Bops You Should Know: New Songs From Karol G, Busta Rhymes, Drake, and Flo

“Ahí,” Karol G Featuring Drake

One of the biggest names in Latin pop teamed up with the self-proclaimed Iceman to make heat. This upbeat duet finds Karol G and Drake singing sweet nothings in Spanish before Drizzy switches to his native tongue. “I want a Latina/I want a Latina/I want a Latina... And I want a waist just like Carolina,” Drake raps, an interpolation of his own song “New Bestie.” In any language, this one is fire.

“Spazz,” Busta Rhymes and J Dilla

Busta Rhymes takes us back to his Dungeon Dragon days with this first listen from his upcoming album Dillagence 2, which is entirely produced by the late beatmaking legend J Dilla. Made up of three stitched-together instrumentals, “Spazz” is a freewheeling rhyme session that finds Bussa Bus’ as animated as ever. “Sharper than ever, I be on my tip toe/Probably thinking shit’s a superpower how my wrist glow.”

“Babygirl,” Ravyn Lanae Featuring Doechii

Ravyn Lanae’s honey-sweet voice glides all over producer Dahi’s percussion-based beat, as she and Doechii reflect on their life journeys.

“Sex in Peace,” Flo Featuring kwn

Flo’s new album may be titled Therapy at the Club, but this collaboration with kwn is sleek, sultry, and sensual. The girls can hardly wait until they get home from the club to get it poppin’: “Take me out of this section, give me sex in peace,” Stella sings before Renée adds, “If I could, I would let you take me down in here.” The beatboxed intro is giving Timbaland.

“Breakfast at Sharkey’s,” Dinner Party Featuring Phoelix

Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, and 9th Wonder make up Dinner Party, a jazz/hip-hop/neo-soul supergroup that is truly a gift to our earlobes. Their solo and collective track records are already certified across a series of EPs and full-length releases; this record has no lyrics, just funky, feel-good vibes. Eat it up.

“Summer ’26,” Benny the Butcher and Harry Fraud

We’ve officially hit the halfway mark of the summertime, and Benny the Butcher commemorates the season with a hot new single. The Griselda spitter linked up with Harry Fraud, who flips The Lovin’ Spoonful’s classic “Summer in the City” so Benny can vent. “These rappers wanted my spot for years,” he rhymes. “Success they got was mid, deep down, they wanna swap careers.” Tally ’em up, another win for New York.

—John Kennedy