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Kindred spirits MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt lay drunken master flows over ambient plugg Surf Gang production for a separate-but-together collaboration that is sure to challenge rap purists' projections on "real hip-hop." Tapping Surf Gang's burgeoning collective of internet-born New York underground for production duties, the two abstract hip-hop vets take their talents through an evolution of icy synths and smooth 808s met with slurred in-and-outs à la Lucki, Veeze, ... read more

16 years since their last album, legendary Virginia-based hip hop duo Clipse pulls off a comeback for the ages with chilling precision in Let God Sort Em Out. Brothers Pusha T and Malice have reunited under righteous circumstance after navigating the better part of two decades as solo artists to finish what they started. With newfound clarity and Pharrell behind production once again playing the role of oracle to Clipse prophecy, no one is safe from judgement as they set out with ill intent and ... read more

Beloved UK rapper and actress Little Simz is back with the release of her deeply personal and reflective sixth album, Lotus, a project nearly stifled by circumstance now a testament to her resilience. Public betrayal from a long-term collaborator, an ensuing legal battle, and a mountain of self-doubt inform confessional proclamations that take command of vibrant soul searching production still muddy from flood. Antagonists are hunted over rock influenced bouncing afrobeats through jungles dense ... read more

The celebrated Japanese folk singer 青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] makes her long awaited return with Luminescent Creatures, a stunningly serene collection of minimalist compositions inspired by time spent on a remote island in the East China Sea and the creatures in the surrounding ocean. Gently crashing waves of sublime beauty over a magical world that materializes and vanishes as quickly as the last song closes, this album is a stillness, a virgin expanse in our media-rich, always-on world; a ... read more