Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Album Reviews
BLAST
Blackpolitan
Lists
Milestones
Soulpolitan
Wednesday Roundups
bmr
Words Past da Margin
Latest
Top
Discussions
Album Review: Stephon Barbury by UllNevaNo & Philth Spector
A Baltimore rapper merges his name with a Coney Island point guard’s, and the Philly producer behind him chops less than he repeats.
5 hrs ago
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Koda Lin
1
Album Review: From Baton Rouge to Babylon by Ronday & Wino Willy
Wino Willy and Baton Rouge rapper Ronday bend Southern theology over Marcberg-school loops.
6 hrs ago
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Harry Brown
2
Album Review: Inspire Your Idols by Vic Spencer
The South Side rapper who once handed Chance the Rapper’s number around Chicago has spent fifteen years quietly buying back the silence.
10 hrs ago
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Okoye
1
Album Review: Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls by JuJu Rogers
A rapper from a Bavarian Army town quotes Gramsci and shouts “fuck the state” with gold teeth. He calls it Afrophunk, spelled with an H.
18 hrs ago
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Miles Everette
1
Album Review: Di Hotel Malibu by Thee Marloes
A three-piece from Surabaya recorded their second album in three languages with no local scene to borrow from. It is the strongest retro-soul record Big…
18 hrs ago
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Sierra El-Sayed
1
Album Review: Of Earth & Wires by Dua Saleh
A grief album built for the dance floor, where the body keeps moving after the mind has already left the room.
May 18
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Jill Wannasa
2
1
Album Review: GENESIS FM by BNYX®
A producer who built his reputation moving other people’s bodies makes a debut that only finds a center when the body is the subject.
May 18
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Blaise Freeman
1
Album Review: Dr*gs R Bad by LUCKI
A Chicago rapper opens his fifth studio album with a spoken definition of heroin nods. Twenty-six songs later he still sounds like he picked up the…
May 18
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Maurice Wren
1
The Appeal of the Storied Label Loved by Soul Fans the World Over
Based in Jackson, Mississippi, Malaco has delivered timeless songs alongside Dorothy Moore, King Floyd, and others. A label that shifted its menu with…
May 18
•
Blackpolitan
,
Brandon O'Sullivan
, and
Imani Raven
1
1
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…
May 17
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Dr. Chong
1
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…
May 17
•
Shatter the Standards
and
Phil
3
1
Between Helpless, Unbothered, and Overdressed
Giveon knows, Baby Rose knows, and Jaz Karis’s therapist knows. The difference is who says it out loud.
May 17
•
Soulpolitan
and
Keziah Amara Reid
2
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
