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Rap essentials

The hottest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop tracks right now. Fully certified by 1Xtra. This is your essential weekly guide to what鈥檚 running the scene.

This is 1Xtra鈥檚 Rap List, your essential guide to the week鈥檚 biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop records. If it鈥檚 in the culture, it鈥檚 on the list.

Only the hottest, heaviest and most talked-about tracks make the cut. From bar-heavy bangers to viral heat, breakout names to legends still shelling it down, this is what鈥檚 moving the scene right now.

Handpicked by the team at 麻豆社 Radio 1Xtra, the Rap List is where you鈥檒l find the records that matter. The ones your friends are posting, your timeline鈥檚 quoting, and your favourite artists are rating.

Stay ahead of the game or catch up on what you missed. This is your no-filler, all-fire rundown of what鈥檚 making noise.

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Music Played

  • Lil Uzi Vert

    What You Saying

    • Cor(e) / Roc Nation Distribution.

  • A$AP Rocky

    Helicopter

    • Don't Be Dumb.
    • A$AP Rocky Recordings.
    • 2.

  • A$AP Rocky

    F Problems (feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

    • Sony.

  • Young Thug

    The London (feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott)

    • Atlantic.

  • Don Toliver

    Body

    • OCTANE.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 2.

  • 础尘颈苍茅

    Caroline

    • Good For You.
    • Universal Records.

  • D鈥怋lock Europe

    PRIVATE FLIGHTS (feat. Nemzzz)

  • ArrDee & Mazza L20

    Trouble

  • TeeZandos & Cristale

    No, Yes!

  • Kairo Keyz

    Float 2.0 (feat. Thiago Sub)

    • No Given.
    • 漏 2025 Isekai / broke.

  • Gunna

    wgft (feat. Burna Boy)

    • 300 Entertainment.

  • A Boogie Wit da Hoodie

    Part Of Me

    • Atlantic / Highbrigde The Label.

  • Kairo Keyz

    3AM In South

    • New Jazz.
    • Hitmaker Music Group /Graduation / Hitmaker Distro.

  • JayaHadADream

    Hideout (feat. Frisco)

  • Blaqbonez

    Consistency (feat. AJ Tracey)

    • Chocolate City Music.

  • Strandz & Teejay

    Rebel

    • Strandz Music Ltd.

  • Nemzzz

    ART (feat. Latto)

    • Elevated Music Limited.

  • JID, Clipse, Pusha T & MALICE

    Community

    • God Does Like Ugly (Preluxe Edition).
    • Dreamville/Interscope Records.

  • Offset

    Different Species (feat. Gunna)

    • Motown Records.

  • Blxst

    Aye Girl

    • Blxst LLC / Empire.

  • Common & will.i.am

    I Have A Dream

    • G.O.O.D.

  • PARTYOF2

    FRIENDLY FIRE

    • Def Jam.

  • Chronic Law & DJ Mac

    Badness Upgrade 2.0

    • DJ MAC MUSIC / CRASHDUMMY.

  • Tsb, DC & Cristale

    Paper Planes

  • Mimi Mxnroe, Toddla T & Steeze Factory

    Parking Sensors

  • Doechii & SZA

    Girl, Get Up.

    • Top Dawg Entertainment / Capitol Records.

  • Headie One

    Bellingham

    • Bellingham.
    • One Records.

  • Kidwild

    Still Indecisive

    • Kidwild.

  • Tyler, The Creator

    Mother

    • Columbia Records.

  • Pozer & Kasst 8

    What's Good

    • Pozer.

  • Lancey Foux

    Daytona

    • Human Re Sources.

  • Rimzee & Tiny Boost

    Lonely Nights

  • Wretch 32 & Avelino

    More Fire More Flamez

    • Wretch 32 Limited.

  • J Hus & Skepta

    Outside

    • Milit茅r Music / EMPIRE.

  • Central Cee

    Booga

    • Columbia.

  • 21Savage

    DOG (feat. GloRilla)

    • WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?.
    • Slaughter Gang, LLC/Epic Records.

  • Wale

    Watching Us (feat. Leon Thomas)

  • Little Simz

    Free

    • Little Simz.

  • European 305, Lethal Bizzle & Terminal 4

    Hold On (Bacardi Yardi)

    • Dench Records.

  • JayaHadADream

    The Bank

    • JayaHadADream.

  • Dave

    No Weapons (feat. Jim Legxacy)

    • Neighbourhood Recordings.

  • ODUMODUBLVCK

    Pay Me (feat. Stormzy & Zlatan)

    • 0207 DefJam.

  • Finessekid

    Coucoo

    • US NEVER DEM RECORDS.

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