With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new projects from Nettspend, Smino, Lauren Mayberry, Shabaka, Lucy (Cooper B. Handy), Advance Base, Kassie Krut, Fennesz, and Siete7x. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Nettspend: Bad Ass F*cking Kid [Interscope]
At just 17, Nettspend has already gotten deep under the skin of fans and haters alike. The Virginia rapper’s debut mixtape, Bad Ass F*cking Kid, sets his narcotized mumbles and ad-libs to dizzy production from Kenny Beats, OK, Reklus1ve, and Carter Bryson, among others. Notably absent is “F*ck Swag,” the latest of his many viral singles, which preceded the project with a Cole Bennett–directed music video.
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Smino: Maybe in Nirvana [Zero Fatigue]
