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Album Review: Blood of the Lamb by Mickey Diamond & Big Ghost Ltd
Mickey Diamond spends the record questioning free will and who painted Jesus white. The doubt, not the scripture-as-flex, gives these twelve tracks…
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Owen Baptiste
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Album Review: My Man & Me by Eloise
Eloise pins one half-bad love to burned sheets and chipping wallpaper, naming her own faults.
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Sameira
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Album Review: Solidified by Awon & The Other Guys
The Virginia emcee braids crime sagas, dead friends, and soul-food kitchens over The Other Guys’ heavy drums.
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Quinn Baptiste
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Anniversaries: The Big Bang by Busta Rhymes
Dre’s perfectionism gave Busta Rhymes his best-sounding album. It also became the place where one of Rick James’s supposed last recorded moments ended…
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Reginald Marcel
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Album Review: Ancient History by Wiki
Priced off his own blocks, Wiki rakes back over a New York changing under him.
Jun 12
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Phil
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Album Review: Labor of Love by Blxst
Blxst self-produces a record that calls love a kind of work. The reassurance songs run together, while the fatherhood and survival songs are where the…
Jun 12
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Javon Bailey
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Album Review: A Little Vengeance by Jessie Reyez
On her fourth album, Jessie Reyez names every weapon she’s holding over a cheating ex and won’t fire one.
Jun 12
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Alexandria Elise
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Album Review: So Help Me God by Kelsey Lu
Kelsey Lu lights a match to burn off the pain and the pain stays. Their second album builds everything around the choice to keep holding it.
Jun 12
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Zaria Farah
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Album Review: INFINITY SONG by Infinity Song
Four Detroit siblings busked their way through New York into a Roc Nation deal on family harmony. A 553 credit score and a homesick plea carry their…
Jun 12
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Marjani Fields
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New Music Drops: June 12, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of June 12th. We know it can be…
Jun 11
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Album Review: God Must Really Love Me by Tori Kelly
On her sixth album, made in the first year of motherhood, Tori Kelly sings about a marriage that holds, a new son, and the God she thanks for both.
Jun 11
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Charlotte Rochel
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Album Review: DIRTY BLONDE by Bebe Rexha
Bebe Rexha’s fourth album hides prayers and panic inside dance-pop hooks built for a packed room. Her plainest, meanest writing about herself beats…
Jun 11
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Oliver I. Martin
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