What's Good (Week of 11/23/25)
If you need a soundtrack for your holiday weekend, you could do worse than What's Good. Lots of new joints, including:
New Albums
- Jesse The Tree & Jason Griff
- MAVI
- Von Pea & The Other Guys
- Zilla Rocca
New Singles
- Chester Watson
- Pivot Gang
- Count Bass D
- Skrilla
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Playlists
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Bonus Beats
Nate Smith blessed the KEXP studios with a set of songs from his August release LIVE-ACTION.
Following up on part one from back in April, Shags Chamberlain and Lionel "Vinyl" Williams continue their chat with Pearl & The Oysters on their Planet Pearl LP.
Armand Hammer pulled up to The Lot with a bunch of new and old tunes (including from this month's Mercy). And a baby.
Mass Appeal be damned, q no rap name does his own Rhytmn Roulette with sourcing from Cravediggaz Records in Philly.
Gary Suarez
Gary Suarez got in touch with Oh No for the CABBAGES newsletter to talk his new album Nodega.
Music
AJ Suede & Televangel - Sueder One (From their collaborative album with Lord OLO Relinquished, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Azikazin Magic World - Crazy DnB! (From Memory Overdrive, out January 2026. YouTube only.)
Pivot Gang (Joseph Chillams, Saba, Frsh Waters, & MFnMelo) - Black Dynamite Freestyle (Out now, YouTube only.)
yeule - Saiko (From Evangelic Girl is a Gun, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Physicals and digital at Ninja Tune | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
MAVI - G-ANNIS FREESTYLE (From The Pilot, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Physicals, digital, and merch via Loma Vista Recordings | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Snocaps - I Don't Want To (From Snocaps, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Preorder physicals and merch via Kung Fu Merch, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Chester Watson - tinnitus (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Tuamie - That's not salsa (From To Be Of A Greater Instrument, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Von Pea & The Other Guys - Hains Point Freestyle (From Putcha Weight On It, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Jesse The Tree & Jason Griff - Self-Help Defense feat. ShrapKnel (From Spruce Almighty, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Rocks FOE - Poppin' (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Factor Chandelier - Moons In The Snow (From As Dark As Today, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 27, 2022
VRITRA - Ice Cream (From Odyssey, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
TW: Flashing/strobing lights
Papo2oo4 & Subjxct 5 - Residente Papo 13 (Out now, YouTube loosie.)
Boldy James & Nicholas Craven - 1st Time Around (From Criminally Attached, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Zilla Rocca & Disco Vietnam - Fifties and Hundreds feat. Reef the Lost Cause & Defcee (From Fast Eddie, out now on Bandcamp, later on DSPs. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp, Stream "Fifties and Hundreds": Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
The Roots - Repsond/React (Live at Blue Note NYC) (From The Roots Come Alive Too: DYWM30 Live at Blue Note NYC, out now. Purchase: Vinyl via Empire | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Count Bass D - Brass Tacks (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Skrilla - Soul Snatchin (Out now, YouTube only.)
The Egyptian Lover - So Good (From 1987, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Tomorrow Kings - Red Summer (From SALT, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Body Bag Ben & Daniel Son - 1 Hand Wash The Other (From Brown Body Bags, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Asal Hazel - Bite (Out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
That does it for this week. Thank you for tapping in with me this week, and I hope you join me for the next one (or anything I write in the time between). Be sure to share it with your friends, and don't be afraid to drop a comment here or on social media. Take care of each other, and make good choices.
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