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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.
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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…
18 hrs ago
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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…
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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.
18 hrs ago
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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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Words Past da Margin
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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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Album Review: Football by Monday Night & Evidence
Monday Night raps like he can’t slow down. Over Evidence’s loops, the losses he speeds past carry Football further than any boast.
May 31
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Cierra Marcel
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Wanting It Strictly on Your Own Terms
Ravyn Lenae issues a warning label, Syd dials 911, and Jae Stephens runs an obedience school, and every one of them negotiates from strength.
May 31
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Soulpolitan
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Album Review: It Gets Greater Later by Courtney Bell
A Detroit rapper keeps a gun next to scripture and cocaine residue next to a prayer, and never once pretends the two cancel out. The faith is real; so…
May 30
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Termaine M. Scott
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Album Review: Brief Laughs by Wakai & Luke MacKenzie
At a funeral repast, somebody cracks a joke, the room laughs for two seconds, then the grief slides back in. That window is the only relief these twelve…
May 30
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Greg J.
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Album Review: 8 Shots by 38 Spesh
Coke advice turns into a story about his wife driving hours to a prison visit, and the boast and the bill never leave one bar. Method Man, Busta, and a…
May 30
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Phil
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