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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…
 • Shatter the Standards and Jhanel
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.
 • Shatter the Standards and Tabia N. Mullings
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…
 • Shatter the Standards and Maya LeRoux
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.
 • Shatter the Standards and Tunde Albright
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…
 • Shatter the Standards and Sabine Okafemi
Album Review: SOON MY DOUBLES WILL PULL OFF ALL OF MY STUNTS by andrew
The Philadelphia-raised, UK-based rapper-producer made this album for his late father and released it on his birthday. He raps about lifting burgers…
 • Shatter the Standards and Joelle Figueroa
Album Review: invite,sessions,only!! by Lance Skiiiwalker
A decade past his cult TDE debut, the Chicago singer tapes his studio door open for warped, invite-only R&B.
 • Shatter the Standards and Lillian Sharpe
Album Review: Finessin Distribution Deals by Fox BD
With his second project of the year, Fox BD reps West Memphis and Bouldercrest at once and sells two-minute songs about kidnappings, lean proposals, and…
 • Shatter the Standards and Xavier Thomas
Album Review: Behind the Shades by Chris Crispy
The Los Angeles producer and engineer sings lead on his own soft R&B songs about crushes, contact highs, and confessions he keeps putting off. The…
 • Shatter the Standards and Jamila W.
Album Review: Caribenya by Lido Pimienta
A year after her Gregorian-chant classical album, the Colombian-Canadian artist opens her door to cumbia, dembow, and friends.
 • Shatter the Standards and F. Qureshi
Album Review: Out the Mud by MudBaby Ru
MudBaby Ru raps with the whole family in the room, Pop’s fingernails, an uncle at the stove, Granny fussing about sagged jeans. Out the Mud is a West…
 • Shatter the Standards and Rian Frost
Wednesday Roundups #158: 25 New Projects You Should Listen to Now
Listen to new releases from Nao Yoshioka, Ambré, Kamal., Nia Archives, Adrian Younge, Avara, Orquesta Akokán, ABBIANA, Dame Atlas, Brian Ennals …
 • Shatter the Standards
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