

Headlining Rap Life, the playlist at the forefront of hip-hop culture today, is a Playboi Carti and Travis Scott collab from Carti’s latest album, MUSIC. If there’s one thing these guys are gonna do come album time, it’s show up for each other, with “CRUSH” building on the unimpeachable run that gave us Scott’s “FEIN” not long ago. “CRUSH,” bolstered by perfectly weird accents like a choir singing, “Shawty gon’ let me crush” and endless Swamp Izzo drops, is sure to set off a mosh pit in much the same way “FEIN” does, adding an inevitable festival favorite to both of their catalogs. Rap Life is home to hip-hop’s heavy hitters and vanguard—the songs that speak to the moment and define the culture today, and “CRUSH” is nothing if not that. Listen to it now and check back often, as our editors update this playlist regularly. If you hear something you like, add it to your library.