1+ week, 6+ day ago   (55+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Don’t Look Down by Rod Wave On his seventh album, Rod Wave sings his recovery to his mother, his women, and his promoter, and the money does the certifying every time. Favorite Track(s): “Look…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (68+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: DOTOM: Death of the Old Me by Queen Herawin & PA. Dre As her third solo album, the Bronx emcee who joined the Juggaknots after her brothers founded them stages a midlife shedding as group work,…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (50+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Shiloh by DOE DOE recorded her third album live with her family behind her. The testimony service is the strongest machinery the gospel has for handing faith down to a generation. Favorite Track(s): “Every Second,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (61+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Under the Same Sky by Zenesoul On her full-length debut, Zenesoul contends with love and departure through the neo-soul tradition she claims as her own, with concrete detail that surfaces unevenly but unmistakably across the…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (43+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: PAELLA! by Stoic A type-beat maker from Staten Island quit nursing school, won a Grammy for Doechii, and gathered various guests for his masterful solo debut. Favorite Track(s): “FREEFALL,” “HAIRCUT,” “GANG SAMBA”...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (53+ words) shatterthestandards.com Album Review: ROADRUNNER by Destin Conrad An LGBTQ artist from the Jamaican diaspora made a full dancehall record inside a tradition that has called for violence against people like him, and he called it his take on reclaiming....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (577+ words) shatterthestandards.com Album Review: Eric Bellinger by Eric Bellinger After more than forty independent releases, the Compton singer signed to a revived Motown imprint and delivered his best album with one voice, one production team, and only domestic subject matter....

4+ week, 20+ hour ago   (890+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: The Don & Eye 3: The Trilogy by The Musalini & 9th Wonder With 9th Wonder on board for the trilogy, The Musalini answers with grilled calamari, teal dresses, and Bronx Zoo alligators, writing that stays funny and particular across…...