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Lil Baby Drops 17-Track Album 'Fresh' With Future, Young Thug and a Pharrell-Produced Hit

The Atlanta rapper's fifth studio album arrived Friday with a loaded guest list, following up 'WHAM,' his album that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

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The Weekly Observer

NOV 6, 2026 · 3 MIN READ
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Lil Baby Drops 17-Track Album 'Fresh' With Future, Young Thug and a Pharrell-Produced Hit
Lil Baby performing at the HYPE Festival in Oberhausen, Germany, in 2019. (Photo: Alex1337 w / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lil Baby released his fifth studio album, "Fresh," on Friday, a 17-track project via Quality Control Music and Motown that's been teased in pieces since midsummer.

The Atlanta rapper stacked the tracklist with guest features from Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez, according to uDiscover Music, which first confirmed the Nov. 6 release date. The album is out digitally alongside vinyl and CD pressings.

A Pharrell-Produced Lead Single

The rollout was anchored by lead single "Dead Fresh," a Pharrell Williams-produced track that XXL reported was teased months before the album's release. The single debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 over the summer, giving "Fresh" a built-in hit heading into its first tracking week.

DEAD FRESH.

"Fresh" follows Lil Baby's 2025 album "WHAM," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and cemented his run as one of the genre's most consistent commercial forces since his 2020 breakout "My Turn." Complex noted the new album's tracklist and features were only fully unveiled in the days leading up to release, keeping fans guessing about the final lineup until the last minute.

First-week sales and streaming numbers for "Fresh" won't be finalized until next week's Billboard chart cycle closes, but early industry chatter points to another strong debut given the built-in audience "Dead Fresh" generated over the summer. Lil Baby has not yet announced tour dates tied to the release.

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