Roc Marciano, DJ Premier & Snoop Dogg, Kodak Black And More New Hip-Hop Releases

Today is Friday, which means there are a ton of new releases to look forward to from some of your favorite Hip-Hop artists. To help you unwind and enjoy the weekend, check out VIBE’s picks of songs and albums you should hear and add to your soundtrack of weekend festivities. Roc Marciano – Marciology 2024 PIMPIRE RECORDS / MARCI ENTERPRISES Hempstead, Long Island’s own Roc Marciano adds to his legend with his latest release Marciology, his first album since his 2022 project The Elephant Man’s Bones. While that effort was produced by The Alchemist, Marci—whose beats have scored albums by the likes of Stove God Cooks and Flee Lord—does the majority of the board work on this outing, with additional sonics from Alchemist and Animoss. Cooking up a spellbinding beat on the album’s titular track, the indie stalwart drops bruising couplets, boasting, “This is guaranteed to make the city shake/ The pinky ring 150K/ That’s enough to break your little piggybank” atop thudding percussion and xylophones. Marci’s hot start continues with “Goyard God” and “Bebe’s Kids,” while he rejoices in the fruits of his labor on the Animoss-produced heater “Tapeworm.” “This rap sh*t is fun, it’s passive income/ Still made...