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Our Favorite R&B Songs of 2026 So Far
The hits are not the story this year. The sleepers are, and 2026 buried more gems in deluxe editions, and stray singles than most full albums hold.
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The 75 Best Albums of 2026 So Far
No filler, no genre silos, no other list in its weight class. Seventy-five records make 2026 impossible to call a slow year. Match this range if you…
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Peabo Bryson Was a Songwriter Before He Was a Disney Voice
The two movie themes that made him famous are the least revealing things he ever sang. His self-written ballads and his duets make a better case.
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Album Review: Papercut by Imani Imani
On her surprise pgLang debut, Imani Imani sings desire as a flat demand and turns it into a study in control.
Jun 3
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Maya LeRoux
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Album Review: Family Over Fame by J Nolan
His most personal album is cutting in the working life and softest when it reaches the flex template. Faith braided with hustle gets him further here…
Jun 3
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Zachary Penn
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Album Review: 5786 AM: Easy Listen by Mach-Hommy
Some of the densest, funniest writing of Mach-Hommy’s career is locked on a physical-only record built to keep most people out.
Jun 3
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Lance “LX” Brooks
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Wednesday Roundups #152: 22 New Projects You Should Listen to Now
Listen to new releases from Brian Jackson, Skye Newman, Ye Ali, 38 Spesh, Saint Hairson, Phoenix James, MALIA, Le$ & DJ Mr. Rogers, Cecily Wilborn…
Jun 3
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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.
Jun 2
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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…
Jun 2
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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…
Jun 2
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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.
Jun 2
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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.
Jun 2
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Nia Lattimore
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