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Album Review: Movin’ by Selah Sue & The Gallands
A Belgian pop-soul singer handed her worst year to a jazz father-son duo, and they gave her back songs that know the difference between sadness and…
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Osei Addae
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Album Review: Joy by MT Jones
After years of busking, gigging, and backing up other people’s ambitions, MT Jones finally wrote his own album. He has melodies built to last and a…
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Imani Raven
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Album Review: R3SET by Mike WiLL Made-It
Mike WiLL Made-It lost everything on two hard drives and spent nine years figuring out what to build next. R3SET is the answer, and Atlanta is the…
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Chinedu Faulkner
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Album Review: Good Intentions by Ego Ella May
A South London songwriter turns prayer, diaspora grief, and unglamorous love into her sharpest record yet.
Mar 18
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Ameenah Laquita
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Album Review: Comfortably Suffering by Duncecap & Samurai Banana
On their first album together in a decade, the Queens rapper and his longtime producer reunite with sharper teeth and heavier bags under their eyes.
Mar 17
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Mina Abdel
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Album Review: Love Games by Larrenwong
A Bay Area multi-instrumentalist’s second LP charms and seduces with real skill. It rarely risks enough to let anybody see him sweat.
Mar 15
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Jen Mauvais
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Album Review: Beautifully All Over the Place by Eric Roberson
A grown-folks record comfortable in its own living room. Roberson’s pen is sharpest when it stays indoors; the pep talks could use a window.
Mar 15
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Jamila W.
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Album Review: What’s Bracken by Jeremy Ryan
The Jacksonville rapper’s concept album asks you not to trust him, then spends almost an hour trying to earn your trust anyway.
Mar 14
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Tai Lawson
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Album Review: SPOOKY: ACT I by TrigNO
A Columbus rapper with a decade of invisibility writes his darkest, most plotted-out album and dares you to sit through every story.
Mar 14
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Deja L.
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Album Review: Push & Paint by Bruiser Wolf & Sheefy McFly
Detroit’s funniest drug rapper and a painter who moonlights as a producer spend less than thirty minutes proving that wordplay can substitute for depth…
Mar 14
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Nia Lattimore
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Album Review: You’re Free to Go by Anjimile
On his third album, Anjimile splits open between devotion and disownment. He trades The King’s fury for something harder to fake: the courage to mean it…
Mar 13
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Zaria Farah
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Album Review: For Mary by Olive Jones
The Dorset soul singer spent a decade writing for people she couldn’t save. Her first album is the sound of showing up anyway.
Mar 13
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Seraphina Joy Clarke
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