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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…
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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…
 • Shatter the Standards and Hana Beltrán
Album Review: Tales from My Hood by Kurupt & DJ Battlecat
Ruling out the banks and liquor stores before hitting all of them anyway, Kurupt makes a record whose robbery writing outpaces anything he wrote about…
 • Shatter the Standards and Javon Bailey
Album Review: WHO ASKED? by DOMi & JD BECK
Composing every part between them, DOMi Louna and JD BECK build their bravest songs out of clocks, weather, and animals, and play them without a wasted…
 • Shatter the Standards and Lillian Sharpe
Album Review: XXXXX by Arca
Arca drives devotion and violence through the same voice, and the songs come out thrilling, funny, and mean.
 • Shatter the Standards and Rosa Delgado
Album Review: Price of Pain by Dave East & Harry Fraud
After delivering HOFFA five years ago today, Dave East reunites with Harry Fraud once more, continuing the tradition of handing whole albums to one…
 • Shatter the Standards and Termaine M. Scott
Milestones: The House Is Burning by Isaiah Rashad
TDE’s first Southern signee returns from five years inside addiction with the bounciest album of his career. He swears it is his saddest yet, and he is…
 • Shatter the Standards and Phil
Milestones: Ridin’ Dirty by UGK
Jive Records put out UGK’s third album without a video, a single, or a press plan, and it went gold on word of mouth anyway.
 • Shatter the Standards and Asa McKenzie
J. Cole Turned the House Lights On In Baltimore
Amid a front-loaded run through The Fall-Off, Cole called for the house lights, ran a five-state roll call, and asked Baltimore to pretend it was from…
 • Shatter the Standards and Kamaria Jules
Wednesday Roundups #159: 25 New Projects You Should Listen to Now
Listen to new releases from Kenyon Dixon, Bootsy Collins & Buckethead, Nick Hakim, Felix Ames, Corey King, Marco Benevento, Chenayder, Denise Julia…
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Album Review: GOD BLESSING ALL THE FAT NIGGAS 2 by BFB Da Packman
A Flint mail carrier turned rap’s filthiest comedian checks his MyChart between strip-club anthems. The punchlines and the confessions come out of the…
 • Shatter the Standards and Kamarion
Album Review: The Universe Is Watching by Buddy Rockwell
On a solo project he produced end-to-end and raps himself, FAZE.ONE writes brusque, sermonizing advice rap that keeps collapsing into an indictment of…
 • Shatter the Standards and Daliah Green
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