Music / New Music FridayMusic / New Music FridayNew Music Friday: 8 albums to stream this weekNTS drops a compilation showcasing the best of South Africa’s Amapiano sound, Kida Kudz shares a summer-soundtracking mixtape, and veteran footworker DJ Manny slices up vocalsShareLink copied ✔️July 23, 2021July 23, 2021TextFelicity Martin Today’s new music Friday has been dominated by one question alone: dónde está Donda? Following the listening party he held last night in Atlanta, Kanye is yet to press the Spotify upload button on his latest album (and here’s a selection of the best memes while we wait). Luckily, there‘s lots of other great music out today. For fans of the Amapiano sound, NTS has put together a compilation drawing together the best of the South African club sound igniting dancefloors around the world. For even more summertime heat, London via Lagos’s Kida Kudz has dropped an essential mixtape that expands on his ‘jiggy’ dancehall and afrobeats-fuelled sound. Elsewhere, there’s atmospheric, Ginuwine-interpolating footwork from veteran producer DJ Manny, cosmic dancefloor transmissions from Locked Groove, while Dave tackles knife crime, immigration, and more on his second album. BABA STILTZ, JOURNALS DAVE, WE’RE ALL ALONE IN THIS TOGETHER DJ MANNY, SIGNALS IN MY HEAD KIDA KUDZ, TOP MEMBA LOCKED GROOVE, COSMIC TRANSITION MURLO, UNEARTH PEYTON, PSA V/A, AMAPIANO NOW Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhat makes a good sex song?Rap band WHATMORE are the sound of New York adolescence MerrellMerrell 1TRL trades the trail for Shoreditch to launch Moab Slide Woven‘Emo boy got the party lit’: The UK underground has a new identity crisisRawayana: How a Venezuelan pop band became political exiles‘Silence is punk as fuck’: Frost Children and Ninajirachi go head-to-head‘Fast, angry, chaotic’: The story behind the Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ video‘There’s been tears’: RZA on the final days of Wu-Tang ClanWhat went down at the beabadoobee Dazed cover signing Kim Gordon selects: What to listen to, watch and read7 of beabadoobee’s greatest collabsPhotos from the Universal Music’s BRIT Awards afterparty in ManchesterEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy