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This list has been updated to include October releases.
On this monthsTo the Sunset album number seven Shires and producer Dave Cobb get playful with arrangements.
Charms and Leave It Alone employ synths and programmed drums.
Its a testament to the still-vibrant power of the three-minute love song.
They love each other.
Their friends make great beats.
Their enemies should be worried.
The production gives the years glossiest trap records a run for their money.
If Jay and Kanye never reconcile, we can just callEverything Is Lovethe gifted spiritual successor toWatch the Throne.
Orlando invokes 70s Stevie, while Out of Your League revisits 80s Prince.
She was also a more versatile rapper.
The boys running the rap biz could never.
Churchs earnest singing, delicate writing, and expressive songwriting steady what should be a rocky ride.
Singer Syd channeled her inner Aaliyah onFin.
Guitarist Steve Lacy built up his songwriting skills onSteve Lacys Demo.
Singer/producer/pianist Matt Martians finally went solo withDrum Chord Theory.
Bassist Patrick Paige II sang and rapped onLetters of Irrelevance.
Reconvening on this summersHive Mind, the Internet showcases greater depth as writers and as architects of killer grooves.
Paiges bass on Roll (Burbank Funk) is good enough for a Studio 54 night.
Lacys minute-long Come Over outro swings hard.
Syds voice is both more airy and more confident.
Kacey Musgraves,Golden HourTexan singer-songwriter Kacey Musgravess new albumGolden Houris testament to the resilience and flexibility of country.
Its expressive without being showy, and that makes her debut studio albumIsolationa treat.
Melodies are crafted out of coarse, forbidding textures.
Vocals are rendered to sound like mewling robots.
He rarely does photos or interviews.
It crushes everything it tries, and it tries a lot.
Pusha-T,DaytonaWe should study the careers of kingpins the way we track great builders and economists.
Both pave their own roads to riches.
Both embody opposing ends the American dream.
Every Robert Moses gets an Alpo Martinez.
Pusha-T knows both worlds.
As the president of G.O.O.D.
warmth and unconditional love, and whatever setbacks and misfortunes she weathers on the way to finding fulfillment.
Teyana Taylor,K.T.S.E.Lets give G.O.O.D.
Its home to the least-stressful Kanye West verse of the year.
(See: Hurry.)
The vocals are warm and delightful.
Tread lightly if youre sad; step lively if youre not.
The Screen and In Reverie are brutal but lumbering and patient.
The lesson is clear: give a shot to stop this band if you want.
Theyll just come back louder and stronger.
