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Album Review: The Undisputed by Nickelus F
Richmond’s most tenured underground rapper self-produced every beat and wrote every bar. Twenty-six years deep with no label and no features, The…
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Tariq Belson
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Album Review: HATE ISLAND by Teller Bank$
The Denver rapper who got swindled out of his house made a record about what guilt costs when the money shows up. He’s arguing with himself and losing.
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Devon Kai Brooks
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Album Review: Scarred and Sacred by SOLCHLD
A poet brought finished words to a jazz trio, and the trio had the sense to get out of her way. SOLCHLD’s debut is spoken word that doesn’t need music…
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Sierra El-Sayed
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Milestones: Parade by Prince & The Revolution
Prince's post-Purple Rain restlessness yielded his most playful and peculiar funk record disguised as a film soundtrack. It also contains the saddest…
Mar 30
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Keziah Amara Reid
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A Rock ‘n’ Roll Entrance: Black Women Pioneers
All of these rock ‘n’ roll pioneers were African American, coming from jazz, rhythm ‘n’ blues, and even gospel backgrounds. They took an active…
Mar 30
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Esther Blake
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March 2026 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
From comeback records to quiet stunners, March proved that the year’s best music might already be behind us. Jazz, soul, rap, and everything in between…
Mar 30
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Album Review: Garden Dance by Rap Man Gavin
A Cape Town–Providence rap album about plant medicine and historical erasure that never separates the personal from the political.
Mar 29
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Kendra Vale
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Album Review: Days of You. by chromonicci
A beatmaker’s second vocal album runs on groove and desire, convincing enough when the details show up.
Mar 29
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Amaya🎀
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New R&B from Elmiene, Jenevieve, Noah Guy, rum.gold, and Isaia Huron
Five new R&B tracks about staying too long, giving too much, and refusing to leave. Debut albums and a breakup concept record led the week.
Mar 29
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Album Review: Skeletor by Chief Keef
A man who built Drill’s blueprint at 16 is 30 now. Chief Keef made his most autobiographically detailed album. It’s the best thing he’s done in a mighty…
Mar 28
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Nia Lattimore
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Milestones: Return of 4eva by Big K.R.I.T.
The Mississippi rapper and producer’s magnum opus of a mixtape is Southern rap’s warmest, most self-assured free album of 2011.
Mar 28
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Noura Haddad
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Album Review: EXTRA CHEESE by NAHreally
The Massachusetts MC’s tenth release wrings a whole album from the pleasures and anxieties of being pretty good. Nobody rapping this candidly about…
Mar 28
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Mina Abdel
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