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Slayr and SoFaygo team up on new track "Try and Fail"

It's off Slayr's upcoming project AN+, and comes after his run on this year's XXL Freshman List.

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Slayr and SoFaygo have teamed up on a new track called "Try and Fail," the latest preview of Slayr's upcoming project AN+. HotNewHipHop published the single on August 18, 2026, filing it under the outlet's own "Underground Rap" genre tag for the artist.

The song blends fantasy-tinged production with autotuned vocals from both rappers, a combination HotNewHipHop writer Alexander Cole called a natural fit for Slayr's style of taking underground sounds and making them accessible to a wider audience. Slayr was recently named to the XXL Freshman List, a signal that his run of independent releases is drawing bigger attention.

"Try and Fail" is the newest piece of Slayr's rollout for AN+, following a stretch that has included the EP Avant Nova, released in July, and singles like "1AM Freestyle" from earlier this summer. SoFaygo's guest verse continues a run of high-profile features for the Atlanta artist, who has built a reputation for melodic, genre-blurring rap.

The track arrives with its own set of quotable lines already picked out by HotNewHipHop's review, among them Slayr's opening verse: "I wish I could give you the recipe," a hook the outlet singled out as representative of the song's fantasy-laced hooks.

A release date for AN+ has not been confirmed. In the meantime, "Try and Fail" adds to a busy week of new hip-hop singles that fans can follow on the release calendar.

The facts

  • New track "Try and Fail" previews Slayr's upcoming project AN+
  • Slayr was recently named to the XXL Freshman List
  • Follows the EP Avant Nova (July 2026) and single "1AM Freestyle"

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