Jim Jones and Hitmaka, Blxst and More – New Hip-Hop Projects

As March marches on, the rap recreation mounts up on one other week full of latest releases. This time round, a Harlem legend hyperlinks up with a famend producer from Chicago for a brand new LP, a West Coast rap-crooner follows up a critically acclaimed album with a contemporary EP, one other Los Angeles native drops a venture hosted by a mixtape icon and extra.

After teasing the venture for properly over a 12 months, Jim Jones comes via with Again in My Prime, a full-length album comprised of beats solely produced by Hitmaka. Though the official launch date and canopy artwork had been solely simply unveiled earlier this week, the Diplomats spitter and the Grammy-winning producer first introduced their collab all the way in which again on the finish of 2021 and have since unleashed a bevy of singles featured on the brand new venture.

Again in My Prime‘s lead single, “I Am” options Stefflon Don and affords up summer season day social gathering vibes throughout an in any other case chilly time of 12 months full with a visible that finds Capo dipping forwards and backwards between Miami and his hometown of Harlem, N.Y.

In a Worldstar Hip-Hop unique video, “Seen The Cash,” Jim Jones affords a glimpse into his lavish way of life whereas Hitmaka laces the monitor with a distinguished pattern of Alicia Keys’ 2003 smash, “You Do not Know My Title.” The venture’s newest single, “Keep” additionally options components of a well-liked monitor from the early 2000s, Lumidee’s “By no means Go away You,” the identical music that Nicki Minaj not too long ago flipped for her new music, “Pink Ruby Da Sleeze.”

In selling the discharge of Again in My Prime, Jim Jones hit up Instagram together with his ideas on working with Hitmaka, who’s at present one of the crucial revered producers in hip-hop.

“Totally produced by Yung Berg a.ok.a. Hitmaka, you heard?” mentioned Jimmy in a video clip throughout a latest photoshoot. “One of many prime producers within the recreation. He be ringing off with primary hits and all that Grammy kind of s**t. N***a’s hearth, you heard? I bought an entire album with all that fireside. You are going to must cope with it.”

Blxst returns with a brand new EP Only for Readability 2, the sequel to his 2021 venture of the identical title. The 2021 XXL Freshman began teasing the venture final Monday (March 6) on his Instagram account. The California rap&B singer shared a video the place he manually articulated “Only for Readability 2” together with his fingers.

Blxst additionally posted a photograph of himself within the studio with fellow producers Mustard and Terrace Martin engaged on a monitor for his JFC 2 venture. The 30-year-old artist additionally shared images of himself and good buddy Roddy Ricch giving their younger sons blinged-out “E”(vgle) and “RR” chains, respectively.

On Thursday (March 9), Blxst jumped on his IG account and posted a video of himself in his do-it-yourself studio together with his music “Passionate,” that includes Roddy, enjoying within the background. The clip additionally encompasses a tracklist for Simply For Readability 2. It seems the EP will solely have 4 songs with visitor appearances from Roddy, Terrance, Mustard and Larry June, who seems on his first single, “Preserve Calling,” which you’ll watch beneath.

Rapper G Perico groups up with DJ Drama for a Gangsta Grillz mixtape referred to as Sizzling Shot. The venture follows Perico’s final studio album South Central, launched in December 2022. In the meantime, DJ Drama continues his Gangsta Grillz run after dropping a bunch of albums final 12 months, together with Coke Boys 6: Cash Heist Version with French Montana, Rollin’ Stone with J. Stone and most not too long ago, Again On Dexter with Kash Doll.

For Sizzling Shot, the Los Angeles rapper and Grammy Award-winning producer began selling the venture again in February with the set’s first single, “Motion.” Earlier this week, the dynamic duo premiered a Sizzling Shot: Gangsta Grillz Documentary on YouTube, which options Perico and Drama detailing the recording course of behind their joint mixtape.

In case you like what G Perico is placing down, catch him on his Sizzling Shot Tour, which kicks off in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 30 and wraps up June 4 in San Diego, Calif. Peep the tour dates beneath.

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