{"id":120883,"date":"2024-12-17T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/17\/rb-hip-hop-fresh-picks-of-the-week-tank-and-the-bangas-sleepy-hallow-babyface-ray-kalan-frfr-more-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:07:38","slug":"rb-hip-hop-fresh-picks-of-the-week-tank-and-the-bangas-sleepy-hallow-babyface-ray-kalan-frfr-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/17\/rb-hip-hop-fresh-picks-of-the-week-tank-and-the-bangas-sleepy-hallow-babyface-ray-kalan-frfr-more-2\/","title":{"rendered":"R&B\/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Tank and the Bangas, Sleepy Hallow & Babyface Ray, Kalan.FrFr &\u00a0More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWith just over a week to go before Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> turns the Netflix-NFL Christmas Day halftime show<\/a> into her very own Cowboy Carter<\/em> rodeo, there\u2019s still tons of new music racing to get heard before the calendar flips over to January 2025.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBetween Bossman Dlow<\/a> (Dlow Curry<\/em>), Snoop Dogg<\/a> & Dr. Dre<\/a> (Missionary<\/em>) and Roc Marciano & The Alchemist<\/a> (The Skeleton Key<\/em>), hip-hop heavyweights kept the new projects rolling in. In addition, R&B sent a sterling representative in Mario<\/a>, who dropped Glad You Came<\/em>, his first studio album in six years.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking of Beyonc\u00e9, the Billboard<\/em> staff\u2019s Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century (So Far), also became the woman with the most RIAA-certified titles in history<\/a> (103). The impressive news comes the day after husband Jay-Z<\/a>\u2018s attorney Alex Spiro spoke out Roc Nation\u2019s New York headquarters, reiterating<\/a> that the minor rape allegations levied against the rap mogul are \u201cprovably, demonstrably false\u201d and \u201cnever happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJay wasn\u2019t the only rap icon in the news this week; Lil Wayne<\/a> cleared the air on his friction with Kendrick Lamar<\/a> after the latter secured the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show and name-dropped Tunechi in his \u201cWacced Out Murals\u201d verse. In addition, Future<\/a> \u2014 who headlined Rolling Loud Miami\u2019s victorious tenth anniversary alongside Travis Scott<\/a> and Playboi Carti<\/a> \u2014 sent \u201cToo Fast\u201d to the top of three different airplay surveys<\/a> (Mainstream R&B\/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rhythmic Airplay and Rap Airplay) in the same week (dated Dec. 21). Finally, SZA<\/a> officially announced<\/a> that the deluxe edition of her blockbuster SOS<\/em> LP will arrive on Friday (Dec. 20).<\/p>\n

\n\tWith\u00a0Fresh Picks<\/a>,\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop \u2014 from Sleepy Hallow and Babyface Ray\u2019s new team-up to Tank and the Bangas\u2019 ode to Black womanhood. Be sure to check out this week\u2019s Fresh Picks in our Spotify playlist below.<\/p>\n

\n\tTank and the Bangas, \u201cThis Black Girl\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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