Key Takeaways:

• Cardi B’s long-awaited sophomore album, AM I THE DRAMA?, lastly arrives this Friday (Sept. 19).
• Young Thug will make a serious return with UY SCUTI, his first post-prison album launch.
• Brent Faiyaz, Hunxho and RAYE add depth to this week’s numerous drop schedule.

Rap and R&B followers are about to eat good come Friday (Sept. 19). Two of the largest rappers within the sport, Cardi B and Young Thug, will each be dropping their albums on the exact same day. The “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker has been teasing her sophomore challenge for years, formally asserting it again in June. Thugger, then again, gave us only one week’s discover final Friday (Sept. 12).

Also arriving this week is music from Brent Faiyaz, who’ll ship ICON, his much-anticipated follow-up to WASTELAND. Then there’s Hunxho, who’s gifting followers 16 tracks price of goodies with For Her 2. Without additional ado, listed below are the New music Friday releases that have to be in your radar.

Cardi B – AM I THE DRAMA?

We’ve waited seven lengthy years for this very second. Cardi B’s AM I THE DRAMA? will home with “Imaginary Playerz,” “Outside” and — controversially — her years-old singles “Up” and “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion. That, plus “Bodega Baddie” and the file she teased at August’s WWE SummerSlam.

She’s pulled out all of the stops to advertise the file, from unveiling not less than six alternate covers to asserting her personal meet-and-greet tour. If there’s any album destined to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart subsequent week, it’s AM I THE DRAMA?

Hunxho – For Her 2

Hunxho gifted the women For Her final 12 months, and this Friday, he’ll ship its much-anticipated sequel. In the meantime, take a look at the challenge’s lead (and to date solely) single, “Intimate Relationships” beneath.

Young Thug – UY SCUTI

It’s been a protracted and bumpy highway for Young Thug, who got here residence from jail in October 2024. Since regaining his freedom, he’s seemingly gone from being on prime of the world to all-time low once more after leaked calls from his incarceration surfaced on-line. Now, although, he’s able to let the music communicate with UY SCUTI, which to date has only one confirmed single: “Money On Money” that includes Future.

He formally introduced the challenge final Friday (Sept. 12) alongside “Man I Miss My Dogs,” a seven-minute apology observe. Whether the tune makes the ultimate minimize — or we get extra music in the identical vein — we’ll know quickly sufficient.

Brent Faiyaz – ICON

Dropping an album is certainly one technique to rejoice your birthday. Brent Faiyaz’s ICON shall be his third studio LP, with tracks like “peter pan.” and “tony soprano.” already rolled out forward of its launch. If we’re fortunate, we could get a Doechii collaboration, which might make it all of the extra thrilling.

RAYE – “Where Is My Husband?”

RAYE is posing a query many people have most likely requested in some unspecified time in the future: “Where Is My Husband?” As she sang within the tune’s snippet, “Where the hell is my husband? / What is taking him so long to find me? ” The single is about to reach this Friday after she first teased it throughout her Glastonbury 2025 set.