EST Gee

Following this New Music Friday (March 17), albums from Money Man, T-Pain, and the late <a href="/profile/Lil-Keed" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Lil Keed</a> have all been making waves. We also heard from GloRilla and Childish Gambino, as well as new singles from <a href="/profile/TamarBraxton" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Tamar Braxton</a>, <a href="/profile/Usher" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Usher</a>, and Diddy. A select few of these arrivals ended up on our weekly Fire Emoji playlist update, kicking off with &#8220;BALL LIKE ME TOO.&#8221;



The song comes from EST Gee&#8217;s new <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/648316-est-gees-consistency-is-unmatched-on-mad-mixtape" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MAD project</a> and finds him effortlessly rapping on the featureless track. Though he carried that one on his own, the 28-year-old did recruit friends like Young Scooter, Boosie Badazz, and Kada to help him out. They appear on titles like &#8220;SLAM DUNK,&#8221; &#8220;HOTBOYS,&#8221; and &#8220;KADAS SONG.&#8221; Thus far, listeners are also loving &#8220;The ONE &amp; ONLY&#8221; as well as &#8220;PRAY YOU DIE IN SURGERY.&#8221;



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Next up on our Fire Emoji update is the <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/647170-glorilla-lil-durk-tear-up-the-club-on-exs-phatnall-remix">Phatnall Remix</a> of GloRilla and <a href="/profile/lildurk" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Lil Durk</a>&#8217;s &#8220;Ex&#8217;s,&#8221; which the rising rap star surprised fans with yesterday. Her Anyways, Life&#8217;s Great&#8230; EP arrived in late 2022, and she&#8217;s since shared plenty of hot singles to remind listeners that she&#8217;s coming in hot with her debut album down the road.



Following the sole female appearance of the weekend comes a posthumous song from <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/648346-lil-keeds-posthumous-album-keed-talk-to-em-2-features-big-sean-trippie-redd-young-thug-and-more" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lil Keed&#8217;s new album</a>. &#8220;All I Wanna Know&#8221; is just one of the 20-track project&#8217;s features from <a href="/profile/youngthug" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Young Thug</a>, who was incarcerated shortly before the YSL rapper&#8217;s untimely death last year. His other bars can be heard on &#8220;Big Bag,&#8221; which also includes an appearance from Dolly White.



03 Greedo reminded the world that he&#8217;s &#8220;Bacc Like [He] Never Left&#8221; on his most recent song. Skillibeng also came through with a solo track, which he catchily titled &#8220;Short Skirt.&#8221; For those who prefer their songs sped up, the Jamaican artist also unleashed a faster version on DSPs.



Our final two Fire Emoji selections of the week are collaborative efforts. The first comes from JELEEL! and Armarni White, and is called <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/643590-jeleel-gets-braggadocious-with-armani-white-on-new-single-gnarly" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">&#8220;GNARLY!&#8221;</a> – it&#8217;s every bit as awesome as the name makes it sound. Secondly is JPEGMAGIA&#8217;s <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/645513-danny-brown-jpegmafia-debut-lean-beef-patty-from-joint-project" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">&#8220;Lean Beef Patty,&#8221;</a> on which he teamed up with Danny Brown to make more music magic.



Stream our weekly Fire Emoji update exclusively on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07NwKRH1pMbdHtxbI4OuVh?si=f24b1d1e78d34a2f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotify</a> below. Afterward, tell us which new additions you&#8217;ll be adding to your library this weekend in the comments. Make sure to check back tomorrow for more release recommendations on our R&amp;B Season playlist.



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