Billboard's Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday's most essential releases — the essential music everyone will be talking about today and that will dominate playlists this weekend and beyond.
This week, Future and Metro Boomin make magic together, Shakira is still on fire, and Olivia Rodrigo has some more jams for loyal fans. Check out all of this week's picks below:
Future & Metro Boomin, We Don't Trust You
Allow the first titles about We Don't Trust You, the new collaborative album from Future and Metro Boomin, to focus on Kendrick Lamar's verse on “Like That,” which features some bars that set the house on fire and some thinly veiled shots aimed at the J. Cole collab- Drake. This is understandable and deserved. However, do not overlook the fact that We Don't Trust You features Future's most complete end-to-end performance on a project in half a decade: with Metro's all-star streak of cinematic beats extended further, Future sounds reinvigorated, hiding under heavy bass at times and slamming challengers of over widescreen drums.
Shakira, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran marked one of Shakira's most successful seasons even before its release, thanks to a string of hit singles, from 'Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53″ to Karol G's hit collaboration “TQG,” both of which returned the icon to the top 10 of the Hot 100. The album is split into two halves — the first is all-new material, the second is a slew of recent releases — but this opening eight-song lineup features several exciting new songs, including “Puntería,” a Cardi B jam on which Shakira locks down the production sheen and captures another undeniable tune.
Olivia Rodrigo, INTESTINES (spill)
Olivia Rodrigo has already scored major hits, competed at the Grammys and embarked on an arena tour in support of her second album OFFALlimiting the incentive to reveal more new songs as part of a deluxe edition of the album — but the five new tracks that include the INTESTINES (spill) The release is a heartfelt thank you to her many fans and features many moments worthy of her stellar second LP. “So American” is a tumultuous rock jam that builds on the guitar alchemy of “Bad Idea Right?”, while “Obsessed” features a Rodrigo vocal that drips with mood and deserves to be another radio staple.
Tyla, Tyla
Tyla's smash hit 'Water' was another commercial victory for the Afrobeats and amapiano sounds that helped define global pop this decade, but Tyla it represents something even more substantial — a full-length front-to-back extraordinaire that should immediately rank among the strongest crossover offerings these unifying movements have ever produced. The South African star knows exactly how to blend American pop and R&B on amapiano, resulting in breathtaking tracks like “Truth or Dare” and “ART” that sound uniquely Tyla's skill set while also bridging continents and generations.
Pearl Jam, “Running”
Listen to the way Eddie Vedder absolutely screams in the last 25 seconds of “Running” — his voice shaking with emotion, his words possessed by repetition, until he (and the song) seemingly collapse. Urgent moments like this defined Pearl Jam's towering discography and show that Vedder and co. still going strong all these years later: “Running,” which previews the month ahead Dark matterit's a slinky rocker with a galloping beat, like a more menacing version of “The Fixer” with more performance.
Editor's Pick: Matt Champion, Mika's Laundry
Brockhampton has produced several notable solo releases since the pioneering rap collective split, but Mika's Laundry, the debut full-length from Matt Champion, sounds less like an offshoot than its own galaxy, an expansive look into the multi-talented unifier's worldview. The champ croons hooks in some spots and lets his voice soar in others. mumbles rhetorical questions over crumbling production, then accelerates into pop warmth (as in JENNIE collaboration 'Slow Motion'). whatever he does Mika's Laundry it depicts an artist working through a mountain of ideas in a challenging, exciting way.
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