Musiccosmos

For the last 114 weeks ( count em ), I’ve been putting together a Weekly Dope playlist that compiles all the music that was released to help fans catch up. On average, each playlist consists of 30-40 songs. So, in an effort to put a little more of a personal touch on things, I’ll also be sharing a list of my personal favorites from the week. For Volume 16 of my Songs of the Week playlist, there was no way I wasn’t having DRAM kick things off with his incredible cover of Andre 3000’s “Prototype.” From there, The Off Daze (made up of CunninLynguists’ Deacon the Villain and Natti alongside Sheisty Khrist) took control, while T-Pain shared an assortment of unreleased tracks (including a song with Joey Bada$$ and Joe Budden ). Amine talked that talk, Cousin Stizz opened up shop, and Sunni Colon provided one of my favorite songs of the year. Young Thug taught us Slime Language with help from Gunna and Lil Baby . Wale remixed a Tamia single, Jack Harlow got the bounc...

While we wait for the next CunninLynguists project to surface, Deacon the Villain and Natti have teamed up with longtime collaborator Sheisty Khrist to form a group called The Off Daze . And today, they’ve released their official debut album, Couple’s Skate . Coming together as an escape from the madness of America, Trump, and everybody being so uptight and anxious all the damn time, Natti and Deacon just want to let go and have fun. And even though Sheisty sounds like he eats babies when he raps (Deac’s words, not mine), he’s the perfect third party on this feel good mission. Looking to put the FUN back in FUNKY, the trio have created a throwback album that is danceable, boppy, and all around smile-inducing. Roller skate music and baby-making music all wrapped in one. “This album is our way of showing appreciation to the artists that influenced us to do music period. Across multiple eras,” Natti says. “It was a first step that we wanted to take in building songs from the groun...