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Ms. Lauryn Hill, DAWN, Jhene Aiko, Princess Nokia, Vince Staples, Styles P, Reason, Q Da Fool/Maxo Kream, Royce Da 5’9″, Smoke DZA/Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T., and more of this week’s new hip hop songs…

Listen to new songs by Billie Eilish, Beck, Neon Indian, Noel Gallagher, Obongjayar, NNAMDI, HAAi, Leeched, and more.

Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. returned last year with the great double album 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time, his best album since his breakthrough mixtape era (and his first proper full length since leaving Def Jam). He just wrapped up a tour in support of the album at Chicago’s Metro…

Run the Jewels, Gary Clark Jr, Portugal. The Man, Chuck D, Big K.R.I.T., Chronixx, Miley Cyrus, Kimbra, Jill Scott, Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, Common, Remy Ma, 6LACK, DRAM, Action Bronson, Freeway, Rapsody, Roxanne Shante, and Jimmy Jam were among the guests at The Roots’ pre-Grammys Jam Sessions at Gramercy Theatre.

Like last year, Pandora have followed their “Top Thumb Hundred” of 2017 list with their 25 artists to watch in 2018 list. It’s mostly heavy on pop, rap, and R&B…

As always, Complex’s list is heaviest on rap and R&B, so it makes room for great rap albums that you might not see on the big multi-genre lists.

Kanye West already revealed that he’d premiere his new album Waves in its entirety on February 11 at Madison Square Garden, for his Yeezy Season 3 event taking place during New York Fashio…

Plenty of great hip hop shows in NYC are getting announced all the time. We don’t get a chance to write about all of them, so here’s a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up: Joell Ortiz and Illmind celebrated their very good new collaborative album Human in NYC a few weeks ago, and they’ll play another show here on August 26 at Santos Pa…