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Album Review: Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls by JuJu Rogers
A rapper from a Bavarian Army town quotes Gramsci and shouts “fuck the state” with gold teeth. He calls it Afrophunk, spelled with an H.
5 hrs ago
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Miles Everette
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Album Review: Di Hotel Malibu by Thee Marloes
A three-piece from Surabaya recorded their second album in three languages with no local scene to borrow from. It is the strongest retro-soul record Big…
5 hrs ago
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Sierra El-Sayed
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Album Review: Of Earth & Wires by Dua Saleh
A grief album built for the dance floor, where the body keeps moving after the mind has already left the room.
17 hrs ago
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Jill Wannasa
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Album Review: GENESIS FM by BNYX®
A producer who built his reputation moving other people’s bodies makes a debut that only finds a center when the body is the subject.
21 hrs ago
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Blaise Freeman
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Album Review: Dr*gs R Bad by LUCKI
A Chicago rapper opens his fifth studio album with a spoken definition of heroin nods. Twenty-six songs later he still sounds like he picked up the…
21 hrs ago
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Maurice Wren
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The Appeal of the Storied Label Loved by Soul Fans the World Over
Based in Jackson, Mississippi, Malaco has delivered timeless songs alongside Dorothy Moore, King Floyd, and others. A label that shifted its menu with…
May 18
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Imani Raven
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Album Review: Sow & So by Nappy Nina & Swarvy
Their second LP plays like a small band that has been a rap album the whole time. Nina’s writing has gotten sharper around money and family; Swarvy…
May 17
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Dr. Chong
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Album Review: REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE by Genesis Owusu
The Ghanaian-Australian rapper’s third album names every villain by name and dares them to respond. Dann Hume’s production holds it all together with…
May 17
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Phil
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Between Helpless, Unbothered, and Overdressed
Giveon knows, Baby Rose knows, and Jaz Karis’s therapist knows. The difference is who says it out loud.
May 17
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Keziah Amara Reid
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Album Review: Nasalifya (Thank You) by Hil St. Soul
Her sixth album turns down the radio dial and ends in a language her father spoke.
May 16
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Zachary Penn
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Album Review: Smile by Nick Grant
The South Carolina rapper’s latest release builds his case for staying outside the trend market, and the album is the strongest argument he has filed…
May 16
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Dai Kurihara
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Album Review: EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL DIED EARLY by ANKHLEJOHN & V Don
V Don’s loops run chest-level and will not budge. On the right songs, ANKHLEJOHN’s bars push back, and the pressure pays.
May 15
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Deja L.
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