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JAY-Z, Pusha T, and Stan Wars Turn Epstein Files Into Fan Fiction
You demand proof only when it helps your hero. If alleged assault makes you smile, log off. Your beef is not bigger than abuse, and survivors are not…
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Blackpolitan
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Sameira
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Needing the Opinion of Celebrities of the State and the World
People attack artists like Beyoncé for speaking up yet demand that she “read the room.” They want cultural commentary without accountability for the…
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Blackpolitan
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Jen Mauvais
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Remembering the Life and Legacy of Michael “5000” Watts
Watts gave Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Mike Jones, and Chamillionaire a home base. Then he gave Houston the world. He pioneered the chopped-and-screwed…
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Shatter the Standards
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Reginald Marcel
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Five R&B Songs for the Emotionally Unavailable
This week features the worst date Thundercat’s ever been on, Jordan Ward’s financial advice, Mýa’s relationship ultimatum, late-night vibes from Terrace…
Feb 1
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Soulpolitan
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January 2026
January 2026 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
From Roc Marciano to Ari Lennox to DJ Harrison, January’s best records asked the same question in different ways. How long can you chase something…
Jan 31
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Shatter the Standards
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Mixtape Review: Birthday Blizzard ‘26 by J. Cole
This is the Cole you want more of.
Jan 30
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Shatter the Standards
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Asa McKenzie
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The Lineage of Michael Jackson (Mellow / Sensitive)
Each guide is based on this run of albums, believed to be part of Michael Jackson’s roots. It then branches out into post-1995, drawn from that tree…
Jan 30
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Shatter the Standards
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Phil
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Album Review: OCTANE by Don Toliver
On OCTANE, tenderness arrives with terms and conditions, every declaration of love shadowed by a hand reaching for something else.
Jan 30
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Shatter the Standards
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Murffey Zavier
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New Music Drops: January 30, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of January 30th. We know it can…
Jan 30
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Shatter the Standards
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Album Review: As of Now by Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon
The Charlotte rapper’s latest mixes signing-day swagger with relationship paranoia, but the bravado keeps cracking under the weight of surveillance…
Jan 29
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Shatter the Standards
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Okoye
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Album Review: My Ghosts Go Ghost by By Storm
By Storm’s debut is a raw account of grief, fatherhood, and financial precarity. The writing stays honest about its greed in ways most rap refuses.
Jan 29
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Shatter the Standards
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Tariq Belson
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Album Review: Backward by Jordan Ward
The Atlanta singer airs out his dislocation and doubt across Backward. He wants land in Georgia, a son he hasn’t had yet, and to break whatever cycle…
Jan 29
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Shatter the Standards
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Hana Beltrán
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