The public plan was to drop a new album called Iceman at midnight on May 15. Then Drake went ahead and dropped two more. The now-trilogy—including Habibti and Maid of Honour—totals out to 43 songs. It plays like a data dump and a State of Drake address from the rap star, where he addresses a little bit of everything: the Kendrick beef, the Pusha T beef, DJ Khaled’s continued silence over Israel’s attacks on Palestinians: plus mentions of crypto, Stake (of course), and, for some reason, getting Sam Bankman-Fried released from prison early. Features include a reunion with longtime frenemy Future, as well as Sexyy Redd, Central Cee, Popcaan, and more. Your tolerance for getting through all three albums will depend on your tolerance of pettiness and how many Polymarket bets you make in a day.
Iceman:
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Habibti:
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Maid of Honour
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Jeff Parker, ETA IVtet: Happy Today [International Anthem]
Happy Today, Jeff Parker’s third album with his ETA quartet, is a spellbinding document of his role at the heart of “one of the country’s most compelling new music scenes”: the Chicago hub where diverse players “have converged to create wildly accessible improvised music,” as Grayson Haver Currin writes in a new profile of Parker. Happy Today materialized instantaneously on stage, during a show last August at Lodge Room in Los Angeles, where Parker, drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Anna Butterss, and saxophonist Josh Johnson were locking into an improvisation when they realized a new album was writing itself in real time. The subsequent 44-minute set will double as a concert film, coming on May 29.
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Smerz: Easy EP [Escho]
