Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers means more to me than you'll ever know.

Qveen Herby is criminally underrated. The Muse lives up to its title, as this is an album meant to inflate the feminine ego. AND I LIVE!

Earl Sweatshirt lulls you into a false sense of serenity, then kicks you in the teeth. Voir Dire dares the listener to judge him.

J Noa DID. NOT. COME. TO. PLAY!

In his first English-language interview, Untell expresses his desire to be a pioneer and the future of Korean hip hop.

Cali-based Korean-American rapper Patty is in the dawn of his career and is enjoying the path to artistic self-discovery.

In his debut LP, HUMAN, 21-year-old rapper Untell is brash, loud and you're damn well gonna hear what he has to say!

Kendrick Lamar returns and brings with him a powerful piece of visual poetry unlike anything we've seen from him before.

Another year. Another 100 Favorite Albums. 2021 was rough. But music is everlasting.

With Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler the Creator lets you know exactly who he is. Arrogant, audacious and painfully musical.

With his self-titled EP, Vince Staples taps into true, raw honesty in both lyric and musical production.

I had high hopes for kaogaii's BACK HAN SOL. And in the beginning, those hopes were realized.

Prolific producer/DJ The Alchemist shows his cinematic ear with Carry The Fire.

Wonstein's ZOO is one of the most beautiful pieces of music to come out of South Korea in the last couple years.

Khundi Panda's MODM : Orignal Saga is the most aggressive album from South Korea in 2021.

The Alchemist's This Thing of Ours is a piece of jazz-tinged magic with musical depth and, at times, lyrical majesty.

Zior Park offers SYNDROMEZ, a twisted, fantastical work of art. Oh, how I have missed this man!

Isaiah Rashad's The House Is Burning is the journey of a man crawling out of his pain and trying to navigate an unsure future.

If Armand Hammer & Alchemist's Haram doesn't end up being my favorite hip-hop album of 2021, it's gonna get damn close!

Riders Against the Storm shows the true authentic soul and beauty of hip hop with Flowers For the Living.