Lil Wayne announces new album ‘Funeral’

Despite wearing the loudest outfit in an arena crammed with 7,500 Bernie Sanders fans, Julian Casablancas didn’t have much to say about the Democratic Senator from Vermont. The Strokes were the headline entertainment at Sanders’ latest presidential campaign rally on Monday night at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, and Casablancas took to the stage dressed like a lounge lizard who’d just teleported from a Comic-Con in Atlantic City.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are back with a new album. It’s called Reunions and it’s out May 15. Check out the first single “Be Afraid” below, and scroll down for the tracklist.

Berlin producer Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha du Prince, has announced his next album. It’s called Conference of Trees, and it’s out March 6 via Modern Recordings. Ahead of the new LP, Weber has shared lead single “Pius in Tacet,” as well as its accompanying visual. Watch masked figures dance through the forest in the below clip, and scroll down for the album tracklist.

Phantogram have announced their next studio album. It’s called Ceremony and it arrives March 6 via Republic. The duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter have also released a new song called “Pedestal,” their first since last year’s “Into Happiness.” Listen to that below.

Lido Pimienta has announced her new album Miss Colombia with a new song called “Eso Que Tu Haces” (“That Thing You Do”). It’s due out April 17 via ANTI-. Check out the video for “Eso Que Tu Haces” below.

Rustin Man—the solo project of former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb—has announced a new album. Clockdust arrives March 20 via Domino. Today, Webb has shared the LP’s lead single “Jackie’s Room.” Watch its moody music video, directed by Edwin Burdis, below.

Fans have long been awaiting Lil Wayne's new LP, but there's one special piece no one would have expected to see even one week ago: a nod to the late Kobe Bryant.

Lil Wayne spent years working on his new album Funeral, but after the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, the rapper made a last-minute addition to the eighth track, “Bing James”. The 37-year-old honored the Los Angeles Lakers legend with a 24-second moment of silence, a nod to the jersey worn by Kobe throughout his legendary 20-year career.

Lil Wayne is honoring Kobe Bryant in the most special way.

New York experimental quartet altopalo have announced their sophomore album. It’s called farawayfromeveryoneyouknow and it arrives April 24 via Samedi. Ahead of the new record, they’ve shared the new single “honey,” as well as a string of North American tour dates. Listen to Altopalo’s new song, which they call “a love song to Lexapro,” and find their tour dates and album art below.

UPDATE (12:49 AM): Although the album was live on YouTube Music shortly after midnight, the link is now dead and the album has been removed from YouTube Music. Genius will update this post again once the album is live on streaming platforms.

Lil Wayne’s latest studio album Funeral is out now, via Young Money/Republic. The album features Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, the-Dream, Adam Levine, the late XXXTentacion, Lil Twist, O.T. Genasis, and Takeoff.

UPDATE (12:49 AM): Although the album was live on YouTube Music shortly after midnight, the link is now dead and the album has been removed from YouTube Music. Genius will update this post again once the album is live on streaming platforms.

Nandi Rose has announced a new Half Waif album: The Caretaker is out March 27 (via ANTI-). The LP marks Rose’s first release for the label.

Little Dragon are releasing a new album: New Me, Same Us comes out on March 27 (via Ninja Tune). Check out the LP’s first track, “Hold On,” below.

Justin Bieber has announced his forthcoming album, Changes. The follow-up to 2015’s Purpose arrives February 14 via RBMG/Def Jam. He’s also shared his latest single “Get Me,” which features Kehlani. Check out Bieber’s forthcoming tour itinerary, as well as his new song, below.

Ethio-jazz legend Hailu Mergia has announced a new album. It’s called Yene Mircha and it arrives March 27 via Awesome Tapes From Africa. Check out his new song “Abichu Nega Nega” below.

Brian Eno and his brother, ambient composer Roger Eno, have announced their first-ever joint album. It’s titled Mixing Colours and it arrives on March 20 via Deutsche Grammophon. Listen to the first single, “Celeste,” below.

Lil Wayne is dropping the follow-up to 2018’s Tha Carter V, titled Funeral, next Friday, January 31st. The news was announced with a tweet from Wayne bearing only the record’s date — “1/31” — and a video featuring the record’s logo, title, and a snippet of a new song. The record is available for pre-order on Wayne’s website on vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital; find details here.