Today's Staff Picks playlist is a fascinating exploration of the breadth of today's hip-hop game. All of these tracks dropped on SoundCloud within the past week, and there are some real gems you may have missed were you not constantly refreshing the homepage. Let's start with the opener: a monster collaboration off Mike Will Made-It's forthcoming Ransom 2, featuring the fearsome lineup of 21 Savage, YG, and Migos.
New Kanye, too? Well, not exactly, but Ye did drop a 17-minute edit of The-Dream's version of "Bed," the song that the latter wrote for J. Holiday in 2007. It's a fittingly spiritual end to the playlist. Speaking of spiritual, the ATL team responsible for last year's sensational "Good Drank" has given the track new life by recruiting The Trap Choir to sing a gospel version of the chorus.
What was your favorite track that dropped this past week? Check out each staff member's picks and stream the playlist below.
Angus Walker: Mike Will Made-It feat. YG, 21 Savage & Migos "Gucci On My"; YFN Lucci feat. YFN Trae Pound "Ammunition"
Danny Schwartz: 2 Chainz feat. Gucci Mane, Quavo & The Trap Choir "Good Drank 2.0"; Don Q feat. Styles P & Jadakiss "Take Me Alive"
Shaun Michaud: Consequence feat. Alex Wiley, Chance The Rapper, GLC & Chuck Inglish "Spaceship III"
Trevor Smith: Lil Uzi Vert "XO TOUR Llif3"
Rose Lilah: Kanye West feat. The-Dream "BED YEEZY SEASON 5"
Carver Low: Sango feat. DKVPZ "Respeita"; Dave East feat. A$AP Ferg "Paper Chasin"
Kevin Goddard: Reo Cragun "Peso"
