New Music Friday is back with a bang after the Thanksgiving break!
This week there are no shortage of albums looking to squeeze themselves onto end-of-year lists with The Game dropping his very first Gangsta Grillz mixtape, Lil Baby looking to silence his critics with a collection of Leaks, and Big K.R.I.T. returning with his first full-length release in three years.
Westside Gunn also extends his prolific streak with his fifth effort of 2025 so far (albeit a brief one), while Erick Sermon serves up a star-studded album full of heavyweight collaborations and promising up-and-comer redveil continues his ascent with the follow-up to his breakout 2022 project Learn 2 Swim.
The singles front is no less stacked, with new tracks from GloRilla, Ludacris, Polo G and G Herbo, Logic and Wiz Khalifa, Stove God Cooks and Mozzy to heat up the winter season.
Check out all of this week’s hip-hop highlights below.
The Game & DJ Drama — Gangsta Grillz: Every Movie Needs a Trailer
Featuring: Mozzy, Jeremih, OT Genasis, Eric Bellinger, Mike & Keys, Hayley Williams
Lil Baby — The Leaks
Featuring: Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Lil Yachty, G Herbo, Veeze, Rylo Rodriguez, LUCKI, Skooly, Bino Rideaux
Westside Gunn — My Sauconys Glowin (EP)
Featuring: Benny The Butcher, Stove God Cooks
GloRilla — “March”
Produced By: London Jae, Go Grizzly & B100
Big K.R.I.T. — Dedicated to Cadalee Biarritz
Featuring: Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Lil Keke, Z-Ro, Killa Kyleon, Propain, Karlous Miller
Polo G & G Herbo — “Gangsta Graduation”
Produced By: OZ & Charley Cooks
Childish Gambino — “Prototype (OutKast Cover)” [Live from Camp Flog Gnaw 2025]
Produced By: André 3000
Erick Sermon — Dynamic Duos
Featuring: Snoop Dogg, Method Man, Redman, EPMD, Conway The Machine, The Game, Nate Dogg, M.O.P., Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Tha Dogg Pound, Salt-N-Pepa
Stove God Cooks — “El Pueblo”
Produced By: Credits unvailable
Ludacris — “44 Bars”
Produced By: Timbaland & Luca Starz
Logic & Wiz Khalifa — “700 Club”
Produced By: 6IX & Jonas Lee
redveil — sankofa
Featuring: Smino, Carolyn Malachi
Skyzoo — Views of a Lifetime
Featuring: N/A
TM88 — F.I.L.A. 25 (Forever I Love Atlanta)
Featuring: Future, 2 Chainz, T.I., Waka Flocka Flame, Young Dro, OJ Da Juiceman, Travis Porter, Sleepy Brown, Pastor Troy, Fabo
The Pharcyde — Labcabincalifornia (30th Anniversary Edition)
Featuring: J Dilla, Glen Nicholls
Mozzy — “Buick to Benz”
Produced By: Credits unvailable
Homeboy Sandman — Turns Out I Can Sell a Few More of These (EP)
Featuring: N/A
Millyz — Blood in the Water 2
Featuring: Bay Swag, Skrilla, Potter Payper, Really Jaewon, GNipsey
Chris Crack — “My 2022 Girlfriend Was a Humiliation Ritual”
Produced By: Credits unavailable