With so much good music coming out all the time, it can be hard to decide what to listen to first. Each week, Pitchfork offers a roundup of major new releases available on streaming services. This week's batch includes new albums from Megan Thee Stallion, Mabe Fratti, Omar Apollo, Lucky Daye, Channel Tres, Dirty Three, Eiko Ishibashi, Lupe Fiasco, Sour Widows and Folk Implosion. 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 publishers. However, when you purchase something through our affiliate links, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Megan Thee Stallion: Megan [Hot Girl Productions]
After the introduction Megan with three snaky singles—“Hiss,” “Boa” and “Cobra”—Megan Thee Stallion has unveiled the finished product. For her third album, the Houston rapper enlists guests like Glorilla and Victoria Monét to complement a typically raucous collection of brutal bars, infectious hooks and venomous one-liners.
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