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New Rap from Rapsody, Nipsey Hussle, and Maxo Kream
Rapsody crowns the afro, YG opens a men’s group, and Maxo Kream skips the therapist.
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Album Review: Yellow House by Satya
Satya made her debut for the child she was in an abusive Oakland house. It’s a plainspoken soul-and-folk record that survives the house by naming…
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Priya Okafor
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Eels, Cakewalks, and the King of Pop
Though his genius was singular, Michael Jackson belonged to the long tradition of American entertainment, fed by African sources. He managed to honor…
Jun 15
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Mina Abdel
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Mixtape Review: Xclusiva by MXKA
Singing mostly in Spanish over a sound she calls R&B tumbados, MXKA turns a romance lane built for men into one about flipping the power.
Jun 14
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F. Qureshi
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Album Review: HITstory 2: Success Is a Dirty Word by Hit-Boy
Eighteen years into a publishing deal he signed at nineteen, Hit-Boy got free in 2025 and made a record about it. Success here is the prize and the…
Jun 14
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Rian Frost
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Nobody’s Coming to Save Us, So Dance Anyway
A four-time Grammy nominee gets political, a Hackney busker stalls at the edge of love, and three women sing themselves out of bad situationships.
Jun 14
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Soulpolitan
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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…
Jun 13
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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.
Jun 13
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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.
Jun 13
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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…
Jun 13
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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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