CEO TRAYLE – Happy Halloween 3
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CEO TRAYLE – Happy Halloween 3

Every year, CEO Trayle releases a new edition of his "Happy Halloween" series. The most important is probably that one, in 2020. The one featuring his signature track “OK Cool.” And also the one that runs counter to that breakup song, with a nihilistic, drill-inspired atmosphere, fueled by the rapper’s traumas and by this composite sound that sounds like no one but him.
MEXIKODRO – Still Goin The EP
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MEXIKODRO – Still Goin The EP

MexikoDro, the producer who, together with his Beat Plugz colleagues, created plugg, returns to his roots. Stepping up to the mic, he successfully revisits the motivational trap music of its early days. Except that after all these years, that same motivation has changed in nature: the veteran’s aspiration now is to live a sober, ordinary life, harboring no illusions about anything.
SWAVAY – BILLY2
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SWAVAY – BILLY2

In 2024, the EP "Billy" was R&B for the girls. So in 2025, its successor "Billy2" brings us trap music for the boys. Nothing particularly sensational in the end from this release by Metro Boomin’s protégé and James Blake’s rapper friend. But it is an improvement nonetheless. There's some “real trap shit” there, as SwaVay himself puts it, with a few well-aimed lines that hit just right.
LAZER DIM 700 – Sins Aloud
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LAZER DIM 700 – Sins Aloud

Freshly inducted as a “Freshman,” Lazer Dim 700 solidifies his position with "Sins Aloud", his second album. Across eighteen short tracks, his thoughts are scattered chaotically over disorderly productions, where the wobbly sounds of plugg seamlessly blend with various other influences. All of it ultimately reflects the strangeness and fragmentation of rap in the 2020s.