Hear Me ClearlyIn the 15 years since he appeared on the inaugural XXL Freshman cover, Lupe Fiasco has changed a lot. Yet, he remains one of the illest lyricists in Continue Reading
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Three former R&B group members RL (Next) Q Parker (112) and Willie Taylor (Day 26) have teamed up and released a single, “Fireworks,” a slow, R&B ballad. It brings back Continue Reading
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The 2022 XXL Freshman Class is here. You’ve seen their ABCs, listened to them respond to trolls for the Mean Comments segment and heard them spit in their individual freestyles. Now, Continue Reading
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Last month, the Brooklyn musician Rachika Nayar announced her sophomore album Heaven Come Crashing with its title track, which made its way onto our best songs of the week list. Continue Reading
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Billboard chart-topping R&B Singer-Songwriter Noel Gourdin is back on the music scene and turning up the heat this summer with his new single, “Get To You.” The single was released Continue Reading
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Tell the truth, this is what you’ve all been waiting for. Now, that the 2022 XXL Freshman Class is fully unsheathed, and the pleasantries of the Mean Comments, ABCs and Continue Reading
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Next month, the great country-rock singer-songwriter Amanda Shires will release her new solo album Take It Like A Man. Shires spends a lot of time in other projects — in Continue Reading
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Last month, of Montreal announced a new album, Freewave Lucifer f<ck f^ck f>ck, a follow-up to last year’s self-released I Feel Safe With You, Trash. At the time, they shared Continue Reading
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Spaced-out Los Angeles art-punkers No Age are now in their 17th year as a band; the duo slid into veteran status so quietly that nobody even noticed. At this point, Continue Reading
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A few months ago, the veteran Chicago underground rapper Defcee got together with the Chicago-based producer to release the impressive collaborative album For All Debts Public And Private. Today, Defcee Continue Reading
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In the past few months, Brittney Parks, the singular artist who records under the name Sudan Archives, has released two singles, “Home Maker” and “Selfish Soul.” We loved both of Continue Reading
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A couple of weeks ago, Drake released his surprise album Honestly, Nevermind, an unexpected dive into house and club music sounds. In the immediate wake of that album’s release, a Continue Reading
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Both members of the Brooklyn alt-rock duo just graduated college, and they’re now getting ready to release their new LP Household Name on Friday. Thus far, Momma have already shared Continue Reading
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Valerie June has announced a follow-up to her 2021 album, The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers. Out August 26 via Fantasy Records, the Americana/soul singer’s new project is called Continue Reading
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Cyndi Lauper has shared a new version of her 1993 song “Sally’s Pigeons” in response to the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday, ending the right to Continue Reading
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Producer Dot Da Genius has been working with Kid Cudi from the very beginning; he’s the guy who made the beat for Kudi’s breakout single “Day ‘N’ Nite” more than Continue Reading
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Earlier this year, the Austin band Voxtrot announced a reunion tour after breaking up in 2010. They also revealed plans for a collection of obscurities called Cut From The Stone: Continue Reading
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It’s been a bit since we’ve heard some new songs from Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit. Johanna and Klara Söderberg’s last album was Ruins, back in 2018. In 2019, Continue Reading
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At the end of July, Oklahoma City band Chat Pile are releasing their first full-length album, God’s Country, which comes after a few years of EPs and splits. They announced Continue Reading
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The UK producer Mura Masa is still a few months out from the release of his new album, demon time, but he’s been steadily dropping tracks off of it for Continue Reading
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