This week has been a long one… You deserve to kick your feet back and chill. Thank god it’s FINALLY FRIDAY!

1. Kendrick Lamar (ft. Zacari), LOVE.

2. GoldLink (ft. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy), Crew

3. Kendrick Lamar, Members Only

4. Jhene Aiko, While We’re Young

5. Frank Ocean (ft. Jay-Z & Tyler, The Creator), Biking (Solo)

6. Sabrina Claudio, Unravel Me

7. H.E.R., Every Kind of Way

8. PartyNextDoor, Freak In You

9. Daniel Caesar, We Find Love

10. 6LACK & Jhene Aiko, First F**k

11. Bruno Mars, Chunky

12. T-Pain (Freaknik the Ghost), Save You

13. Miguel, the valley

14. SZA, The Weekend

15. Stwo (ft. Amir Obe & Daniel Caesar), Fill The Void

Listen and comment what you think below. Relax, it’s finally Friday readers!

[Listen to the playlist on Apple Music here]

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Thursday’s are prime time, little did you know! It’s the Friday before Friday, the breath before the break, the eye of the storm. Here are some tunes that will roll you over into the end of your busy work week, or get that 4-day weekend started.

1. Rihanna – Consideration (ft. SZA)

2. Miguel – Coffee

3. The Notorious B.I.G – Party and Bullsh*t

4. WZRD – Teleport 2 Me, Jamie

5. LION BABE – Rockets

6. Jesse Boykins III – Prototype (COVER)

7. Kendrick Lamar – Night of the Living Junkies

8. De La Soul – Buddy (ft. A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, and Queen Latifah) 

9. Stevie Wonder – Jungle Fever

10. Frank Ocean – Songs for Women 

11. Chance the Rapper – Juice

12. Soul II Soul – Back to Life (Acapella)

13. Stwo – Fill the Void (ft. Amir Obe and Daniel Caesar)

14. Tyler, the Creator – She (ft. Frank Ocean)

15. LL Cool J – Hey Lover (ft. Boyz II Men)

Listen and comment what you think below. Stay thirsty, and finish off strong readers!

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Oakland singer Kehlani released her EP You Should Be Here on April 28th, 2015. Tonight seven tracks from the 15-track EP have gotten the remix treatment. We know what you’re thinking, “How can these songs get any better?” They can.  Remixes from the likes STWO and Promnite of tracks like “Runnin'” and “Be Alright” will make you make you fall in love with You Should Be Here all over again.

Stream the remixes below.

Update: There are three other remixes that are not in the playlist, peep those below too.

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This past week, the king of H20 himself Mick Jenkins gave a hell of performance at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina. Alongside Mick included producer/DJ STWO, singer The Mind, Myth Syzer, and rapper JStock. The show started off with some dope mixes from STWO, a couple of songs, some motivational words from JStock, and then, Mick hit the stage to prove to the audience why we should drink more water. The Chicago artist performed songs like “Comfortable,” “Jazz,” “Rain” (my personal favorite), “Perception,” “Ps and Q’s,” and more, while beside him, The Mind contributed his melodic sound and harmonic adlibs to the mic (which were dope as hell). The crowd was extra amped as they shouting out, “Drink more water,” in between each song and Mick eventually even made his own way into the crowd to jump with the audience (it was a cross between choosing to jump and getting trampled). Even though the rapper was semi-ill at the show, he literally made sure everyone was having a good time and that he was giving his all to his devoted fans. After watching him perform and talking to him after the show, it is definitely noticeable that he’s going to keep spreading water, AKA something pure to the game.

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Mick Jenkins has announced a 31-date U.S. tour (there’s three stops in Canada). With his The Water[s] follow-up Wave[s] on its way it seems like the perfect time for the Chicago MC to go back on the road. STWO will be supporting Jenkins at 29 of the tour stops. Check out the tour dates below, and be sure to take a listen to Mick Jenkins new cut “Get Up Get Down” as well.

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