Credit: © 2026 UPTOWN SH!T / Stimulated Various Artists – ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2: Music From The Motion Picture’
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Interscope Records Fetty P Franklin – “Grind It Up”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 GroundHawg Entertainment KenTheMan – “Popular”
Image Credit: © 2026 KenTheMan LLC Kelsey Lu Feat. Sampha – “Better Than That”
Image Credit: © 2026 Dirty Hit Anna Margo – “Brainrot”
Image Credit: © 2026 8 Dragons Inc. 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”
Image Credit: © 2026 PuzzL Music Collective Inc., under exclusive license to Universal Music Canada Inc. Chow Lee, Cash Cobain – “2C”
Image Credit: © 2026 TC Music LLC / EMPIRE Luhh Dyl – ‘A Time To Hurt, A Time To Heal’
Image Credit: © under exclusive license to 300 Entertainment LLC, © 2026 Luhh Dyl LLC 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”
Jada Kingdom – “Still Searching”
Image Credit: Destinee Ruth B – “Bad Combination”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 REB Productions LLC, under exclusive license to ALTER Music LLC and Artist Theory LTD Siobhan Bell – “Toxic”
Image Credit: ℗ 2026 Hall of Fame Artists 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”
Image Credit: Courtesy of Raphaël Gaultier MOIO – “Just A Man”
Image Credit: © 2026 Chamomile Club Joyce Wrice – “Crack The Code”
Image Credit: © 2026 Joyce Wrice Music Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC B.o.B – ‘The Morning Bang’
