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Album Review: Mr. Lovebomb by Isaia Huron
The Greenville pastor’s kid writes and produces a concept album about running through women and knowing better the whole time. He’s got the ear and the…
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Daliah Green
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New Music Drops: April 10, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of April 10th. We know it can be…
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Album Review: NOT A CHANCE IN HELL by Mozzy & EST Gee
The Sacramento-Louisville alliance doesn’t bother pretending these stories end well. It doesn’t have to.
Apr 8
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LeMarcus
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Wednesday Roundups #144: 19 New Projects You Should Listen to Now
Listen to new releases from bbymutha, Marlon Craft, んoon, Miles Minnick, Daniel Son & Futurewave, Sonny Miles, Lekan, Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, N’shai…
Apr 8
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Album Review: keepsake by Ragz Originale
The Skepta collaborator’s sophomore album keeps asking for somebody and barely waits for an answer. It is slim, warm, and gone before the feeling fades.
Apr 7
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Okoye
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Album Review: PRAY FOR ME by RAAHiiM
RAAHiiM talks to God about women and talks to women about God. The confusion between those conversations is the truest thing here.
Apr 7
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Jill Wannasa
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Milestones: Street Songs by Rick James
Eight songs about sex, poverty, and police, written by a man who was weighing whether to become a carpenter. The filthiest and most honest funk album…
Apr 7
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Reuben Dara
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Album Review: Machetes & Micheladas by Coyote & Statik Selektah
The Hawthorne duo and Statik Selektah make bilingual boom bap that covers lotería, drive-by narratives, political fury, and letters to firstborn sons…
Apr 6
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Joelle Figueroa
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Every J. Cole Interview Makes the Last One Worse
The more Cole talks, the less any of it holds together. His Fall Off press run is a case study in how not to explain yourself.
Apr 6
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Album Review: Santa Rosa by Fat Ray & Raphy
Detroit’s underground keeps feeding itself. Fat Ray and Raphy run back the Santa Barbara formula with better bars and bigger names.
Apr 5
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Harry Brown
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Album Review: Shattered Glass by Daniel Son & Futurewave
Toronto’s most prolific underground duo keeps sending dispatches from the same frozen block. The consistency borders on unreasonable.
Apr 5
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Xavier Thomas
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Love Songs for Grown Folks With Standards
Mary J. Blige won’t bargain, Johnny Venus won’t stop apologizing, LAYA flirts through GPS, PJ Morton won’t rush, and India Shawn plays no games.
Apr 5
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Soulpolitan
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