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The Handguide to the Ladies of Hip-Hop
Presented chronologically to show the long march of ladies in rap music toward success and recognition, contains several types of projects.
Mar 31, 2025
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Tai Lawson
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Jamila W.
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Tabia N. Mullings
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150 Best R&B Albums of the 2020s So Far
So whether you’re an old-school purist, a fan of avant-garde experimentation, or simply looking for your new favorite record, here are 150 selections of…
Feb 24, 2025
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Album Review: Is There Anybody Home? by rum.gold
A divorce record from someone who never felt at home anywhere. Every room on it is empty, and he keeps walking through them anyway.
2 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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Jhanel
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Anniversaries: SEPT 5TH by dvsn
Toronto’s OVO duo made a sex album with church in its bones and enough gorgeous restraint to survive its own bluntness.
6 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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Raya Sinclair
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EP Review: Candy by Justine Skye
Justine Skye spent a decade auditioning for a lane that kept moving. She’s all the way in one now, and it fits like a thong she didn’t bother wearing.
14 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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Rosa Delgado
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R&B Albums That Basically Counts As Going to Therapy
Apr 21, 2025
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Album Review: The Fall-Off by J. Cole
Feb 6
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Shatter the Standards
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Kamaria Jules
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Album Review: Man’s Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter
Aug 28, 2025
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Charlotte Rochel
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Album Review: Son of Spergy by Daniel Caesar
Oct 23, 2025
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Tai Lawson
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Shatter the Standards
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Milestones: Acoustic Soul by India.Arie
On her 2001 debut, the Atlanta singer-songwriter built a guitar-driven R&B album around self-possession and quiet conviction, and mostly proved that…
14 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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Esther Blake
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Album Review: ADL by Yeat
The double album promises life on one side and love on the other, but mostly Yeat just talks about his money twice.
19 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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Cierra Marcel
Album Review: Full Circle by Tom Misch
The south London guitarist’s first solo album in eight years bets everything on the song instead of the loop. It pays off more often than it doesn’t.
19 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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Priya Okafor
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New Music Drops: March 27, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of March 27th. We know it can be…
20 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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Album Review: Brilliance of a Falling Moon by dälek
Will Brooks at fifty raps harder and more precisely than ever, turning dälek’s industrial-noise hip-hop into the sharpest political record of the year.
22 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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Alexandria Elise
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The Handguide to Lucky Daye
David Brown left a cult at eight, got cut from American Idol at nineteen, and starved in LA at thirty. Lucky Daye is what happened after all of it…
Mar 17
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Shatter the Standards
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Janelle K. Moore
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There Is Only One Chaka Khan
Since the mid-seventies, Chaka Khan has been a colorful chameleon on and off the stage. She is widely known for her spontaneity and has constantly found…
Mar 16
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Blackpolitan
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Raya Sinclair
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The Lineage of Michael Jackson (Kids / Young Stars)
Each guide is based on this run of albums, believed to be part of Michael Jackson’s roots. It then branches out into post-1995, drawn from that tree…
Feb 27
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Shatter the Standards
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Phil
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Falling in Love with Bruno Mars All Over Again
A world-class superstar who needs no introduction enters a new chapter in romantic mode. The biggest release of 2026, an overwhelmingly entertaining…
Feb 26
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Shatter the Standards
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Darryl Keyes
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The Jackson 5 Follower Groups Before 1994
The Jackson 5 template proved too profitable to retire. Family harmony meets youth marketing. These nine albums trace the Jackson 5’s afterlife in…
Feb 20
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Shatter the Standards
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Phil
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New Music Drops
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New Music Drops: March 27, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of March 27th. We know it can be…
20 hrs ago
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Shatter the Standards
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New Music Drops: March 20, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of March 20th. We know it can be…
Mar 19
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Shatter the Standards
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New Music Drops: March 13, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of March 13th. We know it can be…
Mar 12
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Shatter the Standards
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New Music Drops: March 6, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of March 6th. We know it can be…
Mar 6
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Shatter the Standards
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New Music Drops: February 27, 2026
As new albums and singles get constantly flooded into our radar, look no further than skimming through the release week of February 27th. We know it can…
Feb 27
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Shatter the Standards
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