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December 6, 2017
The Best Albums of 2017
Feist, Vince Staples, Margo Price, and more—these are the albums that stayed with us
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December 6, 2017
The Most Underrated—and Fascinating—Album of 2017
Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ was supposed to be another corporate affair. Instead, it’s the best album of the year.
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October 19, 2017
Margo Price Is the Real Country Music Deal
Her second record, ‘All American Made,’ is one of the best albums of the year
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September 14, 2017
What Spotify’s Rap Caviar Says About the Music Industry
Plus: an interview with Spoon’s Britt Daniel
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July 14, 2017
Jason Isbell Is Not the Terminator
The wry, literate Southern rocker is redefining ‘The Nashville Sound.’ Just don’t confuse him with his characters.
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July 7, 2017
Jay-Z Is the Reluctant King of “Afrotech”
On ‘4:44,’ the rapper turned tycoon sets his sights on generational, cultural wealth
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July 5, 2017
Jay-Z’s Midlife Crisis Is Over
On ‘4:44,’ his definitive retirement album, the rapper surveys his own shortcomings and showcases a newfound maturity in the process
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June 23, 2017
Vince Staples Asks Questions, Too
On ‘Big Fish Theory,’ the rapper’s compact second studio album, Staples ponders death, destruction, and market-price oysters with his trademark insight and humor
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June 19, 2017
The 25 Best Movies of the Century So Far and Lorde’s ‘Melodrama’
Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald discuss Andy’s weekend exploits and Lorde’s new album
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June 19, 2017
Lorde Works in Mysterious Ways
The young pop star’s ‘Melodrama’ is intimate, crushing, and bad at math. It’s also one of the best albums of the year.
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April 27, 2017
Feist’s Simple, Intimate ‘Pleasure’
The ‘1234’ singer is back, again, on her own quiet terms
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April 21, 2017
You Should Know About Charly Bliss
And their uniformly excellent debut album, ‘Guppy’
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April 17, 2017
An Impossibly Detailed Breakdown of All the Hidden Meanings on ‘Damn.’
If you look hard enough, you can figure out exactly who Kendrick Lamar is dissing. (Hint: It’s the Pope, and also Joel Embiid.)
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April 16, 2017
Kendrick Is Risen
On his fourth album, ‘Damn.,’ Lamar navigates the space between spirituality and religion, as he slowly gets used to being a shepherd to his adoring flock
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April 14, 2017
Damn, Kendrick
Call him “lyrical” if you must. We prefer “athletic.” On his latest album, Kendrick Lamar is a transcendent rapper at his creative peak.
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March 17, 2017
The Last Rock Band Standing
Spoon is arguably the greatest indie band of the last 20 years, with a new album to prove it. How have they stayed so good for so long?