What's Good (Week of 1/18/26)
Friday's here, so it's time for What's Good. Welcome to my weekly blog of new tunes, music-related ephemera, and general good (or at least not bad) vibes. This week we've got new joints from
New Albums
- 067Red
- DJ Harrison
- Roc Marciano
- Stik Figa & Fantastic Sound
New Singles
- Gregory Ulhmann
- Marlon Craft
- The Scythe (Denzel Curry & friends)
- Sonnyjim & Sebb Bash
And more! A little lean on the playlists this week (comparitively speaking), so Bonus Beats will be a little chunky, and I've got an update to my charity giveaway of a copy of Mercy.
Before we get started, I encourage you to subscribe to the blog so you can get everything I write here as a newsletter the minute I hit publish. I usually only send stuff once a week, so I won't spam you, and every now and then I post SECRET BIDNESS that's email only.
Donation Giveaway Update
Timing on me going public with the giveaway was a little inauspicious, as maybe a day or two later, ICE began their assault on Minneapolis. After putting some thought into it, I'm going to do two things: 1) Extending the deadline for submissions out another month. 2) Adding another org. to the list.
Make a charitable donation to either:
- Trans Youth Emergency Project: A project from the Campaign for Southern Equality, offering logistical and financial support to families affected by laws restricting or banning care for transgender children across the United States
- Al Otro Lado: An organization providing legal and humanitarian aid for immigrant communities in the U.S. and Mexico, with litigation services, family reunification, and a number of other programs.
- The Women's Foundation of Minnesota's Immigrant Response Fund: A fund directing resources to organizations across the Twin Cities metro area and Greater Minnesota that provide basic needs, urgent legal services, and advocacy resources for communities impacted by immigration-related harm.
Then fill out this Google form with proof of your donation. I'll close out the form on 2/28/26, then I'll contact a randomly selected one of you for an address to send the record to.
If you're looking for more that you can do to support, a good place to start is Stand With Minnesota, a directory of places to donate to on the ground. Love and strength to everyone in Minneapolis, and fuck ICE. Now let's get on with the blog.
Playlists
TIDAL
TIDAL: What's Good Playlist - Week of 1/18/26
YouTube
Bonus Beats
The homey Nate Patrin put together a profile and retrospective of Serengeti's legendary alter-ego, Kenny Dennis, including capsule reviews of each album in KDCU (Kenny Dennis Cinematic Universe). Bears, Hawks, Sox, Bulls, things of that nature.
But the further Serengeti went into the theoretical inner reaches of Kenny’s personality, the more it became apparent that there was a deeper story to be told. “Dennehy” wasn’t just someone rapping in character, it was developing a character who could rap — someone with a different voice and flow to him, an exercise in pushing past Geti’s usual parameters into the flow of someone raspier, louder, and more prone to getting stuck in the same handful of self-defining reference points as a way to stave off a succession of personality crises. Kenny’s backstory is both absurd and tragic, a sort of dark comedy a’la Fear of a Black Hat through the Coen Brothers: an aspiring ‘90s rap star who blew it because he couldn’t brush off a slight from NBA star and Fu-Schnickens guest Shaquille O’Neal, he is left to spend the ensuing years constantly wondering what if as he marinates in his squandered potential between paeans to Andre Dawson and Polish sausage.
dawulverine
August Fanon dropped this shelved Sade-inspired instrumental mix for her birthday over on his Bandcamp.
I love this Light Work mix. It is one of my favorite instrumental album I've created for many reasons, I think primarily tho every time I listen to it I can't help but to remanence (sic) upon where I was creatively at as a producer, what my horizons were, my challenges. Also; specifically, how I felt about Sade, what it felt like to hunt down all the clips and watch the interviews and hear her familiar voice over my own creations. The satisfaction upon completion. I felt like I made something she could appreciate.
Recent What's Good faves Commitment are one of the latest bands featured on hate5six, with a recording of their live set from Ortlieb's in Philadelphia, PA.
Boiler Room headed down to Willie Mitchell's Royal Studios for a legends of Memphis Rap session, with live sets from Tommy Wright III, Shawty Pimp, Al Kapone, DJ Zirk, DJ Spanish Fly, and La Chat which you can check out up above.
Bugseed uploaded this live set from the "Across" event back in 2016, with news that he and the event's organizer Alto are working on a follow-up to the beat tape of the same name.
Flying Lotus pulled up The Lot Radio, 'nuff said.
RM Family and Cynthia Williams
Reaper Mook has passed away. Hearing the news was a shock, and beyond the fact that we keep losing artists long before their time, I'd only relatively recently tapped in with Mook via his feature on Seafood Sam's "Early Birds" back in 2022.
You can contribute to a GoFundMe to help support his funeral costs as well as establishing a trust for his son, and get hip to his catalog if you're not already.
Music
Lord Apex - What's The World Mean To You Pt. 2 (From Smoke Sessions Vol. 4, out now. Purchase: Stream on Bandcamp (via Daupe, sold out) | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Salimata - Jackpot & Foil (Live from COLORS Studios) (From The Happening, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | 10k Global | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
DJ Harrison - It's All Love feat. Yazmin Lacey (From ElectroSoul, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Vinyl via Stones Throw | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Gregory Ulhmann - Lucia feat. Alabaster DePlume (From Extra Stars, out on 3/6/16. Preorder: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Marlon Craft - Shoulders (From Marlon's upcoming album, releasing this Spring. Purchase "Shoulders": Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Kurious & K-Rec - Toilet/Cloud9 (From God's Time, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
The Scythe - Lit Effect feat. Denzel Curry, Bktherula, & LAZER DIM 700 (From Strictly 4 The Scythe, out on 3/6/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals, digital, and merch via Loma Vista Recordings, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Papo2oo4 & Subjxct 5 - Back 2 Ballin (Out now, YouTube loosie.)
Squadda B - Pavements (From SM6, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | "French Deluxe" version with three extra tracks available on cassette via Pain Perdu | Qobuz (French Deluxe version), Stream (Linking to the French Deluxe versions): Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 21, 2026
Myquale - way that i move (if u were mine <3) (Out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Sonnyjim & Sebb Bash - Kezza (From Leman Lake Pyramids, out on 1/26/29. Purchase "Kezza": Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Stik Figa & Fantastic Sound - C'est La Vie feat. MVTE & Pete Sayke (From It means sumthin' to me, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Braxton Cook - Idea #5 (From Not Everyone Can Go (Deluxe), out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
DeevoDaGenius, Kil The Artist, & BlueHillBill - Dirty Faces (From Angels With Dirty Souls, out now. Purchase: Digitally via E11evation Records)
Roc Marciano - Yves St. Moron (From 656, out now. Purchase: CD via Roc Nation | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Moonchild - Fear (Hey Friend) feat. PJ Morton (From Waves, out on 2/20/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Vinyl and merch via Hello Merch, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 5, 2024
067Red - I BOUGHT LONDON A MAU (From CALIFORNIA IS BANNING GLOCKS, I HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Elcamino & ILL Tone Beats - F Wit Me (From God Is Love, out on now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Chaz Kangas - Red Pen Corrections (Out now. From the YouTube description: "Chaz Kangas is a proud native of Minneapolis, he'd like you to make a donation to the Women's Foundation of Minnesota's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund." Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
That does it for this week. Thank you for tapping in with me this week, and every other time you've come through. Please consider checking out my charity giveaway, and stay safe out there. Enjoy your weekend, take care of each other, and make good choices.
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