With the endless onslaught of new music every Friday it’s hard to keep up with all the new releases. We’ve curated the essential new albums and projects out today for you to check out.

Plantain Papi – STILL HEALING

An innovator that blends rap, RnB, Afrobeats and more into an inseparable soup of contemporary black music, Plantain Papi is throwing his hat in the ring for title of ‘Next Up’ with his debut album STILL HEALING. He’s assembled the avengers for ‘My Best’ too. Tap in.

Yeat – 2093

Featuring Lil Wayne and Future, Yeat’s 2093 lands following the success of 2023’s AftërLyfe.

Manga Saint Hilare – Everything Is Under Control

Grime general Manga Saint Hilare comes through with 16 tracks of rap goodness on Everything Is Under Control. It lands after he narrowly missed out on a MOBO award for best grime act and ahead of his tour which kicks off tonight.

Shaé Universe – Love’s Letter

Late last year Shaé Universe delivered a performance on COLORS that etched her name as one of the UK’s most exciting RnB acts. She’s made good on the promise shown in that performance with her stellar new albu,m Love’s Letter, which features the likes of Lalah Hathaway and comes in at a cool 31 minutes.