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From forward-looking electronic and experimental to new approaches in the ever-evolving R&B scene, from hip-hop and punk to rock and pop, 2018 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.

                                      
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Young Fathers Do It Their Way on Best Album Yet, 'Cocoa Sugar'

Young Fathers Create a Powerful Ballad and Dance Track with "In My View" (Singles Going Steady)

Young Fathers: TAPE 1 and TAPE 2 (Reissue)

The reissue of Young Fathers' TAPE 1 and TAPE 2 shows the Scottish group's early promise.

Massive Attack / Young Fathers - "Voodoo in My Blood"

"Voodoo in My Blood" is a trip-hop New Orleans funeral parade with the casket open, brimming with incantatory rhymes and death-hymn melodies.

Massive Attack: Ritual Spirit

Massive Attack primes the trip-hop pump with a compelling, bite-sized EP.

Young Fathers - "Old Rock N Roll" (Singles Going Steady)

Syncopated loops and grimey production provides the perfect backdrop to add a new voice to the ongoing, and much needed, dialogue on race relations.

Young Fathers: Dead

Dead is a deeply weird album. It's probably the strangest hip-hop album made since Death Grip's Government Plates.

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