Week of October 10, 2025

Dylan Green

10 Oct 2025 — 3 min read

Keeping track of all the new music that drops every week is a nightmare. I’m here to do it so you don’t have to! Welcome to Nu Musique Friday. Pull up some headphones and stay awhile.

My latest pieces are a review of Mobb Deep's ninth album Infinite for Pitchfork, a review of YoungBoy Never Broke Again's concert in Newark for The Fader, and a Going Up profile of Queens-born singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer Kelly Moonstone for Hearing Things. If you like what my co-founders and I are up to, consider subscribing to the site (and paying for it, if you can). We don't bite, promise.

Check out the Reel Notes podcast, dedicated to exploring the relationship between rap and film. The 36th episode, featuring New Jersey-based playlist curator, Assistant Music Programmer for R&B and Lead Music Programmer for African & Caribbean music at Pandora, and co-creator and co-host of the Reasonable Dialogue podcast, Tatiana “Yan” Snead, is available now. New episodes drop every Monday on my Patreon for paying members and every Wednesday wherever else podcasts are sold, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more via Buzzsprout. Reel Notes is also available via my personal YouTube channel, and Podcasts on Vevo.

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Mobb Deep - Infinite