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Album Review: In the Hour of Chaos by Allison Russell
After two albums telling her own survival story, the Montreal songwriter starts making house calls. Her third is the warmest, most crowded record of her…
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Tayla North
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Album Review: THIS CANNOT BE SOLD by KB
On THIS CANNOT BE SOLD, KB fences off his marriage, his kids, and his doubt, and his writing has never been better.
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Murffey Zavier
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Five R&B Songs Warming Us Up This Week
A wildfire survivor turns grief into a gospel come-on, two 2000s hitmakers age their seduction into something warmer, and a Raphael Saadiq production…
17 hrs ago
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Soulpolitan
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Album Review: Who Coppin by Larry June
A decade removed from trap phones, the San Francisco player preaches compound interest and finally explains who all the advice was for.
Jul 18
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L. Ari James
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Album Review: why do women jump in the fire? by Avara
The Marietta-raised singer-producer follows her collaborative healing tape with Hindi-laced R&B love songs that keep striking matches.
Jul 18
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Priya Okafor
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Album Review: self by Nao Yoshioka
At 20, she left Osaka for New York to learn soul music at its source. self turns that education into the fullest, most honest singing of her career.
Jul 18
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Dai Kurihara
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Album Review: PEYOTE by Ambré
After years of writing love songs for Kehlani and serpentwithfeet, the New Orleans singer takes the lead voice back. PEYOTE is about desire, disgust…
Jul 18
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Renée Holloway
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Milestones: Aaliyah by Aaliyah
One of the most influential R&B albums of the 2000s, it was commercially sinking when she died. Everything it became happened without her.
Jul 17
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Kenya DuRant
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Album Review: Beard by Syd
Four years after Broken Hearts Club, Syd co-produced a set of love songs about liquor, holsters, and borrowed hoodies.
Jul 17
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Sydni Carter-Reed
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Album Review: Set In Stone by Rick Ross
Five years after his last solo album, the kingpin fantasy is now a Miami institution. Set In Stone moves at yacht speed and stops at the funeral home as…
Jul 17
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Zachary Penn
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Album Review: Emotional Junglist by Nia Archives
Written through a romance that ended with the police at her door, the Leeds junglist’s new album swaps rave euphoria for guitars, duets, and danceable…
Jul 17
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Monica LaSalle
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Album Review: how the f*** does everybody else manage? by Kamal.
Five years after lockdown made him a fixture of whispered British bedroom pop, the Harlesden singer puts glass shards, benzos, and dying friendships on…
Jul 17
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Ameenah Laquita
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