New Music Friday: Lil Baby's 17-Track 'FRESH,' Jack Harlow, Skepta (Nov. 6, 2026)

Lil Baby's fifth studio album, FRESH, is out now, and it is the release most rap fans will press play on first this Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. Apple Music lists it at 17 songs and 47 minutes on Quality Control Music and Motown Records. Jack Harlow's Sweet Action II and Skepta's The Fork and Knife also arrived today, both confirmed by their Apple Music listings.

What we know

Lil Baby - FRESH

FRESH runs 17 songs and 47 minutes through Quality Control Music/Motown Records, according to Apple Music. The guest list is short: Complex reports that Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez join him on "All My Partnas," and Rylo returns on "In Your Head." The focus single is the Pharrell-produced "Dead Fresh," released July 17, which Complex says reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Apple Music's notes credit London On Da Track on "All My Partnas" and Metro Boomin on the closer, "Keep Goin."

Jack Harlow - Sweet Action II

Sweet Action II is out on Atlantic, with Apple Music listing eight songs and a 15-minute runtime. It is a sequel to the first Sweet Action, the March 2020 EP whose lead single "WHATS POPPIN" gave Harlow his first Hot 100 hit, per Apple's editors. Babyface appears on "TOO SOON," which Apple Music's editors pick as their favorite track. HotNewHipHop listed it as an EP in its Nov. 6 release roundup.

Skepta - The Fork and Knife

Skepta's sixth album runs 15 songs and 55 minutes, released by Big Smoke Records under exclusive license to Epic Records, according to Apple Music. It is his first album in seven years, since Ignorance Is Bliss. The lead single, "Innocent Smile," has production from Chase & Status and a hook from Suggs of Madness. Other guests named by Apple include Aya Nakamura on "Chippie," Asake on "Aloe Vera" and Project Pat on "Cold Shower."

Also on the list

HotNewHipHop's Nov. 6 drop list also includes GloRilla and Sexyy Red's single "Jiggly Bow Bow," Statik Selektah's Expensive Taste, Curren$y and Harry Fraud's Off To The Races, French Montana's Coke Boys 7: All Dogs Go to Heaven and new music from Nardo Wick, Dej Loaf, Lil Skies and Fivio Foreign.

Context

FRESH has a real chart bar to clear. Complex notes his last three studio albums, My Turn (2020), It's Only Me (2022) and WHAM (2025), all debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

The rollout also started somewhere unusual. Lil Baby debuted "Dead Fresh" at Louis Vuitton's Spring-Summer 2027 menswear show in Paris in June, and the song went on to top both Urban and Rhythmic radio, according to Complex. Complex also reports that the physical edition swaps "From the Back" for "Coast 2 Coast," a posse cut with Bally Baby and Fatt Smaxk that came out as the second single.

For Harlow, Sweet Action II continues the neo-soul turn of his 2026 album Monica, which Apple's editors say leaned on Soulquarians-style beats. Skepta's album comes with an Apple Music write-up that frames it as a record about his identity as the British son of Nigerian immigrants.

What's unconfirmed

• First-week numbers: No sales or streaming projections for FRESH, Sweet Action II or The Fork and Knife had been published by any outlet we checked as of Nov. 6, 2026. Billboard 200 debut figures have not been released yet.
• Harlow's track count: Apple Music's listing shows eight songs, while Apple's own editorial note calls it seven tracks. We're going with the listing.
• The rest of the list: The singles and albums under "Also on the list" come from HotNewHipHop's pre-release roundup. We have not checked each one on streaming services.

Which one are you running first: FRESH, Sweet Action II or The Fork and Knife?