#The 50 best albums of 2024

#The 50 best albums of 2024

The 50 best albums of 2024 From Brat to Bird’s Eye and Cold Visions to Queridão, these are the albums we couldn’t ignore this year. By Alex Robert Ross, Cady Siregar, Jordan Darville, Raphael Helfand, Steffanee Wang, Wale Oloworekende, Shaad D’Souza, Lucas Villa, Colin Joyce, Emma Madden, Vivian Medithi, David Renshaw, Walden Green Every album…

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#slowthai found not guilty of rape

#slowthai found not guilty of rape

The London rapper and co-defendant Alex Blake-Walker were charged with assaulting two women after a performance in September 2021. slowthai. Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images   slowthai, the 29-year-old English rapper born Tyron Frampton has been found not guilty of three counts of rape, the BBC reports. He and his co-defendant Alex Blake-Walker…

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#Rap Blog: Take a smoke break with mynameisntjmack

#Rap Blog: Take a smoke break with mynameisntjmack

Listen to the Virginian rapper’s new single “american spirit.” Ian Anthony Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. Mynameisntjmack’s (almost) eponymous May debut, mynameisnt, was like eavesdropping on live-jazz therapy sessions about fame with Blu and Mick Jenkins, but the rapper seems to have grown less concerned with that journey on…

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#In 2024, Plaqueboymax became hip-hop’s must-watch streamer

#In 2024, Plaqueboymax became hip-hop’s must-watch streamer

The Twitch streamer’s Song Wars and In The Booth series courted rap’s up-and-coming elite including wolfacejoeyy, Nino Paid, and more. Twitch/Plaqueboymax We’ll remember 2024 as the year of clipfarming, 12 months when everyone clamored a little too desperately to go viral on livestreams. This is especially, or even disproportionately, true for rappers. Historically forward-thinking when…

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#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

Songs You Need In Your Life This Week Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. By The FADER Courtesy of Ceechynaa; Morgan Maher; Ruby Faye Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music…

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#Rap Blog: Rich Amiri finds his pocket

#Rap Blog: Rich Amiri finds his pocket

Listen to “THATS IT” off the Boston rapper’s new album War Ready. Rich Amiri. Photo by @rueguh   Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. Though Rich Amiri is often dismissed as just another Future soundalike, the hate can feel a little forced. After all, when your breakout single gets as…

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