Lil Baby has announced his new album Fresh, set for release on November 6 through Quality Control, Wolfpack Global and Motown. The Atlanta rapper shared the cover art and the full tracklist on October 21, confirming guest appearances from Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez, with signed vinyl, signed CDs and two merch fan packs now open for pre-order.
The announcement turns a strong single run into a full album moment. Fresh arrives less than a year after WHAM debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and it is built around Dead Fresh, the Pharrell Williams produced single that has already spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
Dead Fresh Sets The Tone
Dead Fresh is the engine of this rollout, and its numbers explain why the album carries real weight. The song peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, reached No. 3 on Hot R and B and Hip-Hop Songs, and climbed to No. 1 at both Urban and Rhythmic radio. It also reached No. 27 on the Canadian Hot 100, a reminder that Lil Baby’s audience in this country is deep and consistent.
The song first surfaced in an unusual place. Lil Baby debuted it at the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring-Summer 2027 show in Paris in June, seated front row, before releasing it as a single on July 17. Pharrell Williams produced the record, and the pairing gives Fresh a fashion world starting point that few rap albums can claim. The official video, directed by Kid Art and released July 20, leans into that world with scenes on a golf course, a tennis court and the front row of a fashion show.
“Dead Fresh has spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 18. It also most recently reached No. 1 at Urban and Rhythmic Radio.” – Universal Music Canada, October 21, 2026
Inside The Tracklist
The digital edition of Fresh runs 17 tracks. The centrepiece collaboration is All My Partnas, which brings Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez together on one record. Rylo Rodriguez appears again on In Your Head, continuing a partnership that also runs through Lil Baby’s Glass Window Entertainment label, where Rylo’s project S.K.A.T.E. recently debuted in the top three of the Top Rap Albums chart.
The rest of the sequence is mostly solo, which is a deliberate statement. Titles like Top Uh It, Mr. Do Something, Burnt Shit, Be The One, Life Of The Party, Your Fault, All Us, Like A Brat, Televised and Rareform suggest an album that keeps the focus on its lead voice rather than stacking features. Coast 2 Coast, his recent video with Bally Baby and Fatt Smaxk filmed on a school bus turned party bus rolling through Atlanta, also appears in the album campaign and keeps the hometown front and centre.
A Run That Keeps Building
Fresh does not arrive in a quiet year. Lil Baby was recently ranked the sixth most streamed artist in Apple Music history, in a tier that includes Drake and Taylor Swift. His 2025 album WHAM, featuring Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Future, Young Thug and GloRilla, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and became his fourth No. 1 debut on that chart. He followed it with the mixtape The Leaks, released around his birthday, which became his fifth consecutive No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart.
That context matters for how Fresh will be judged. This is an artist defending a position at the very top of commercial rap, and the rollout reflects it: a luxury fashion premiere for the lead single, a radio No. 1 before the album is even out, and physical pre-orders with signed editions aimed at first week impact.
What Happens Next
The calendar after release is already set. On December 5, Lil Baby headlines a birthday celebration show, Lil Baby: Fresh Prince of Atlanta, at State Farm Arena in his hometown. The date gives Fresh a live anchor a month after release and a home crowd moment to close the year.
For Canadian listeners, the Canadian Hot 100 showing of Dead Fresh underlines why this album belongs on the front page here. Lil Baby’s records travel north as reliably as any American rapper of his generation. When Fresh lands on November 6, expect All My Partnas to lead the conversation, expect Dead Fresh to climb again, and expect the first week numbers to be treated as a scoreboard. On recent form, he usually wins it.
