3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (944+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Westside Whimsy by Jhené Aiko Six years after Chilombo, Jhené Aiko drives the whole California promise to the edge of the Pacific, then turns around and sings to the coast that raised her. California’s State…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (25+ words) shatterthestandards.com Milestones: Dawn by Yebba A church singer hired D’Angelo’s band to mourn her mother, then wrote songs about everything else....

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (749+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: ATTITUDE ERA! by Natanya Six years into a catalog she built alone, Natanya makes her first full-length a course in asking for exactly what she wants. That’s the thing about trying to enter the world…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (502+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Slime Language 3 by Young Stoner Life Young Thug rebuilds YSL around a restless new class of signees, but a 41-track double-disc compilation leaves its strongest introductions buried beneath too much dead weight. Slime Language was…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (956+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: PRIMA by ADÉLA Cut from the audition that built KATSEYE, ADÉLA makes a debut about being watched, ranked, and sent home, and wins the exchange. In 2023, twenty performers were flown out to Los Angeles for…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (704+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: LOCKED IN by Nemzzz On LOCKED IN, Nemzzz prices every relationship against the work and never apologizes for it. When Dizzee Rascal’s Boy in da Corner swept up the 2003 Mercury Prize in September, American radio…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1104+ words) Shatter the Standards Milestones: The Melodic Blue by Baby Keem Five years after a 20-year-old executive produced his own debut, The Melodic Blue is the family memoir Baby Keem buried inside a party record. Every few years, Hykeem Carter moved…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (219+ words) Welcome to the Soulpolitan weekly feature, where we highlight the R&B singles worth your time. Beyoncé: B’Day (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Nasty C & Tellaman: T’s & C’s Apply Amari Noelle: LOVER GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN The War and Treaty: Country…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (953+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Invincible Summer by Levina Ten years inside a major-label machine taught Levina to doubt her own judgment. Her independent debut is about the people who taught it back. Invincible Summer is the long-awaited alternative soul…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (798+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Growing Pains by Dono A Cincinnati singer built her first album around the counsel of the women who raised her, and it is one of the year’s best R&B debuts. “This Little Light of…...