Music

Ella Mai marked her 32nd birthday with a surprise: the three-song EP “3two,” released Friday, November 6, through 10 Summers and Interscope Records. The short set, led by “Favourite T-Shirt,” follows her February album “Do You Still Love Me?” and continues the birthday tradition she began with 2024’s “3.”

Shenseea has released her new EP Catalyst, an eight-track, 21-minute set led by “Playtime” with Asake. Out Friday, November 6, via Columbia Records and Since ’93, the project also features Loe Shimmy, Vybz Kartel and Rvssian.

Statik Selektah’s new album Expensive Taste is out now via Mass Appeal, packing 21 tracks and more than 20 guest artists into one hour and 12 minutes. Freddie Gibbs joins Ab-Soul and Raekwon on ‘Champagne Wishes,’ one of the project’s standout pairings. Here is what makes the Boston producer’s latest such a full-course affair.

Mathematics, the Wu-Tang Clan DJ and producer behind the group’s original “W” logo, has released Mathematics X Wu-Tang: Black Samson – The Saga Continues, a 10-track album out November 6 via DNA Music. Led by “Knowledge My Wisdom” with Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa and Planet Asia — and “God Body” with Method Man and AZ — the project arrives as Wu-Tang wraps its Final Chamber Tour ahead of its Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on November 14.

Molly Santana has signed to Epic Records in partnership with Black Punk Music, announcing the deal with her new single and self-directed video, “A Girl Is A Gun.” The Fontana artist’s first Epic project, “.BLACK PUNK,” is due November 27, 2026 — and the single makes clear she intends to arrive loud.

Conway the Machine will release his new album OTIS — “Often Times I Suffer” — on November 20, 2026 via Drumwork Music Group, an 11-track project stacked with Wu-Tang legends. With lead single “Diggwutumsayn!” already out, the Buffalo MC is leaning into the legacy that shaped him — right as Wu-Tang takes its place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Seven years after their split, Vallejo’s SOB X RBE — Yhung T.O., DaBoii and Slimmy B — are back together on “From The Land,” a 13-track album released Friday via EMPIRE. Led by the singles “Ten Summers” and “Someone,” the reunion finds the trio sounding like no time has passed — and taking the new music on the road across the West Coast.

GloRilla and Sexyy Red team up on “Jiggly Bow Bow,” released November 5 — a collaboration between two of the most distinctive voices in modern rap.

Kash Doll releases “I’m The Prize,” with Method Man appearing in the official video — a Detroit statement arriving in Rock Hall week, as Wu-Tang’s induction nears.

Skepta returns with “The Fork and Knife,” his first solo album in seven years — the grime architect’s long-awaited return to the format that made him.