Each week, new releases from R&B/Hip Hop are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner. The winners will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2026.

The results for last week are as follows;

01 Joji - LOVE YOU LESS [08]

02 Doechii & SZA - girl, get up. [07]

03 The Kid LAROI - BACK WHEN YOU WERE MINE [04]

04 Jill Scott - Beautiful People [02]

04 MOLIY - Backie [02]

06 Fimiguerrero - Yesterday [01]

06 Nafe Smallz - ALONE [01]

08 Kareen Lomax - idea of you [00]

08 Mya Craig - lkn up [00]

08 Russ Millions, YV, TeeRowdy & Slim Bizzle - wto

Here is this weeks playlist / selection to vote for;

Hall Of Fame: 2026 Winners

Week 01: Joji - LOVE YOU LESS

Just voted for Bruno this week

I surprisingly love Kid Laroi this week so went for that! Also really enjoy Ari Lennox.

Bruno is okay just not something I'd revisit. I like Rvssian but again not something I'd necessarily go back to.

More votes please!

Voted for A$AP Rocky, the post-punk swerve was a pleasant surprise

Voted for the two songs enetring my Top 50 this week: Bruno Mars & Rvssian

Voted for A$AP, but my ultimate fav of the week was Wesley Joseph & Danny Brown ‘Piece Of Mind’. Fantastic song if anyone fancies a listen.

Edited January 15Jan 15 by Jaz13music

1. Ari Lennox - Twin Flame

2. Nafe Smallz & NorthSideBenji - STRUGGLE LOOK EASY

3. Scorcher, Giggs & Sir Spyro - Ups

4. JayO & Jordan Adetunji - History

5. Bruno Mars - I Just Might

6. Jill Scott - Pressha

7. A$AP Rocky - Punk Rocky

8. LeoStayTrill - Blessing

9. The Kid LAROI (feat. Lithe) - RATHER BE

10. Rvssian, MOLIY, Ayetian & Tyga - What I Like

Voted for the top 3. I somehow missed that Ari had dropped this week. JayO was surprisingly decent too!

1 Scorcher

2 A$AP Rocky

3 Jill Scott

4 Ari Lennox

5 Bruno Mars

6 LeoStayTrill

7 Rvssian

8 Nafe Smallz

9 The Kid LAROI

10 JayO

Great production and good verses from both artists on 'Ups' (Giggs sounding a little more inventive than he usually does). The Rocky song has already grown on me a bit more since listening to it for the Indie poll the other day. Wasn't too keen on the Jill Scott song in last week's poll but this one has a much better vibe to it. The Ari song sounds a bit poppier than I typically expect her to be, good tune though and enjoy the beat switch on the back end. The Bruno song isn't his best but it is already growing on me as well after hearing it a few times on the radio - I do feel like it could easily just be another Silk Sonic song though so the lack of Anderson is noted x The next 3 songs were all ok, the last two both quite boring.

(happy to see there being a pretty good amount of votes in these polls so far!)

20 votes up on last week, we love to see it