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Album Review: The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales by Shaboozey
Sending Cherie Lee after the men responsible for her father’s death, Shaboozey builds a revenge tale that sings hardest about the bill coming due.
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LeMarcus
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July 2026
July 2026 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
With eighty albums cleared the bar in July, from Madonna’s dance floor to Fox BD’s living room, and the underground outwrote the majors at every weight…
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Album Review: The Clock Don’t Go Back by Juicy J
With spoken-word instead of rapping over Paul Cornish’s six-piece live band, Juicy J fills his third jazz album with character studies and comes back…
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Daliah Green
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Album Review: Nature Boy by Goosebytheway
Rapping about money as an obligation to other people, Goosebytheway reports the years he couldn’t provide, and his second Drumwork project is excellent…
Jul 31
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Miles Everette
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Album Review: Oriadé by Davido
Chasing a woman at 4:30 a.m. and calling his car dealer an hour later, the Nigerian singer builds his sixth album out of appetite and gets real comedy…
Jul 31
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Priya Okafor
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Album Review: Resonance Frequency by Homeboy Sandman & Jack Splash
Ten albums in, the Queens rapper riffs on food, phones, and the people who can’t put either down, and the jokes do the arguing for him.
Jul 31
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Joelle Figueroa
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Album Review: petal by Ariana Grande
Apologizing for being irresistible and plainly enjoying it, Ariana Grande turns petal into a comedy about wanting people who cost her something.
Jul 31
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Charlotte Rochel
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Album Review: Hardbody by Nickelus F
The Richmond rapper-producer’s new album makes its dealer-boasting answer to the daughters and winter coats it pays for, and stays funny throughout.
Jul 31
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Tariq Belson
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Album Review: Andy by Romi Wrights
Romi Wrights writes her protest song in the same language as her breakup songs. Andy is a record about eviction in every sense.
Jul 31
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Jamila W.
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Album Review: Made of Gold by Dark Lo & V Don
The Philadelphia rapper takes a decade apart at close range, giving a store run and a stabbing equal attention and letting each verse run as long as it…
Jul 31
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Wesley Durham
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New Music Drops: July 31, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of July 31st. We know it can be…
Jul 30
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Album Review: LVRS PARADISE (SIDE B) by Isaiah Falls
Singing every song to a woman he wants to keep or convince, the Orlando singer writes in close detail with one person in mind and in stock phrases…
Jul 30
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Hana Beltrán
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