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All Songs Considered

New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out Sept. 4

All Songs Considered

NPR

Music

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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NPR Music picks the best new albums out this week, including new albums by Big Sean, Tricky, Lomelda, Bill Callahan and more. Click here to see all of our featured albums for the week of Sept. 4.

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0:00.0

Happy Friday everyone from NPR Music and All Songs Considered, I'm Steven Thompson.

0:04.6

It is new music Friday. Every Friday the world gets a great big batch of new albums and every Friday

0:10.8

we play some of our favorites. For September 4th we've got new music from Tricky,

0:15.1

Lomelda, Bill Callahan, and more. But first up we've got the rapper Big Sean. Big Sean's new album is

0:21.7

called Detroit 2.

0:30.0

Look at all the odds I made. Same outfit a couple days. Listen to Big Sean.

0:37.2

Okay praise nigga. This was my baby who coming over the bus should open.

0:41.2

Who get a Uber but really deserve a dozen roses. Who got a hair done it didn't think I even

0:46.1

noticed. She just happy she chosen. But she the one who chose me that's just more important.

0:50.7

I give her more game than problems. She love high culture. Under unrealistic measures

0:55.2

is the only way you could measure who's chosen. I realized my mind frame is too big for the portrait.

1:00.0

That's why I'm steady trying to teach the whole hood corporate. A psychedelic while a

1:03.8

psyched trying to read my fortune. But I don't know much too much anything can be a torture.

1:08.0

She like you supposed to meet my parents you know that's important. How narcissistic you think I am.

1:12.8

You think I did when I didn't you think I paid for everything and didn't pay attention like my head

1:17.3

is as big as my name. Just sell a real nigga once baby never again. And I put you in all my loved ones

1:22.8

all like it's my only obligation. I made all these silent wins a lie of proclamation.

1:27.5

A little pressure and a lot of patience. They tell me you amazing. I say no God amazing.

1:34.0

That's Big Sean. The song we're hearing is still I rise from the new album Detroit 2. Joining

1:38.8

us to talk about Big Sean is Tareek Moody of 889 Radio Milwaukee. He's the host of Rhythm Lab Radio

1:44.8

and 889 after 9. Hey Tareek. Hey Steven how you doing? I'm doing good. It's great to have you

1:49.8

here. So this is Big Sean's fifth official album. He's also got a bunch of mixed tapes and

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