Reese Laflare: Last News

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNot surprisingly, Taylor Swift’s excellent surprise album has huffed up most of the oxygen on this mid-summer day — and Kanye West’s album will probably do the same, whenever he actually finishes it — but that’s all we’re going to say about them because this week saw an absolute avalanche of great new songs — and even two new songs by the Avalanches.It was a very difficult week to narrow the list down to five, so with a shout-out to the runners up — songs by Reese LaFlare, Ricky Reed, Queen Naija, Kingdom, Samia, LP, Sylvan Esso and especially Lupe Fiasco’s hilarious “Dinosaurs” were all on the shortlist, and you can find most of them on this week’s Spotify’s New Release Friday playlist.

Last year, Dreamville unveiled Revenge of the Dreamers III, which shot to the top of the Billboard 200 in July 2019. Now, the latest compilation album from J. Cole’s label is set to reach platinum status in the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), which amounts to the equivalent sales of 1 million units.