The Chicago rapper is something of an outcast in his hometown’s hip-hop scene, delivering slick punchlines over boom-bap beats. His third project in four months is his best, but he’s got room to grow....
Bubblegum surf-pop meets Midwestern earnestness on the Kansas City quintet’s sweet, funny, but sometimes inscrutable sophomore album....
On her most rap-oriented release yet, Nicki jettisons all the industry madness, drowns out the noise, and creates rap the way she believes it should sound....
With history and folklore as its backdrop, the Haitian band moves further away from Western styles to focus on Creole tradition and West African roots....
The veteran field-recording artist turns his microphones on New York City in the attempt to capture something essential lurking within the ephemeral....
The St. Louis band’s third album is big, beautiful, and audacious, an artful leap toward creating the new sound of rafter-shaking indie rock....