Wednesday Roundups #79: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Stream releases from FLO, Cordae, Maxo Kream, Shantel May, Odeal, LOONY, Brother Ali, Vita, Jalisa Rey, Raiche, Blvck Svm, Homer, Jon Batiste, Adrian Younge, Claire Brooks, Pa Salieu, and more.
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FLO: Access All Areas (R&B)
Cordae: The Crossroads (Hip-Hop)
Maxo Kream: Personification (Hip-Hop)
Shantel May: Triggered, But Here (R&B)
Odeal: Lustropolis (EP) [R&B]
LOONY: The Lost Tapes (EP) [R&B]
Brother Ali: Satisfied Soul (EP) [Hip-Hop]
Vita: Xotic (R&B)
Jalisa Rey: ILYSFM (EP) [R&B]
Raiche: Making Room (EP) [R&B]
Blvck Svm: Michelinman (Hip-Hop)
Homer: Ensatina (R&B)
Jon Batiste: Beethoven Blues (Jazz)
Adrian Younge: São Paulo (R&B)
Claire Brooks: I Will Outlive You (EP) [R&B]
Pa Salieu: Afrikan Alien (Hip-Hop)
Cavalier & Child Actor: Cine (Hip-Hop)
Chelsea Jordan: Better When I’m Lonely (EP) [R&B]
RIMON: Children of the Night (R&B)
Oswin Benjamin: God, What’s Your ETA? (EP) [Hip-Hop]
Eva Gadd: I Don’t Talk (EP) [R&B]
Soulganic: Phosphene (R&B)
SoMo: 9 Lives (R&B)
Saekyo: Love Is Grief In Suspended Animation (EP) [R&B]
Silkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon Giddens: American Railroad (Country)
Additional Projects That Deserve Your Attention
Antone Amalbert & Rodney Jones: The House That Pepper Built (R&B)
Emile Londonien: Inwards (Jazz)
3ee: LUVSNGS (R&B)
IAMTHELIVING: Nebra Sky (R&B)
Merges: Agnus (EP) [R&B]
Eto: Long Way Home (Hip-Hop)
Ganavya: Daughter of a Temple (Jazz)
Rotimi: In My Heart In My Veins (R&B)
Thato Saul: All Doggs Go to Heaven (Hip-Hop)
Gypsy Mitchell: Love Is… Infinite (Funk)