Kamaiyah shares new song “Thru The Week”

Kamaiyah has released her first single of the new year. The quietly prolific Oakland emcee who arrived fully formed in 2016 with her debut mixtape, A Good Night in the Ghetto, had an impressive 2022, releasing two substantial projects—May’s Divine Time and last month’s Keep It Lit — with a bite-sized tape titled 3 Nights In Seattle in the interim.

“Through The Week” picks up where Keep It Lit left off, pairing classically breezy Bay Area production with Kamaiyah’s effortless flow. Lyrically, it’s a blue-collar anthem — “Monday, Tuesday / Wednesday, Thursday / Hit me if it’s urgent / Every day I’m workin’ / Friday, Saturday / Runnin’ into Sunday / Every day I’m hustlin’ / I be gettin’ money,” she rap-sings in the lead-up to the hook — but her delivery is so relaxed it’s hard to imagine her breaking a sweat. Listen below.