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Cy White
Dec 13, 2021
Hoody: D-Day
While Hoody doesn't necessarily sell me on her rein as Korea's R&B queen, D-Day is a lovely album that highlights her vocal nuances.
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Cy White
Dec 11, 2021
Lotic: Water
In the same breath of Bjork, Lotic pours Water onto the world, crashing and crying life in woman-soaked hues.
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Cy White
Dec 11, 2021
James Larter: Polarity
James Larter's Polarity is a mystifying piece of music that takes me back to a place I haven't been in a long time.
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Cy White
Dec 11, 2021
Kindred the Family Soul: Auntie & Unc
Kindred the Family Soul returns with one of the more soul-soothing albums I've listened to in Auntie & Unc.
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Cy White
Dec 10, 2021
Nitin Sawhney: Immigrants
Nitin Sawhney's Immigrants is a stunning, unrelentingly beautiful piece of music in a time of deep ugliness.
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Cy White
Dec 10, 2021
JoJo: trying not to think about it
JoJo has uncoiled the barbed-wire around her soul to deliver the gorgeous trying not to think about.
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Cy White
Dec 10, 2021
Kimperi: 1+1+1+=1
Despite opening on something truly magical, Kimperi's 1+1+1=1 is an album that lacks direction or cohesion.
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Cy White
Dec 8, 2021
Jazmine Sullivan: Heaux Tales
Vocal prodigy Jazmine Sullivan fights through her pain and transforms it into triumph with Heaux Tales.
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Cy White
Dec 8, 2021
Kim Oki: About Prejudice
Kim Oki is a rare artist who truly embodies the raw freneticism of free jazz and executes it beautifully with About Prejudice.
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Cy White
Dec 1, 2021
Ledisi: Ledisi Sings Nina
With Ledisi Sings Nina, the artist offers an inspired homage to one of the most important musical figures in history.
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
Lil Nas X: MONTERO
With his debut album, MONTERO, Lil Nas X proves that away from the spectacle he is an emotive, introspective artist.
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
Kanye West: Donda (Deluxe)
Despite Kanye West's need to self-congratulate, Donda is at times hauntingly beautiful, showcasing his surprising (if sparing) humility.
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
Taylor Swift: evermore
Despite being a decent album, Taylor Swift's evermore just doesn't leave a lasting impression on me.
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
Doja Cat: Planet Her (Deluxe)
After listening to about half of Doja Cat's Planet Her, I'm left wondering what's the hype behind this again?
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
Justin Bieber: Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)
Hoo-boy! It's been a long time since I've physically turned off an album before it reached the end.
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Love For Sale
Tony Bennett gets Lady Gaga to temper her ostentatious stage personality to bring some warm jazz with Love For Sale.
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
H.E.R.: Back Of My Mind
The best way to describe H.E.R.'s Back Of My Mind is "human." Unapologetically and openly human.
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
Olivia Rodrigo: Sour
Olivia Rodrigo's Sour, while earnest in its teen angst, doesn't resonate with me as it will with a much younger, less experienced audience.
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Cy White
Nov 29, 2021
Jon Batiste: We Are
Jon Batiste's Grammy-nominated We Are is a pretty soul album with all the polish but very little of the grit.
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Cy White
Nov 24, 2021
Stokely: Sankofa
With Sankofa, Stokely moves the genre forward by reaching back to retrieve music that's in danger of being left behind.
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