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Album Review: Sow & So by Nappy Nina & Swarvy
Their second LP plays like a small band that has been a rap album the whole time. Nina’s writing has gotten sharper around money and family; Swarvy…
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Dr. Chong
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Album Review: REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE by Genesis Owusu
The Ghanaian-Australian rapper’s third album names every villain by name and dares them to respond. Dann Hume’s production holds it all together with…
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Phil
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Between Helpless, Unbothered, and Overdressed
Giveon knows, Baby Rose knows, and Jaz Karis’s therapist knows. The difference is who says it out loud.
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Keziah Amara Reid
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Album Review: Nasalifya (Thank You) by Hil St. Soul
Her sixth album turns down the radio dial and ends in a language her father spoke.
May 16
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Zachary Penn
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Album Review: Smile by Nick Grant
The South Carolina rapper’s latest release builds his case for staying outside the trend market, and the album is the strongest argument he has filed…
May 16
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Dai Kurihara
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Album Review: EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL DIED EARLY by ANKHLEJOHN & V Don
V Don’s loops run chest-level and will not budge. On the right songs, ANKHLEJOHN’s bars push back, and the pressure pays.
May 15
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Deja L.
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Album Review: Elevator Music by Lord Sko & Statik Selektah
Statik Selektah’s apprentice spends his debut LP cataloging the tax of getting noticed. Every Henny pour, dead homie, and missed call comes priced.
May 15
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Reginald Marcel
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Album Review: The Last Balloon by Tank and the Bangas
The last installment in the Balloon trilogy puts the writer in front of the singer.
May 15
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Kenya DuRant
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New Music Drops: May 15, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of May 15th. We know it can be a…
May 14
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Album Review: Retrospect by Mýa
Mýa spent a decade building a funk album that sounds like 1985 and talks like tonight. The old-school production is meticulous, the lyrics never look…
May 14
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Brielle Saint-Amour
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Milestones: The Off-Season by J. Cole
The rapper who told the world he just be rapping went ahead and proved it. A man trying to outrun his own comfort keeps tripping over the truth.
May 14
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Kamaria Jules
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Milestones: De La Soul Is Dead by De La Soul
The hippie costume never fit, so they burned it. Three guys from Amityville built a whole album out of the bonfire.
May 14
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Harry Brown
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