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Dexter Wansel Brought the Synthesizer to the Sound of Philadelphia
Dexter Wansel’s four solo albums chased the cosmos; his most durable songs went out under other singers’ names.
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Reuben Dara
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The 50 Best Rap Albums of 2026 So Far
Rap had its best year in recent memory, and the discourse spent it relitigating one major-label letdown nobody plays for fun. It could have run a…
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The 50 Best R&B Albums of 2026 So Far
Anyone still typing that R&B is dead skipped the part where fifty of its best albums showed up before the year hit its midpoint. Veterans came back…
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Album Review: K-POPS! (Music from and Inspired by K-POPS! Motion Picture) by Anderson .Paak
A soundtrack that flirts its way through seventeen tracks and only stops flirting twice, when a kid sings and a father answers.
20 hrs ago
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Rosa Delgado
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Album Review: Road Trip to Amsterdam by Smoke DZA
On another city-titled tape, the Kush God sets the weed aside to grieve his dead, and that grieving is the realest writing of his career.
20 hrs ago
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Nia Lattimore
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Milestones: Sparkle by Aretha Franklin
A man wrote every word and a woman made all of it hers. The best Aretha Franklin album in years almost didn’t survive the sessions.
Jun 1
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Kendra Vale
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At the Heart of Earth, Wind & Fire
Welcome to the wondrous world of an extraordinary musician fascinated by John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, and Miles Davis. His name? Maurice White. He…
Jun 1
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Phil
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Earth, Wind & Fusion
Riding the wave of Earth, Wind & Fire's success, Maurice White invested himself in several jazz-fusion albums during the second half of the 1970s. A…
Jun 1
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Reginald Marcel
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Earth, Wind & Women
Maurice White’s career—both before and during the Earth, Wind & Fire adventure—was marked by several encounters with exceptional female singers.
Jun 1
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Alexandria Elise
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May 2026
Deciphering JAŸ-Z’s Roots Picnic Freestyle
An a cappella verse with nothing under it but his own voice, and he sorts the room into one owner and a crowd of workers.
May 31
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Phil
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May 2026 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
May 2026 is the month in which independent rap, overlooked soul, and one Indonesian retro-soul band proved that major-label silence is a career…
May 31
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Project Review: SE9 by Skye Newman
A 22-year-old from South East London names the household damage in present tense and pays it down in weed and walking shoes. The standing-up songs run…
May 31
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Ivy Mensah
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