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R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Mello Buckzz, Benny the Butcher, BabyChiefDoIt & More

Listen to the best new R&B/hip-hop tracks of the week from artists like, Benny the Butcher, Mello Buckzz, BabyCheifDoIt, and Ski Mask the Slump God.

On July 4, Beyoncé graced Maryland’s Northwest Stadium with her blockbuster Cowboy Carter Tour, featuring a flashy new American flag fur coat and the continued absence of “16 Carriages” and its flying car. After linking for last year’s “Emotionally Unavailable,” R&B rising stars Khalil and Alice Aera join forces once again for “Insecure,” a dry, acoustic guitar-based track that finds the two crooners trading verses about the push-and-pull between finally accepting the love you desperately crave, but secretly feel you don’t deserve. Tommy Genesis faced backlash surrounding the religious symbolism in her “True Blue” video, and she addresses the critics head-on, digging into her ancestral trauma with the poignant “Loops” as a South Indian whose family converted from Hinduism to Christianity.

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