8/10
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A Quiet Farwell is an inventive and consistently stimulating collage of underground hip hop and various strands of abstract music.
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Beyoncé pulls out all the stops on HOMECOMING, a live album of epic proportions.
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Though it succumbs to some trends and has a bit of a loose framework, Lizzo’s latest album is still a fantastic fusion of rap and soul music.
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PUP solidifies itself as one of this decade’s best pop punk acts with Morbid Stuff.
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Despite some structural shortcomings, Guns is a great work of politically-charged jazz rap.
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Hiding Places is Billy Woods’ most personally cutting project so far.
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The Comet Is Coming is doing its part to bring jazz into the next decade.
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It’s a shame that the popularity and promotion behind Billie Eilish has poisoned the well a bit, as When We All Fall Asleep is actually an artful, well-crafted, and unique pop album.
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Flume’s full-length followup to 2016’s Skin takes a very welcome turn for the experimental.
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Even after 25 years, Matmos is creating some of the most fun and inventive electronic music you’ll hear in your life.
