Kaytranada performs during the 2021 Outside Lands Music and Arts festival at Golden Gate Park on October 29, 2021 in San Francisco, California.

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Best Songs of The Week: ft. KAYTRANADA, Flee Lord, and More

Michael Gonik

May 06, 2022

The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set features new music from KAYTRANADA, Flee Lord, SiR, Elcamino, and more.

Scroll through selections from this week’s sequence of the best songs below and subscribe to Okayplayer’s Spotify channel today.

A$AP Rocky - "DMB"

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna toast their family-to-be in a lux and kaleidoscopic visual for the rapper's new single.

Tony Shhnow featuring Zelooperz - "Last Chance"

Tony Shhnow and Zelooperz pull up with reluctant romantics on this swirling loosie.

Flee Lord and Mephux featuring Starz Coleman - "I Still Pray"

A sleek and smoke-friendly confessional from Flee Lord and Mephux's new mixtape, Pray for The Evil III, which is out now via LordMobb.

IDK and KAYTRANADA featuring Denzel Curry - "Dog Food"

Kaytranada provides a hypnotic head-nod suite for IDK and Denzel Curry on this selection from the DC rapper's new eight-track EP, Simple, which is out today via Clue No Clue and Warner Records.

Boldy James and REAL BAD MAN - "All The Way Out"

Real Bad Man and Boldy James offer a potent preview of the incoming follow-up to their stellar 2020 collaboration, Real Bad Boldy. The new tape, Killing Nothing, is out on May 20thl, featuring appearances from Crimeapple, Rome Streetz, Stove God Cooks, and more.

SiR - "Satisfaction"

SiR tries to keep a failing romance together on this simmering and seductive one-off.

Elcamino featuring Curren$y - "Better Than Love"

Elcamino recruits Curren$y for the second single off his upcoming mixtape, Let There Be Light, which is due next Friday, May 13th, via Anti Gun Violence Co.