The Internet’s latest album includes vast improvements on the production and instrument front. However, their songwriting and vocal skills makes Ego Death far from a great record.
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Famed bass virtuoso Thundercat comes through with a star-studded mini album with The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam.
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Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment’s long-awaited Surf capitalizes on very little of its full potential.
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On their major label debut, Hiatus Kaiyote delivers over an hour of faintly adventurous neo-soul.
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OF’S Tyler, The Creator comes together with an album of ultra-distorted hardcore hip hop and smooth, lush neo-soul.
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OFWGKTA’s Tyler The Creator makes a surprise turn into soul territory with his new single.
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One of neo-soul’s more eccentric duo’s releases an intergalactic new album.
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Chet Faker brings together a few decent songs and instrumentals on this debut album of his, and while he’s a capable producer, he falls horrifically short as a singer, in my opinion.
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TDE member SZA drops a stunning single and video for her upcoming album, Z, which is dropping on April 8th. While this is clearly an R&B song, I’m loving the unusual emphasis on atmosphere in the production and subtle Björk influences on the vocal melody here. It
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UK singer-songwriter Sampha steps out with a short, but nicely sung solo effort with this Dual EP. WATCH THE REVIEW