Another week is in the books and for hip-hop fans, it was filled with high-profile releases for us to check out over the weekend. Last week&#8217;s releases included the <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/juice-wrlds-posthumous-fighting-demons-arrives-ft-justin-bieber-polo-g-trippie-red-and-suga-from-bts-new-mixtape.122270.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">second posthumous studio album from Juice WRLD</a>, a <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/russ-drops-off-impressive-chomp-2-ft-snoop-dogg-westside-gunn-jay-electronica-lloyd-banks-and-more-new-mixtape.122265.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bars-heavy full-length from Russ (and many guests)</a>, a <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/tm88-and-pierre-bourne-form-yo-88-on-new-collaborative-album-new-mixtape.122277.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">collaborative project from producers TM88 and Pi&#8217;erre Bourne</a>, a <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/wiz-khalifa-cardo-and-sledgren-share-surprise-14-track-project-wiz-got-wings-new-mixtape.122276.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">surprise full-length from Wiz Khalifa with Cardo and Sledgren</a>, the <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/big-boi-and-sleepy-brown-brink-the-funk-on-big-sleepover-new-mixtape.122279.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">new team-up from Big Boi and Sleepy Brown</a>, <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/birdman-and-nba-youngboy-drop-joint-mixtape-from-the-bayou-new-mixtape.122233.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">YoungBoy Never Broke Again&#8217;s tape with Birdman</a>, and much more. 
Many of the aforementioned new releases are included on the latest update of the Staff Picks playlist, which is updated weekly (or every few weeks, depending on how busy things get at our editorial HQ) on TIDAL and SoundCloud. What makes today&#8217;s playlist update special is the fact that we&#8217;ve also launched our piece counting down HNHH&#8217;s Favorite Music of 2021, with each of our editors detailing one of their favorite albums/songs of the year. <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/hnhhs-favorite-music-of-2021-staff-picks-news.144183.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Check out that list here</a>.
For this week, specifically, you can check out what each of our editors has been feeling with our individual picks below. Listen to the playlists underneath on SoundCloud and TIDAL, and let us know your personal favorite songs right now.
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Alex Zidel (Editorial)
YoungBoy Never Broke Again &#8211; Heart &amp; Soul <a href="/profile/Juice-WRLD" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Juice WRLD</a> &#8211; Burn Juice WRLD &amp; <a href="/profile/JustinBieber" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Justin Bieber</a> &#8211; Wandered To LA Tierra Whack &#8211; Lazy Kodak Black &#8211; Super Gremlin
Erika Marie (Editorial)
Alicia Keys &#8211; Plentiful (feat. Pusha-T) KYLE &#8211; Perfect Rick Ross &#8211; Rapper Estates (feat. <a href="/profile/benny-the-butcher" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Benny The Butcher</a>) Tierra Whack &#8211; Body of Water Russ &#8211; Distance (feat. Conway The Machine &amp; <a href="/profile/GhostfaceKillah" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Ghostface Killah</a>)
Hayley Hynes (Editorial)
Jean Dawson &amp; Mac DeMarco &#8211; MENTHOL* KYLE &#8211; Perfect Wiz Khalifa, Cardo, &amp; Sledgren &#8211; Blacc Tarantino Fresco Trey &#8211; Couple Hunnid Khalid &#8211; Backseat
Rose Lilah (Editorial)
Rick Ross &#8211; The Pulitzer Rick Ross &#8211; Wiggle (feat. DreamDoll) Alicia Keys &#8211; Plentiful (feat. Pusha-T) YoungBoy Never Broke Again &#8211; How Ya Kno YoungBoy Never Broke Again &#8211; Heart &amp; Soul
Cole Blake (Editorial)
<a href="/profile/earlsweatshirt" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Earl Sweatshirt</a> &#8211; Tabula Rasa (feat. Armand Hammer) Earl Sweatshirt &#8211; 2010 TM88 &amp; Pi&#8217;erre Bourne &#8211; Richer Dreams (feat. Young Nudy) Tierra Whack &#8211; Lazy EARTHGANG &#8211; American Horror Story
Aron A. (Editorial)
Stefflon Don &#8211; Beg Mi Ah Link (feat. BEAM) Rick Ross &#8211; Richer Than I Ever Been Abra Cadabra &#8211; Lean Wit It Hotboii &#8211; I Really (feat. 42 Dugg &amp; Moneybagg Yo) Alicia Keys &#8211; Nat King Cole (feat. Lil Wayne)
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