Best Songs of the Week: Dave East, Yasiin Bey & Gucci Mane

Harlem native Dave East has been wowing audiences since the release of his Black Rose project, and continues to stake his claim as one of New York's top draft picks. East goes West and connects with The Game on his new heater, "Bad Boy on Death Row," a hard-boiled cut that sees the two formidable MCs putting in work over a murky track, produced by Buda & Grandz. With legends like Nas cosigning him and a growing catalog of quality raps, Dave East should be a household name among rap fans in no time.

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) is one of the more mercurial artists hip-hop fans have come across in the past two decades. The reclusive MC steps out of the shadows to drop off his latest one-off, "Tall Sleeves," produced by Ferrari Shephard, Bey gets his boogie on over a spaced-out synth production. While there's no telling when the public will be gifted with another full-length project from Bey, "Tall Sleeves" is a pleasant surprise and should refresh anyone thirsting for new sounds from the Brooklyn deity.

Keeping your name hot in today's musical landscape is tough enough, but sustaining it amid a steady output of releases while behind bars is quite the feat, and ATL trap king Gucci Mane has done just that over the past few years. After being released from prison earlier this week, the Guwop master immediately got to work in the studio, cooking up his first song post-release, aptly titled "First Day Out Tha Feds." Covering a range of emotions, it's clear that Gucci certainly had a lot on his mind during his incarceration when you hear his thoughts spill over the Mike Will Made-It produced track. With the rap world celebrating his homecoming and all of the opportunity in the world, listeners should expect to be hearing a lot from Gucci this summer, and "First Day Out Tha Feds is only the start.

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