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OutKast’s seminal ATliens is a high-water mark for Southern hip hop.
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After all these years, Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica still stands as one of rock’s most challenging and boundary-pushing albums.
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Run the Jewels returns with their most politically charged effort yet.
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Kid Cudi returns with an album that plays more toward his strengths. I use the word “strengths” loosely.
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Arizona’s Injury Reserve threatens the rap establishment with one of the most exciting tapes in the underground right now.
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Post Malone proves his status as a one-hit wonder with his commercial debut, Stoney.
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TDE’s living lyrical conundrum, Ab-Soul, returns for one of his most dense albums yet.
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J. Cole returns with a personal set of vignettes on 4 Your Eyez Only.
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The new Common album looked as if it would be a fresh perspective on the race relations in America, but it barely scratches the surface of the divides that have made so much press over the past few years.
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Childish Gambino carves his own niche in the recent wave of vintage soul revivalism with Awaken, My Love!
