Albums

Mos Def understood that hip-hop was a culture built on connectivity.

Every sound and voice on ‘Wow... That’s Crazy’ complements the world Wale is creating; a world that is sonically lush and lyrically transparent.

On his fifth studio album, ‘uknowhatimsayin?,’ Danny Brown is free.

The brash, Detroit emcee doesn’t sound reinvented, but reborn.

“I don’t feel like I’m good enough just to be coasting along.”

On ‘KIRK,’ DaBaby sounds like a human torch.

With an electrifying sophomore album, Kevin Gates solidifies his return to hip-hop.

Young M.A’s long-awaited debut is a tale told two years too late.

Throw some paper ‘Confetti,’ Jack Harlow is here to stay.

JPEGMAFIA remains one of rap’s most confrontational, adventurous artists.

Malone makes the most of his pliable vocal tone, pop-sensibilities, and curatorial ear while downplaying his greatest weakness: himself.

EarthGang's ‘MIRRORLAND’ is one of the wildest rides of 2019.

The South Carolina native is cruising down life’s windy highway searching for new experiences.

On ‘Is He Real?’ IDK aims to create a conceptual rap album within the confines of a playlist-like structure.

From the vocal mix to the production value, SiR’s RCA debut ‘Chasing Summer’ is radiant.

bLAck pARty’s ‘Endless Summer’ is a celestial mood board, unique to his idiosyncratic sensibilities.

On ‘Eve,’ Rapsody is spitting like the sky isn’t the limit.

As a body of work, ‘So Much Fun’ lives up to its name and then some.

This is grown man rap; not just grown men rapping.

On 'Ugh, those feels again,' Snoh Aalegra makes pining feel romantic and vast, not desperate.

'So Much Fun' is Young Thug honing the voice of a rap star.

Rapsody is wisdom; wisdom is Rapsody.

The gift and curse of a long rap career is regularity.

Cuco uses ‘Para Mi’ to show us just how little footing we actually have.