Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Album Reviews
BLAST
Blackpolitan
Lists
Milestones
Soulpolitan
Wednesday Roundups
Words Past da Margin
Latest
Top
Discussions
The Girl Who Would Not Move
Claudette was fifteen, tired of being ordered smaller, and clear about her rights. Her refusal came before the cameras were ready and before history…
2 hrs ago
•
Blackpolitan
and
Brandon O'Sullivan
4
3
Album Review: Naive Melodies by Various Artists (BBE Music)
Talking Heads covers filtered through Afrobeat, gospel, samba, and dub—a tribute that reroutes the band’s rhythms back to the Black musical lineages…
11 hrs ago
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Priya Okafor
Ranking Discographies: Solange
From a forgotten teen-pop debut to a Grammy-winning meditation on Black womanhood, Solange’s catalog tells the story of an artist figuring it out in…
11 hrs ago
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Imani Raven
13
1
5
Grandma’s Yams With the Marshmallows on Top
Jill Scott came back with instructions. Plus: Ella Mai does math, Elmiene stays inside, Destin Conrad figured out his ex wasn't real, and Tiana Major9…
Jan 18
•
Soulpolitan
7
1
1
Album Review: Slime Cry by YoungBoy Never Broke Again
YoungBoy dropped thirty tracks about murders he can’t stop replaying and women he can’t stop losing. This bloated effort dilutes what the specifics…
Jan 18
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Quinn Baptiste
3
Album Review: Honey Water by Girlfriend
On her full-length debut studio album, Girlfriend keeps lighting the same match and wondering why her fingers burn. Her songs revolve around staying…
Jan 17
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Renée Holloway
10
2
4
Album Review: THE GEMINI by Elijah Blake
With his latest studio release, Elijah Blake steps out from the shadows. What he finds there is messy, jealous, possessive, and occasionally…
Jan 17
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Cierra Marcel
8
1
3
The Lost Art of Remixes In Hip-Hop and R&B
While remixes have faced challenges in recent years, with many feeling more like calculated attempts to boost streams than artistic nuances, it’s clear…
Jan 16
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Nehemiah
13
1
8
The Handguide to Michael Jackson
As we’re approaching three months to the biopic, what better way to go down memory lane to the King of Pop, whose resume speaks for itself. From Jackson…
Jan 16
•
Shatter the Standards
,
Brandon O'Sullivan
, and
Phil
15
1
6
Album Review: Don’t Be Dumb by A$AP Rocky
Eight years of noise, a courtroom cloud cleared, fatherhood that shows up in actual bars. A$AP Rocky came back with something to say and something to…
Jan 16
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Zachary Penn
19
1
2
Album Review: I Am by Lexa Gates
With songs of assurances that keep cracking under pressure. A Queens rapper spends almost an hour convincing herself she’s okay while the verses keep…
Jan 16
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Marjani Fields
9
5
New Music Drops: January 16, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of January 16th. We know it can…
Jan 16
•
Shatter the Standards
11
4
4
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
