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clipping. somehow manages to top last year’s There Existed an Addiction to Blood with a second helping of avant-horrorcore bangers.
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Tkay Maidza’s latest EP is hit after hit after hit after hit.
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Blu & Exile deliver a jazz rap album whose ambition and craftsmanship should go unmatched for some time.
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The power of disco is on full display on What’s Your Pleasure.
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Black Dresses mercilessly kills us with kindness on Peaceful as Hell.
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What Song for Our Daughter lacks in experimentation it more than makes up for with its robust songwriting.
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H.A.Q.Q. is the culmination of all of Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix’s musical innovations this decade.
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The fourth installment of Matana Roberts’ COIN COIN series is instantly one of the decade’s most compelling jazz projects.
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Richard Dawson outdoes himself with this modernist spiritual successor to 2017’s Peasant.