Lil Durk, Benny The Butcher, Dave East and More – New Projects This Week – XXLMAG.COM

As the change of seasons approach, hip-hop is helping to warm things up with some new releases.

After a release date change, Lil Durk has dropped his album 7220. The 17-track effort contains quintessential Durk Auto-Tune rhymes, gritty bars and more. The LP holds features from Future, Gunna and R&B singer Summer Walker. The Chicago rapper’s collab “Broadway Girls” with country artist Morgan Wallen appears on Durk’s new joint as well. Prior to the album’s arrival, Lil Durk offered the Southside, TM88, TooDope, Nuki and NFE Paris-produced “AHHH HA,” “Pissed Me Off” and the record with Wallen, which peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. 7220 is Durk’s first album to arrive in 2022, following his 2021 release The Voice deluxe and his joint effort with Lil Baby The Voice of the Heroes.

The Butcher is also coming through with some new music. Buffalo, N.Y.’s Benny The Butcher delivers Tana Talk 4. Benny has 12 cuts on his new release, in addition to bars from J. Cole, heard on “Johnny P’s Caddy,” Griselda‘s Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine. There’s also appearances from Boldy James and Diddy, who gave Benny the stamp of approval on “10 More Commandments,” presumably inspired The Notorious B.I.G.’s “10 Crack Commandments.” TT4 comes after 2021’s Pyrex Picasso and news of Benny The Butcher signing with Def Jam Records.

Dave East’s new project, Hdigh, is available on DSPs today as well. The East Harlem, N.Y. native teamed up with Los Angeles’ own Mike and Keys to create the musical landscape to accompany the former 2016 XXL Freshman‘s emphatic lyrics. The Wu-Tang: An American Saga star is pulling up with nine new tracks and a host of features such as Method Man, Benny The Butcher, Trae Tha Truth, Kalan.FrFr, and soulful crooners Musiq Soulchild and Anthony Hamilton. The lyrical MC, who also has close ties to the Queensbridge section of Queens, N.Y. shared a teaser for the release, which is also referred to as “A Story by Dave East,” produced by Mike and Keys.

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