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Album Review: THE NAIJAMERICAN DREAM by Adanna Duru
The Orange County R&B singer turns cheating men, fake friends, and ignored therapy advice into grudge songs with jokes in them. Her love songs go just…
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Raya Sinclair
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Album Review: I Can See by Nick Hakim
The Queens-based singer writes love songs with the family in the next room, a sister talking to grandpa in the attic, a brother’s guitar downstairs.
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Kendra Oluwaseyi
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Album Review: Did the Rain Stop? by Felix Ames
Writing again with producer Calvin Valentine, the R&B songwriter turns a lost love, a heavy cup, and a family name he’d sooner bury into unambiguous…
15 hrs ago
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Cierra Marcel
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Album Review: Ego Ruins Everything by Kenyon Dixon
Watts’ steadiest R&B craftsman plays a man who’d rather go numb than admit he misses her.
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Phil
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Album Review: Outdated by Chenayder
The Orlando singer and producer turns a rough three years into forthright songs about unanswered letters, overdue apologies, and loving her own…
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Jamila W.
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Album Review: LOVE IS THE LAW by Love Spells
The Houston-raised singer pledges everything on these love songs, swearing on hearts, inviting the bullet, and taking her back every time. Surrender…
23 hrs ago
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Sierra El-Sayed
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New Music Drops: July 24, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of July 24th. We know it can be…
Jul 23
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Album Review: Lovesweet by girlsweetvoiced
The Ottawa singer prices out a whole romance in mirror pics, green juice, and money she’d burn through twice. Her songs about losing the man outdo her…
Jul 23
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Jhanel
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Album Review: RX by Rico Nasty
The Maryland rapper gives all nine songs of her fourth album to producer Kenneth Blume and does nothing but talk her shit.
Jul 23
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Tabia N. Mullings
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Album Review: The Thread by WILLOW
WILLOW wrote The Thread for a mother goddess whose fury counts as a blessing. The strongest faith in it goes to whiskey with a lover's mother and a love…
Jul 23
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Maya LeRoux
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Album Review: A*POP by Tyla
The South African singer takes nothing on faith on her second album, where love has to cry, shop, and pull up before it counts.
Jul 23
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Tunde Albright
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Album Review: DREAMS ON THE PASSENGER SEAT by DAMEDAME*
The Walsall duo’s debut says goodbye in French, takes the blame in English, and keeps the worst sadness for God. It’s a first album with the ease of a…
Jul 23
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Sabine Okafemi
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