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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…
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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…
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Phil
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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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Album Review: Elevator Music by Lord Sko & Statik Selektah
Statik Selektah’s apprentice spends his debut LP cataloging the tax of getting noticed. Every Henny pour, dead homie, and missed call comes priced.
May 15
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Reginald Marcel
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Album Review: The Last Balloon by Tank and the Bangas
The last installment in the Balloon trilogy puts the writer in front of the singer.
May 15
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Kenya DuRant
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Album Review: Retrospect by Mýa
Mýa spent a decade building a funk album that sounds like 1985 and talks like tonight. The old-school production is meticulous, the lyrics never look…
May 14
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Brielle Saint-Amour
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Album Review: The Edge by Tone Stith
The Jersey songwriter-singer’s solo return after nearly three years is tightest when the singing turns ugly.
May 13
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Tayla North
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Album Review: BULLDAWG by Kenny Mason
Kenny Mason’s third album hones the writing and pushes the drums until the bass distorts.
May 12
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Rian Frost
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EP Review: Sugar Girl by Little Simz
On a four-track EP with Jakwob, Little Simz takes a different approach to her sound that is just in time for the summer.
May 12
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Ameenah Laquita
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EP Review: The Prelude by SWAVAY
As just a prelude, SWAVAY diversifies bar rap, money talk, and a robbery story that ends with the fading rapper from verse one walking into his own…
May 11
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DeShawn Ellis
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