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September 2026 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month (opens the original)
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In a month when new music listeners are treated to releases that range from soul and spiritual jazz to avant-garde noise to Southern R&B and UK jazz to Afro-funk and bedroom art-pop to giant pop stars and vinyl-only underground rappers, it’s challenging to identify a unifying theme for this month. Yet, somehow, we think we’ve managed it.There are a surprising number of veterans returning after several years (and in a couple of cases, more than a decade) of silence, alongside first-timers with fu
Milestones: A Seat at the Table by Solange (opens the original)
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Wednesday Roundups #168: 25 New Projects You Should Listen to Now (opens the original)
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Welcome back to another issue of Wednesday Roundups! Diving into today’s music can be overwhelming with the constant influx of albums and singles, as 100,000+ tracks are uploaded daily. That’s where Shatter the Standards makes your musical navigation easier every Wednesday. They slice through the noise, bringing you a curated list of noteworthy new drops acc
Deciphering Megan Thee Stallion’s “Tina Tuesday Freestyle” (opens the original)
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The late rapper Pimp C had an alter ego named Tony Snow. Megan Thee Stallion has an alter ego named Tina Snow, who is essentially the Houstonian MC counterpart, and she gave Tina her most beloved EP (Tina Snow). Megan continued the character through her 2020 project, Suga, as well as Something for the Hotties and Act II. “Tina Tuesday Freestyle,” produced by Buddha Bless (giving her that classic H-Town bass-heavy sound), sets the tone for what we’re getting in the next chapter going forward.<p
Album Review: OPIA by VITA (opens the original)
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