It’s not very often that an artist and label will go back and re-visit an entire full-length album, but that’s exactly what Fresh Selects is doing here. Back in 2017, producer Swarvy got together with emcee Iojii, both from Philly, to make an album called Due Rent. Now living in Los Angeles, Swarvy has revisited the album and remixed it in the style of his Blends series of releases, with lojii coming back to record some new harmonies and whatnot to fit the new style and beats.

Ivan Ave is an artist from Norway who made a splash back in 2014, when he signed to Jakarta Records and released an EP called Low Jams, produced entirely by Mndsgn. Since that time, he’s continued to work with Mndsgn., while also branching out to other producers like Fredfades, Kiefer, and Sir Froderick over his next couple of albums. Now, three years after his last album, Every Eye, he makes an artistic transition on his latest full-length, Double Goodbyes.

Pugs Atomz is a Chicago emcee who has been releasing music for two decades. Over the years, he’s collaborated with people from around the globe, including DJ Vadim as part of The Electric. His most recent project was two years ago, when he released an album with Chicago producer Mulatto Patriot, Highly Irregular. Now he’s back to international collaborations as he pairs up with Australian producer Inkswell to release The Moon.

Sweatson Klank is a Los Angeles producer who has been putting out music for a little over two decades, first under the name TAKE before switching over to his current moniker in the early 2010s. Over those years, he’s worked with labels like Brainfeeder, Alphapup, and Project Mooncircle. Most recently, he’s found a home with Friends of Friends, who released his latest album, Good Days, just this past January. For his latest project, he’s teamed up with the now Los Angeles-based producer Rite Along to make an EP, Lucky Shores.

Five years ago, New York emcee/producer Quelle Chris teamed up with Oakland producer Chris Keys to make an album called Innocent Country. The project took on a theme of finding one’s self amidst some self-medication and isolation, among other things. Now the two have teamed back up for Innocent Country 2, this time with a slightly different perspective. While Innocent Country 2 is still about self-exploration, the theme on this volume is more centered on finding peace and healing as we live through these turbulent times.

Brycon is a producer from San Francisco who has been releasing music for years. Most recently, he’s collaborated with artists such as Dregs One and Equipto on different projects. While he’s worked with a lot of different artists over the years, he’s also put out some solo instrumental projects over the years. His most recent solo release is serving as a fundraiser for People’s Breakfast Oakland, Lobster Toes. Lobster Toes is a pretty straightforward release on paper.

Illsamar is an emcee from Southern California that has emerged in the past couple of years to show some significant potential, starting with an EP in 2018 called Foreign. There have been a couple of singles since then, but now it’s time for a new EP, Foreigners. As you might surmise from the title of this EP, a good portion of Foreigners is about Illsamar grappling with her identity as a first generation Mexican American immigrant, being filled with the hope and promise of America, and then seeing all the ways in which the country has failed to live up to those expectations and made her feel like she doesn’t belong.

BoomBaptist is a producer that has been a fixture of the Austin hip hop scene over the past decade, as a solo artist, as part of the Applied Pressure crew, and then more recently as part of the duo The Vapor Caves alongside vocalist Yadira Brown. While he has been rocking shows for years, and released an album with The Vapor Caves just last year, one question that has been dogging him for years has been, “When are we getting that solo album?

John Carroll Kirby might not be a name you recognize on its own, but you have most certainly heard the Los Angeles pianist/composer/producer’s work in collaboration with other artists, such as Solange, Shabazz Palaces, and Blood Orange, just to name a few. He has been releasing solo projects the last few years, such as 2017’s Travels or 2018’s Meditations in Music. His most recent release came just a few weeks ago, when he dropped the surprise project, Conflict.

As a very young man, London musician Tom Misch caught a few ears when he released a couple of beat tapes in the mid-2010s. While those beat tapes held some promise, they most certainly didn’t prepare you for his debut album in 2018, Geography, which while retaining some hip hop influence, moved much further into jazz and soul as Misch’s guitar and vocals took center stage. After releasing Geography, Misch connected with United Vibrations member and jazz drummer Yussef Dayes.