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Album Review: Juniper by Joy Crookes
Joy Crookes has not only survived her storm; she’s woven it into art that stands on bold terms. Juniper is an exhilarating, heart-rending listen…
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Tai Lawson
Wednesday Roundups #119: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
With James Vickery, Ayoni, Ho99o9, Theravada, A-Reece, Joy Postell, El Cousteau, Anysia Kym/Tony Seltzer, Peyton, Aasha Marie, and others, hit play on…
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Anniversaries: S.D.E. by Cam’ron
Free of the gloss that trailed Confessions of Fire, he leaned into the underground hero role, and S.D.E. became raw DNA for Dipset’s sound and stance.
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Tabia N. Mullings
Album Review: I’m Only F**king Myself by Lola Young
Lola Young may be “only f**king herself,” but in doing so, she’s found a fierce new sense of purpose—flaws and all—and it’s damn hard to ignore.
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Charlotte Rochel
Anniversaries: Untitled (Rise) by SAULT
In the context of SAULT’s prodigious sequence of releases, Untitled (Rise) reads like a definitive statement. They have given us an opus of purposeful…
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Phil
The Counter-Archives of John Edgar Wideman’s Philadelphia Fire and Armand Hammer’s Shrines
Wideman’s unresolved novel and Armand Hammer’s album are masterworks of this practice. They do not offer the official, definitive story of the MOVE…
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Blackpolitan
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Brandon O'Sullivan
Anniversaries: GO:OD AM by Mac Miller
GO:OD AM feels alive. It’s messy and honest, confident and vulnerable, stubbornly optimistic in its ragged way.
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Oliver I. Martin
Milestones: Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J
Mama Said Knock You Out captures a determined artist refusing to stay down, and it keeps inspiring comebacks from anyone ready to find that inner fire…
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Reginald Marcel
Anniversaries: Overly Dedicated by Kendrick Lamar
Overly Dedicated may have begun as “just” a mixtape, but today it stands as a crucial piece of the Kendrick Lamar story—the moment the good kid from…
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Brandon O'Sullivan
Anniversaries: Airtight’s Revenge by Bilal
Bilal’s long-delayed second album marked his return after years of label battles and unreleased music. It still blows minds, demands, and deserves to be…
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Imani Raven
New Music Drops: September 12, 2025
Here’s your upcoming rundown of albums/singles releasing on September 12th, featuring Ed Sheeran, JADE, Rex Orange County, Jordan Ward, and many others.
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Anniversaries: The People’s Champ by Paul Wall
Paul Wall never lets you forget where he’s from. In the broader mid-2000s hip-hop landscape, The People’s Champ arrived during the Southern rap…
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Randy
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