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Talib Kweli, Prisoner of Cons…
In 1998, Talib Kweli said, “Every day someone ask me, ‘Where … more »
Har Mar Superstar, Bye Bye 17…
More than a decade ago, indie rocker Sean Tillman was reborn as a campy R… more »
Kid Cudi, Indicud
“Niggas thinking I’m living life paranoid,” Kid Cudi sa… more »
Ghostface Killah & Adria…
Though his persona draws from comics, true crime and 42nd Street double f… more »
Various Artists, Fool’s…
Loosies, from the Brooklyn-based indie record Fool’s Gold, is a sel… more »
Tyler, The Creator, Wolf…
In the past, Tyler, the Creator has made it clear that his favorite album… more »
Charles Bradley, Victim of Lo…
Charles Bradley is not the kind of guy to sing of love in fantastical ter… more »
The Como Mamas, Get an Unders…
Ester Mae Smith and sisters Angela Taylor and Della Daniels have been sin… more »
Nicole Willis and the Soul In…
Imagine if Curtis Mayfield were still alive and making music as he did in… more »
Lady, Lady
This invigorating retro-soul album comes from a duo consisting of one-tim… more »
Adrian Younge Presents the De…
The original Delfonics lineup split up decades ago, but their legacy has … more »
Pillowfight, Pillowfight…
Hip-hop and violins — those that haven’t been sampled or scra… more »
A$AP Rocky, Long.Live.A$AP…
If there’s an avatar for what rappers will look like in the future,… more »
A$AP Rocky, LONG.LIVE.A$AP (D…
If there’s an avatar for what rappers will look like in the future,… more »
T.I., Trouble Man: Heavy is t…
No Mercy, T.I.’s last studio album, was a pop-star-studded affair, … more »
Big Boi, Vicious Lies and Dan…
“If ya’ll don’t know me by now, ya’ll ain’t… more »
Ab-Soul, Control System…
Ab-Soul is the resident word-nerd of Black Hippy, the rap crew that inclu… more »
Alicia Keys, Girl On Fire…
On her fifth album Girl On Fire, or at least on its first high-powered tw… more »
Freeway, Diamond in the Ruff…
I bet there’s dozens of underground rap records that have the title… more »
Solange, True
Sure, Solange is the sister of R&B/pop princess Beyoncé —… more »
Buckshot and 9th Wonder, The …
With The Solution, Black Moon/Boot Camp Clik powerhouse Buckshot has made… more »
Roc Marciano, Reloaded…
Roc Marciano makes rap that you know well already, even as you’re h… more »
The Weeknd, Trilogy
Sex and drugs have long been both an implicit and explicit topic of R… more »
The Coup, Sorry to Bother You…
Boots Riley has had a few other things to do than rap for Oakland collect… more »
