Three albums, one take on each, then it's over to whoever's listening. This episode: Isaiah Rashad, Daniel Caesar, and Brent Faiyaz.
Rashad's third studio album, and his first in five years since 2021's The House Is Burning. Released May 1, 2026 through TDE and Warner, with production spread across a wide team and features from SZA and Dominic Fike. Where his earlier records leaned on dense, riddle-like wordplay, Rashad has said this one was built to read plainer, less a puzzle to decode, more a direct account. It works through addiction, a public privacy violation from years back, and the slow process of rebuilding an identity on his own terms.
Caesar's debut studio album, released independently in August 2017 on his own label, Golden Child Recordings. Built around warm, gospel-rooted neo-soul, it plays like a loose arc of a relationship, infatuation, devotion, and the fallout after. The Kali Uchis collaboration became the record's breakout moment and helped push it to a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album. Nearly a decade later, it's still the record most people point to first when they talk about his sound.
Faiyaz's third studio album, released February 13, 2026 on his own imprint, ISO Supremacy. He originally had it scheduled for September 2025, then scrapped that version the night before release and rebuilt the project around the single "Have To." The final ten tracks carry no features at all, just his voice, over a sound that leans on '90s and 2000s R&B alongside nu-disco textures, executive produced by Raphael Saadiq.
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