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Album Review: Monica by Jack Harlow
An album named after a ‘90s R&B icon, made by a rapper who can barely sing, Jack Harlow scrapped four singles, abandoned rap entirely, and focused on…
 • Shatter the Standards and Alexandria Elise
Milestones: My Melody by Deniece Williams
Thom Bell’s last willing student brought her Pentecostal soprano to Sigma Sound and recorded an album that treats romantic self-deception as its own…
 • Shatter the Standards and Aicha Odilia
Album Review: SOUTH LDN LOVER GIRL by Ms Banks
Ms Banks spent twelve years earning a debut, and filled it with every version of herself she’d been withholding. None of them blinked. Love songs…
 • Shatter the Standards and Ameenah Laquita
New Music Drops: March 13, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of March 13th. We know it can be…
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Album Review: LK99 by Leven Kali
Leven Kali built four songs on Renaissance, plus a song on Cowboy Carter, and makes a compact case for remembering his name. LK99 asks for permission a…
 • Shatter the Standards and Jamila W.
Album Review: I Guess U Had to Be There by ELUCID & Sebb Bash
A Backwoodz-Lausanne connection born from an Alchemist cosign and sealed over sandwiches in the park. ELUCID has never sounded this direct, and Sebb…
 • Shatter the Standards and Mina Abdel
Album Review: 20nothing by Blessing Jolie
A Katy, Texas dropout talks to exes and dead-end futures with the same flat certainty. The debut is here with no apologies, a songwriter too stubborn to…
 • Shatter the Standards and Zoe Westfield
Album Review: Trying Times by James Blake
Blake’s first independent album trades minimalist cool for raw admissions about love dying and wanting to live. It’s the most specific he’s ever been.
 • Shatter the Standards and Charlotte Rochel
Album Review: Live at Glasshaus by Annahstasia
Annahstasia turned a Brooklyn studio into a confessional booth and forgot to install the partition. She rarely writes lyrics down, proving she didn’t…
 • Shatter the Standards and Sydni Carter-Reed
Album Review: Self Proclaimed Narcissist by Self Proclaimed Narcissist
Broke, anonymous, and blunt about both. A debut built on busted guitars and overdrawn accounts that says more about Los Angeles poverty than most…
 • Shatter the Standards and Kendra Vale
Milestones: Best Day Ever by Mac Miller
A 19-year-old from Pittsburgh raps like he’s already won, and on this 2011 mixtape, he nearly convinces you.
 • Shatter the Standards and Charlotte Rochel
Wednesday Roundups #140: 25 New Projects You Should Listen to Now
Listen to new releases from Shabaka, Terrace Martin & Marcus Gilmore, La Reezy, DJ Paul, ELIZA, Alicia Creti, Jae Skeese & ILL Tone Beats, Pimmie…
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