widontplay Weekly: Hip-Hop Releases CW 22
May 29, 2026 · This Week in Hip-Hop Some weeks come up empty. CW 22 is one of them. The two visible rap names dropping today are Pouya with Forever…
RONIN — 80 BPM Shamisen x Whistle (RZA Type Beat)
Ronin is an 80 BPM instrumental built around two alternating melodic elements — a shamisen and a whistle — trading off every few bars over heavy boom…
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Jay Worthy, Rome Streetz & Evidence – "IF I" | Video
Jay Worthy is on a different level right now. Once Upon A Time: The Soundtrack is a 16-track project released as the second part of a double album…
widontplay Weekly: Hip-Hop Releases CW 21
May 22, 2026 · This Week in Hip-Hop CW 21 was quiet on the Boom Bap side. Nothing from the Griselda orbit, nothing from the Alchemist camp, nothing …
widontplay Weekly: Hip-Hop Releases CW 20
May 14, 2026 · This Week in Hip-Hop The week of May 11 did not need to announce itself. The releases that matter here all landed on May 8 and kept ge…
Benny The Butcher & Fuego Base Keep It Cold on “The Fighting Irish”
Benny The Butcher and Fuego Base are still moving through the Ashes In The Safe run, and “The Fighting Irish” keeps the whole thing in that cold BS…
Cookin Soul & Estee Nack Build a Dusty Cross-Atlantic Chamber on AL-ANDALUS
Cookin Soul and Estee Nack have dropped AL-ANDALUS, a full-length collaboration that feels less like a random producer-rapper link-up and more like…
widontplay Weekly: Hip-Hop Releases CW 19
I had to skip last week due to illness, so this one picks things back up. The good part is that this week did not come with an overload of essentia…
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Cypress Hill Bring Mellow Man Ace Back Into the Circle on “Campeones”
Cypress Hill do not need to prove anything anymore. That part has been settled for decades. Still, “Campeones” feels like a statement. The new tr…
widontplay Weekly: Hip-Hop Releases from Germany and the U.S. CW 17
This week’s stack is less about chasing every release that landed on Friday and more about pulling out the ones that actually stayed with me. Some o…
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eLceo and Chilli Manufaktura Turn Heat Into Identity
eLceo builds this one around a smooth meeting point between hip hop, jazz, and something more earthy. You can hear the boom bap foundation, but the…
M-Dot, Confidence and Masta Ace Bring Real Weight to “Rollercoaster Pt. 2”
A lot of rap reaches for pressure as a theme. “Rollercoaster Pt. 2” sounds like pressure that has already left its mark. M-Dot and Confidence come …
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