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By now youve probably heard about all the problems with the music industry: Its not what it was.
No one spends meaningful amounts of time with any one song.
These are just some of the songs weve loved, lived with, and kept coming back to.
This list has been updated to include October releases.
Theresspace for Rita Ora to falterand Troye Sivan to thrive.
Even more, its told from the perspective of the guy on the receiving end.
It sounds like hes reading a list in one single breath.
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Death Preferences, State ChampionWarmth is one of the more overused descriptors in music.
Is it an actual sound?
Is it more of a vibe?
You know it when you hear it.
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Get Up 10, Cardi BCardi B has a voice to wake up to.
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Giovanni, Jamila WoodsTo be a black woman is to be the daughter of historys black women.
Black woman have endured so she can continue the work.
Pharrells production tics arent suited for everyone God Is a Woman is Ariana Grande at her most Ariana Grande.
Future isnt saying what hes doing is good, but hes not saying its bad either.
In other words, hes not holding anyones hand, and hes letting his voice do the work.
Heartache be damned, these two kids are doing just fine.
It was a weird moment suddenly all these random people were saddled with pet snakes they didnt want.
One of the snakes died last week, which I know becauseSPINhas tirelessly documented the lives of these snakes.
The general opinion correct or not is that Young Thug isweird.
High, a collaboration with Thugs good friend Elton John posits that maybe were looking at this all wrong.
Maybe Young Thug never needs to make the universally classic album people want from him.
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Lemon Glow, Beach HouseMusics always had a complicated relationship with consistency.
Is there some imaginary sweet spot that signals the point when a band should change?
Is it three albums in?
Previously, Yves Tumor records felt like experiments.
Song sketches bled into vocal collages.
The vibe of any given song dominated over the content or intended message.
It was often brilliant, often difficult work.
Over a stumbling drum loop, Yves Tumor sings some of the more plainly affecting lyrics of the year.
Never has a phrase as simple as, And I miss my brothers, sounded so potent.
Theres only so far a sad song that wishes to dwell in its sorrow will carry you.
Missing U tries to come to a truce with that pain by throwing it a party.
The pimp being Wayne and the victim in the end is revealed to be Kendrick.
Its a two-act tragic comedy in that it laughs at mens stupidity while also pitying their foolishness.
It never gets old.
Its a jubilant devotional whose religion is female energy.
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Sicko Mode, Travis Scott ft. Drake and Swae LeeTravis Scotts Sicko Mode isAstroworlds standout.
(A chorus thats now seriously battling Keke, do you love me?
for catchphrase of the summer.)
Its dizzying, jarring, and brazen in its disregard for basic song structure.
Just spark up a blunt and get comfortable Kaceys gonna be here for awhile.
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Sober, Demi LovatoLike Kanye and Cudi, Demi Lovato is another artist in crisis.
She has spent the majority of her life in the limelight battling addiction.
Theres no blueprint for how to do this.
Its a malicious measure of a man, one where Drake comes up pitifully short.
Push tosses all rules of decorum to hit Drake where it hurts: You are hiding a child.
But with one strategically timed bombshell drop ahead of Drakes imminent next album Push just blew his cover.
Drake may never get it back.
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