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Alphonse Pierre

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Alphonse Pierre

    300SkullsAndCounting / Jenny Sparks: THIS IS SPA TOWN! (opens the original)

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    Welcome to Pitchfork.com review No. 8,333 on a self-loathing white dude documenting his love-hate relationship with his boring-as-shit but quaint hometown. Up to the plate is 300SkullsAndCounting, aka Hal Hewetson, a twentysomething from Warwick out in the middle of England who has been dropping hard-to-categorize bedroom screamo made with the unchecked curiosity I tend to associate with pandemic-era hyperpop and rave-ready internet rap. Click around his SoundCloud page and you might land on a M

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Alphonse Pierre

    Lov’nee: “Anonymat” (opens the original)

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    As much as I fuck with all of the madcap sounds coming out of the West Indies at the moment, the laid-back shatta tunes Lov’nee has been pumping out lately are my sweet spot. She’s been popping in Martinique for a while now with melodic rap that she’s described as equally influenced by Lauryn Hill and Jocelyne Béroard, the heart of the legendary zouk band Kassav’, but with producer DJ Jyz, she’s locked into a midtempo groove that’s simultaneously traditional and of the times. On “

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Alphonse Pierre

    Beyoncé: B’DAY (20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (opens the original)

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    The weirdest song in the entire Beyoncé catalog might just be “Daddy,” the tender finale to her massive 2003 debut album, Dangerously in Love. Originally a hidden track, for good reason, the hook of the piano ballad goes like this: “I want my unborn son to be like my daddy/I want my husband to be like my daddy.” Yeah, the Knowles fam was tripping. The “Daddy” lyrics might give you the heebie jeebies, but the real problem is that, over 20 years later, I still can’t tell if it was a

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Alphonse Pierre

    Don’t Call iKeda a Pop Star: “It’s a Bit Cringe” (opens the original)

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    Call me biased, but I believe a lot of the most fun music out right now is of or has roots in the Caribbean. I’m talking everything from the bouyon scene—catch me listening to Signal Band’s “Spend Dat” remix on the regular—to the infectious riddims bubbling in Trinidad to the South Florida rappers sending up their Haitian heritage to all of the artists modernizing classic reggae and dancehall. That’s probably why iKeda’s “Go!” has been in my rotation lately—it sounds like a

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Alphonse Pierre

    Glizzy Glow: Trench Baddie (opens the original)

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    To various degrees, Chicago has been rapping over booty music forever. In the 1990s, Crucial Conflict were getting their hip-hop hoedown on with juke rhythms and tempos to go with their bugged-out flows. Meanwhile, DJ Deeon was dropping throbbing ghettohouse singles that sometimes felt like freaky, diced-up Three 6 Mafia jams. DJ L, one of the pioneers of early 2010s Chicago drill production, never fails to mention that the hard bass kicks and pulsating beats were some footwork shit. Years ago h

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