Two weeks after his big reveal , Lil Baby goes and drops Fresh , the followup to WHAM which arrived at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 following its release in February 2025.
The Atlanta native packs it in with 17 Fresh tracks. Just two of those feature guest appearances: “All My Partnas” with Future, Young Thug and 4PF running mate Rylo Rodriguez, plus “In Your Head,” on which Rodriguez gives an assist. Explore Lil Baby See latest videos, charts and news
Sadly, there’s no Sabrina Carpenter collaboration — something the rapper recently admitted he was open to. “I’m still in that box a little bit, but I’m more open to stepping out of the box,” he told The New York Times’ Popcast last month. “The box is bigger. As I step out a little bit, the box gets bigger.” Related Ozzfest Announces 2027 Return With Three-Date U.K./North American Run Rush Bringing Reunion Tour to Sphere With 'Elevate From the Norm' Residency Tate McRae, Olivia Rodrigo & Harry Styles: Which Pop Stars Won October 2026? (Greatest Pop Stars Podcast)
He added: “Even a Sabrina Carpenter — just say, for instance, in my head, I don’t have a song on my hard drive to send to her. But if we sit there and create something, or she sends me something, I feel like I could make it work.”
The hip-hop star got the wheels moving on his new project in July with “Dead Fresh,” a Pharrell -produced number that cracked the Billboard Hot 100’s top 20, peaking at No. 18. Pharrell premiered “Dead Fresh” during Louis Vuitton’s Spring-Summer 2027 Men’s Show the previous month, in June.
Lil Baby has amassed a ridiculous 160 titles on the Billboard Hot 100, including 13 top 10 appearances, and a further nine titles on the Billboard 200 chart, with four No. 1s. Baby closed out the year 2025 with The Leaks, a mixtape that debuted and peaked at No. 17 on the all-genres albums tally. The Leaks proved to be a late bloomer, as it lifted 25-1 in its second week on Billboard ’s Top Rap Albums chart, for his fifth consecutive leader.
Fresh is Baby’s fifth studio album. “S/o To Everyone Who Played A Role In Bringing This Album To Life,” he writes on his Instagram .
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