Music

Lamborghini a Via Marina V2 Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 Vale Lambo

  N.47 Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 Fre_nky

  +-=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2024 Ed Sheeran A sampling of songs from his stadium tour that makes math sound fun.

  Quit While You're Ahead Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 Nines A crisp last salute from a rap great who fulfilled the promises of his potential.

Dance, No One's Watching Album ∙ Jazz ∙ 2024 Ezra Collective “This album is the sound of release, the story of a world tour condensed into one night out,” Ezra Collective bandleader Femi Koleoso tells Apple Music. “It moves from getting into the club to sussing the vibe, losing yourself to the music and feeling its euphoria. The dance floor is full of the highs and lows of life and that’s what we’re channeling.” After the London-based quintet became the first jazz act to win the Mercury Music Prize for their 2022 album  Where I’m Meant to Be , their follow-up arrives with a dance-floor-focused bang. Featuring the band’s typical blend of jazz improvisation with West African rhythm, Afrobeat horns, and fizzing, upbeat energy, the 19 tracks of  Dance, No One’s Watching  inspire infectious movement. Written during a triumphant 2023 world tour, the record encompasses the fanfares of “The Herald,” gentle highlife rhythms on “Palm Wine,” hip-hop swing on “Streets Is Calling,” an...

Smitten Album ∙ Alternative ∙ 2024 Pale Waves On their second album, 2021’s   Who Am I? , and follow-up   Unwanted   (2022), Pale Waves presented a tough, punk-pop- and rock-informed exterior for singer Heather Baron-Gracie’s emotionally bare confessionals. Fourth album   Smitten , however, finds the Manchester quartet back wandering through the gothic spires and ethereal dream pop that had marked 2018 debut   My Mind Makes Noises . Epic, swooning, and romantic, the likes of “Perfume,” “Gravity,” and “Seeing Stars” sparkle with an iridescent color palette, blending shades of jangling ’80s indie pop, Cure-like atmospherics, and lush, Cocteau Twins-inspired washes of sound. “I wanted this record to sound very British,” Baron-Gracie tells Apple Music. “The visuals of the album came first for me before the music. I wanted it to look grand, like the English countryside, and romantic and feminine and just beautiful. That came before any of the music. Once I had that i...

Liquid Gold Album ∙ Indie Rock ∙ 2024 Shed Seven The Britpop legends are still going for gold with new versions of classic tracks.

Lights Camera Action - EP Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2024 Kylie Minogue

Forever Friends - EP Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2024 MEMORY MUSIC CLASSES

  SPEAK NOW OR... Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 Moneybagg Yo Where 2023’s   Hard to Love   found Moneybagg Yo deep in his thoughts, often exploring trap’s darker themes while willfully faded,   SPEAK NOW   feels like a reinvention of sorts. The Memphis rap star fixes his gaze here on the pleasures more so than the pain, overtly evident on the hypersexual subject matter that dominates the project. Leading with earned confidence on the booming opening pair “ALL YEAR” and “SPEAK,” he proceeds to pursue extravagances on “TIC TAC TOE” and “TRYNA MAKE SURE.” Clearly he’s out looking for someone to match his freak on “BUSSIN” and the club-ready “TABOO MIAMI,” his lyrics as unapologetically explicit as ever in his sprawling discography. Chris Brown puts his swarthy R&B spin on “DRUNK OFF U,” a metaphorical mixology lesson where the lust is as strong as top-shelf liquor, while Lil Durk keeps it reliably real on the street feast “GANGSTAS RELATE.” Later on, Moneybagg’s f...

MUTT Album ∙ R&B/Soul ∙ 2024 Leon Thomas Leon Thomas wears seemingly every hat there is: He sings, he writes songs, he acts, and he produces. Despite being spread thin in a million different directions, he manages to excel in all these fields. After years of dedicating his talent to acting and writing songs for other artists, he emerged in 2023 with his solo debut,  Electric Dusk , via Ty Dolla $ign’s EZMNY imprint. A year later, he released its follow-up,  MUTT , a convincing sign that Thomas is all in on this latest endeavor. MUTT  finds Thomas showcasing his vocal prowess and lyrical talent alike, telling stories of love lost and betrayal, staggering his way through empty relationships as he looks for his soulmate. On “SAFE PLACE,” he sings over screeching guitars and the persistent beat of a ride cymbal bell, admitting, “I see the glass half empty.” On “FAR FETCHED,” which features his label boss, Thomas takes issue with a love interest who is more interested in h...

Highway Prayers Album ∙ Bluegrass ∙ 2024 Billy Strings

Throwing Bows Album ∙ Hip-Hop ∙ 2024 Monaleo Houston’s rap princess isn’t playing around.

THE BIGGEST - EP Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 Ot7 Quanny

Mind Of A Country Boy Album ∙ Country ∙ 2024 Luke Bryan Luke Bryan has long been one of country music’s biggest party-starters, with hits like “One Margarita” and his early smash “Country Girl (Shake It for Me).” On this eighth studio album from the country superstar and  American Idol  judge, Bryan reminds us that his softer side is just as compelling as his wild one, serving up a collection of tunes about parenthood, marriage, and faith. The record opens with its title track, a lighthearted but sincere glimpse at the kind of country culture that makes Bryan tick, like “dirt-road daisies” and “old-school Alabama.” Other highlights include the sweet and sentimental single “Love You, Miss You, Mean It” and “But I Got a Beer in My Hand,” a breakup anthem that nods to Bryan’s wilder roots. Bryan closes the album with “Jesus ’Bout My Kids,” a tender and vulnerable snapshot of Christian parenthood. Bryan tells Apple Music that he sees these more emotionally revealing songs as oppor...

HOW TF IS THIS A MIXTAPE? Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2024 DaBaby When it comes to addressing controversy, DaBaby has repeatedly shown himself to be more than willing to respond on record. After onstage remarks in front of a music festival crowd back in 2021 led to considerable national backlash, the Charlotte, North Carolina, rapper spoke on the matter and the impact on his own life and livelihood that same year on Kanye West’s “Jail pt 2” as well as on subsequent projects of his own. Coming two years after his last album   Baby on Baby 2 , this relatively brisk 14-track effort finds him boasting of resilience as he once again draws upon the skill set that brought him fame and success in the first place. Opening   HOW TF IS THIS A MIXTAPE?   with the defiant “In a Minute,” an introduction that curiously doubles as one of its longest songs, he essentially shrugs off the past couple years while embracing his family and explicitly promising a return to chart glory. On “Gimme a Re...

COYOTE Album ∙ R&B/Soul ∙ 2024 Tommy Richman The award for “most meteoric come-up of 2024” goes to Tommy Richman, the 24-year-old singer who blew up seemingly overnight with “MILLION DOLLAR BABY,” the groovy TikTok sensation that went on to take over the charts. Though he seemed to come from nowhere, the Woodbridge, Virginia, native and trained opera singer released his first EP,   Paycheck , in 2022, then signed to kindred spirit Brent Faiyaz’s label in 2023. Still, to launch a song-of-the-summer contender amidst the great Kendrick Lamar/Drake beef of 2024 isn’t just beginner’s luck. Most newcomers would milk that kind of success for all it’s worth, but you won’t find “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” on Richman’s debut album,   COYOTE . Bold play. Richman’s an old soul, drawn to ’80s funk and the kind of R&B that had men doing choreography and wearing their hearts on their silky sleeves. That’s   COYOTE ’s mood from top to bottom, with each of its 11 tracks flowing seamless...