1+ week, 6+ day ago   (2103+ words) Shatter the Standards August 2026 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month From Busta Rhymes rapping Dilla’s vault to Phoebe Bridgers ending a six-year silence, from Rapsody’s five-star triumph to Open Mike Eagle's breakup comedy. Here are the best albums of…...

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, 4+ hour ago   (37+ words) Shatter the Standards James Brown Won in Paris In March 1971, James Brown and his JB’s, revitalized by the presence of Bootsy Collins, blew up L’Olympia during a three-day stop in Paris....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (170+ words) “Everything in life goes according to a script. It means there’s a scenario God has already written.” Nas’s long-awaited new album, It Was Written, is about to drop. The Queens warrior who made his name with his debut, Illmatic, has…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (66+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: DILLAGENCE II by Busta Rhymes & J Dilla Given a stack of beats by the producer he trusted most before the man died in 2006, Busta Rhymes waited almost twenty years and came back rapping with some…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (184+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops by Rapsody With a masterpiece of her fifth album, Rapsody went to Ghana and Johannesburg last year, and Mr. Porter gave her tempos from five directions, three continents’ worth of…...

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…...