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2 Chainz: Pretty Girls Like Trap Music

Grant Rindner / 28 June 2017

2 Chainz cashes in on his elder statesman status on one of the best rap albums of 2017. He proves that there is a path to aging gracefully as an MC by embracing trends but preserving his own unique, off-kilter sensibility.

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Black Lips: Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art?

Scott Zuppardo / 3 May 2017

New band members help resurrect a classic Black Lips sound. Rock 'n' roll is safe and sound for now.

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Playboi Carti: Playboi Carti

Brian Duricy / 19 April 2017

Playboi Carti does not break new ground, but as an exercise in the millennial id delivered in Cam’ronian laziness, it’s sure a hell of a lot of fun.

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Migos: C U L T U R E (take 2)

Tanner Smith / 13 February 2017

Migos’ second studio album, Culture, is a victory lap and a statement of intent.

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Conscience of Congress John Lewis Hopes You’ll ‘Get in the Way’ of Things

Argun Ulgen / 10 February 2017

Lewis’s lifelong philosophy on civil disobedience is admirable and urgent. Interview with Get in the Way Director, Kathleen Dowdey.

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Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 3

William Sutton / 2 February 2017

Run the Jewels 3 is the sound of one hip-hop's most significant groups channeling their feelings of frustration, alienation, and rage into a radical call to arms.

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Black and Nerdy? Shattering the Monolith With ‘Atlanta’

PopMatters Staff / 30 January 2017

Atlanta goes a long way toward shattering the myth that there's a single black experience.

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Atlanta: Season 1, Episode 7 – “B.A.N.”

PopMatters Staff / 20 October 2016

Atlanta takes viewers down the rabbit hole of the Black American News Network -- complete with commercials -- in the best episode so far.

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Atlanta: Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6 – “Nobody Beats the Biebs” and “Value”

PopMatters Staff / 14 October 2016

Atlanta continues to capture the mix of ennui and outright desperation felt by smart, capable people as they see themselves underachieve, in addictive, off-kilter ways.