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Album Review: The Return by Erica Mason
A queer Christian rapper from Williston, Florida, packs her debut with church indictments, depression duets, and abundance theology.
38 mins ago
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Fallon Reese
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Album Review: The Understudy by Wyatt Waddell
Six years of delays and a debut built entirely on live instrumentation make a strong case for Waddell’s musicianship, even when his lyrics settle for…
5 hrs ago
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Nia Lattimore
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Album Review: Supreme Cut Untouched Magnificence II by Da Flyy Hooligan
A Harlesden rapper stocks his sequel with Conway, Gunn, and a posthumous Sean Price verse over vintage drumless Agor loops. The bravado is real, but so…
13 hrs ago
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Noura Haddad
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Album Review: Hot Seat by Domani
On Hot Seat, Domani sounds like two different rappers. One of them is worth following beyond the beef cycle.
Mar 23
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Alexandria Elise
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Album Review: Better Than Yesterday by Lebra Jolie
On her Interscope debut LP, the Houston freestyler pours out Fifth Ward grief and nonstop bravado in unequal measure.
Mar 23
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Jill Wannasa
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Album Review: Words Are Spells, Thoughts Are Magic by Witch Prophet
Witch Prophet’s fourth album turns brain tumor recovery into plain-spoken demands—for protection, for boundaries, and for the right to want.
Mar 23
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Janelle K. Moore
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LaRussell’s Engineer Told Him Not to Drop “Heaven Sent,” and He Should Have Listened
The Vallejo rapper put Adolf Hitler, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump in the same bar as Malcolm X and MLK. His defense crumbles on contact with the…
Mar 23
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Jamila W.
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EP Review: Detour by Samara Cyn
On her third EP in eighteen months, Samara Cyn turns self-knowledge into a weapon she refuses to share. She can see exactly what’s wrong with you, and…
Mar 22
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Lillian Sharpe
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Album Review: Highs + Lows by KADEEM.
A ghost musician steps to the mic and lets a wide array of talented guests confess on his behalf. The instrumentals never falter, but the voices carry…
Mar 22
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Jen Mauvais
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These Five R&B Songs All Have Something to Confess
Miles Caton’s post-Sinners gut-punch, Coco Jones in lovergirl mode, a shameless anthem from FLO, Tank Ball joins Lucky, and 6LACK catches something he…
Mar 22
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Album Review: WAVO FOREVER by Hus KingPin
Hus KingPin spent years stockpiling Wu-Tang features like contraband, and WAVO FOREVER finally cashes them in, though most of the bills were spent long…
Mar 21
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Danica Ford
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Milestones: House of Balloons by The Weeknd
Abel Tesfaye sang about getting high and getting laid like someone who hated both. Nobody in R&B had sounded this tired of pleasure.
Mar 21
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Jamila W.
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