Story

HNHH TIDAL Wave: Benny The Butcher & T.I. Provide This Week’s Soundtrack

Another week filled with incredible music releases.

Despite the world looking bleak with an election in a couple of weeks and a pandemic continuing to keep us stationed at home, we’ve got a decent soundtrack to keep us entertained and sharp.

Last week saw full-length album releases from Griselda’s Benny The Butcher and the King of the South T.I., as well as new singles from YSL Records’ standout Lil Keed, the outstanding Black Thought, and more. Each of them is featured on the brand new update of the TIDAL-exclusive TIDAL Wave playlist.

Our staff always ponders over all of the recent releases for a weekly update of the playlist and, as always, our eclectic range of tastes made for a pretty fun playlist to curate. On one end, we’ve got lyrical rappers tearing things up and, on the other, R&B singers come through as PARTYNEXTDOOR, Queen Naija, and Victoria Monét make appearances this week.

Listen to the new playlist update below and let us know whose personal list is the best this week.

If you’re not signed up for TIDAL, get your hands on a 30-day free trial. You won’t regret it.

Alex Zidel (Editorial)

Pop Smoke – Iced Out Audemars (Remix) [feat. Lil Wayne]
Sada Baby – Whole Lotta Choppas (Remix) [feat. Nicki Minaj]
Lil Keed – Show Me What You Got (feat. O.T. Genasis)
SAINt JHN – Gorgeous
Money Man – 24 (feat. Lil Baby)

Alex Cole (Editorial)

Benny The Butcher – One Way Flight (feat. Freddie Gibbs)
Benny The Butcher – Where Would I Go (feat. Rick Ross)
Queen Naija – Love Language
T.I. – 1/2 Ticket (feat. London Jae & Conway The Machine)
T.I. – Respect The Code (feat. Rick Ross)

Mike Rapp (Sales)

Benny The Butcher – Where Would I Go (feat. Rick Ross)
Benny The Butcher – One Way Flight (feat. Freddie Gibbs)
Pop Smoke – Iced Out Audemars (Remix) [feat. Lil Wayne]
Money Man – 24 (feat. Lil Baby)

Mitch Findlay (Editorial)

T.I. – Hit Dogs Holla (feat. Tokyo Jetz)
Benny The Butcher – Famous
Black Thought – Steak Um (feat. ScHoolboy Q)
Benny The Butcher – War Paint (feat. Westside Gunn & Conway The Machine)
Young Nudy – Never

Paul Pirotta (Sales)

Benny The Butcher – Where Would I Go (feat. Rick Ross)
Statik Selektah – Keep It Moving (feat. Nas, Joey bada$$, & Gary Clark Jr.)
T.I. – Respect The Code (feat. Rick Ross)
T.I. – Pardon (feat. Lil Baby)
Benny The Butcher – Legend (feat. Hit-Boy)

Aron A. (Editorial)

Benny The Butcher – Sly Green
M Huncho & Nafe Smallz – PMW
Benny The Butcher – Famous
Top 5 – Heard Of Me (feat. Why G)
PARTYNEXTDOOR – WEST DISTRICT

Cole Blake (Editorial)

Benny The Butcher – One Way Flight (feat. Freddie Gibbs)
Benny The Butcher – Over The Limit (feat. Dom Kennedy)
Black Thought – Good Morning (feat. Pusha-T, Killer Mike & Swizz Beatz)
Black Thought – Steak Um (feat. ScHoolboy Q)
Denzel Curry – Live From The Abyss

Rose Lilah (Editorial)

Victoria Monet – Touch Me (feat. Kehlani) [Remix]
Money Man – Amazon
Ty Dolla $ign – Spicy (feat. Post Malone)
Money Man – 24 (feat. Lil Baby)

Tweet LinkedIn PinShares0

Story

Kyle Ashen’s sun-drenched recollection with new release “That Local Girl”

Kyle Ashen’s latest release, “That Local Girl,” is a gorgeous trip down memory lane, a country single that explores that golden glow of memory, like flipping through old photographs touched by salt air and summer sunlight. It’s warm, cinematic, and deeply relatable, a song about the kind of love story that never quite goes away, even as time moves on.

“That Local Girl” is filled with imagery that quickly takes the listener into a world they can walk right into. You got a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl on a boardwalk street by the ocean, a souped-up truck driving through town, neon lights reflecting off the ocean breeze, and the electric innocence of young love burning in the background.

But under all that cutesy trapping is something more than that, longing. Some people, some places that leave permanent marks on Kyle Ashen and us know that. What’s so brilliant about this song is that it marries those two ideas, making love and hometown memory feel beautifully inseparable. Sometimes you miss a person. And with that person, you miss an entire version of life. “That Local Girl” is more than a country love song from Kyle Ashen. He is a living postcard from the past, sun-faded, bittersweet, and glowing with feeling. A reminder that summers pass by, but some memories stay with us forever.

Connect with Kyle Ashen on Spotify || Instagram || Facebook || Youtube

Tweet LinkedIn PinShares0

Artist Spotlight

ECHOFLIP inspires faith and fire with triumphant anthem on “Kingdom Rise”

ECHOFLIP marches forward with commanding purpose on “Kingdom Rise,” a single that not only demands attention but also commands it. Driven by pounding drums, soaring melodic textures, and full-conviction lyricism, the song arrives like a battle cry with the heart of worship. Bold and energized and spiritually charged from beginning to end.

“Kingdom Rise” is street realism meets kingdom vision at its heart. It’s got grit in its pulse but grace in its message as well. Each bar rings with resilience with ECHOFLIP, a record that embodies struggle, perseverance, and steadfast faith in the face of adversity. The result is music that is rooted in reality while reaching for something much larger.

What makes the single particularly compelling is how seamlessly it combines high-energy Christian trap with uplifting spiritual themes. The hard-hitting production has edge and urgency, and its faith-centered focus gives it soul. It’s motivational without being pushy. Worshipful without momentum loss, without losing authenticity. Ideal for trap gospel, inspirational rap, and urban playlists that aim to uplift as much as energize, “Kingdom Rise” delivers on all fronts. It moves the body, it sharpens the mind, it stirs the soul.

Connect with ECHOFLIP on Spotify