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Out of the Blue Album ∙ Afro-Beat ∙ 2025 Olivetheboy “The more you do something, the more you grow in it,” Ghanaian singer-songwriter Olivetheboy tells Apple Music. “So, comparing my very first album [2023’s  Avana  EP] to now, I can say that it’s really evolved in the kind of stuff I write about, my lyrics, my melodies. I used to really write about me alone, but, now, it’s quite easy for me to also tap into people’s feelings, tap into people’s experiences and stuff and then write about them.” That relaxed sense of confidence runs through the eight tracks that make up the Konongo star’s sophomore EP, 2025’s  Out of the Blue . Against Afrobeats production helmed by Beatzvampire, here we find a matured Olivetheboy delving into the highs and lows of relationships, with lyrics that meander from salacious late-night moods to those that fit tender mornings-after. “It’s literally about love,” the artist born Joel Bonsu explains. “The whole EP is about love and everything about l...

Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Album ∙ Soundtrack ∙ 2025 Stars of blues, bluegrass, and more add color to the Ryan Coogler film.

poppop - The 2nd Mini Album - EP Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2025 NCT WISH For their sophomore mini album, K-pop boy group NCT WISH leans into love.  poppop  came out a little more than a year after the NCT subunit’s long-awaited debut in February 2024, and it bops from a place of youthful earnestness. In the onomatopoeic dance-pop title track, members Sion, Riku, Yushi, Jaehee, Ryo, and Sakuya compare love to cloudlike cotton candy, soda pop in the starlight, and juicy bubblegum, evoking a sweet, retro flavor of infatuation. The sense of wide-eyed wonder continues on tracks like “Silly Dance,” a high-energy song about letting loose in front of one’s crush, and “Still 3PM,” an R&B-inspired pop track about waiting for the person you like to come over. The latter song references Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s  The Little Prince , a classic story that also inspired NCT WISH’s SM Entertainment  sunbaenim  RYEOWOOK. Notably, all six tracks on  poppop  are sung in Engli...

Go in Blind - EP Album ∙ J-Pop ∙ 2025 &TEAM

[ MAL ] - EP Album ∙ R&B/Soul ∙ 2025 meenoi

Grime Scene Saviour Album ∙ Rap ∙ 2025 Chip “Jesus died at 33 but I can’t give up now,” Chip claims in the opening statement of his Messianic fifth studio album,  Grime Scene Saviour . Already a veteran of the industry at this point in his career, the UK rapper has stayed true to his early promise to never run out of bars—opponents, however, are less abundant these days. Chip sharpened his pen in prolific clashes with grime titans like Bugzy Malone and Stormzy over the years, but here his outlook is more king of the castle than knight in shining armor. With production harking back to the nascent period of grime—and the title track setting the stage for a momentous teamup with founding figures including Skepta, JME, and D Double E—the record serves to cherish, respect, and preserve the integrity of a culture that Chip has been central to shaping since he was a teenage boy. There is the occasional surprise: “Function Riddim” utilizing a pitch-shifted sample of Rose Royce’s “Love Don’...

Kush + Orange Juice 2 Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Wiz Khalifa It was a big deal when #KushandOrangeJuice became the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter upon the release of the eighth Wiz Khalifa mixtape in April 2010, back when “hashtags” and “trending topics” were cutting-edge promotional tools. Back then, it was practically unheard of for a rapper with no major-label deal to be making such big waves (he’d left his former label, Warner Bros., in 2009). But there was something comforting about the red-eyed Pittsburgh rapper’s laidback mode of rapping about the staples of college dorm-room chatter: weed, women, cars, parties… Did we mention weed? Today,  Kush & Orange Juice  is considered a “blog era” classic—a throwback to a chiller, simpler time. Almost exactly 15 years later, its sequel arrives like a visit from a friend from long ago who’s grown up and gotten richer, but otherwise mostly stayed the same. The 23 terminally chill tracks of  Kush + Orange Juice 2  fea...

INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Mozzy After a prodigious 2024 run, which included a late-in-the-year joint project with Kalan.FrFr, Sacramento rap star Mozzy took only a few short months before putting out his next full-length. Not unlike his reflective 2022 album  Survivor’s Guilt , the 18-track  INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS  doesn’t shy away from the trials and tribulations that drive some of his most memorable recordings. On cuts like the unfiltered “UNDER OATH,” he doles out truths on his own terms, laying waste to those who fail to live by the hood code or, perhaps worse, flaunt it without regard. He dismisses pocket watchers and cautions the opps on the ominous “KATTA CLIPS,” proudly standing on his principles for the existentially broader “KEEP CALLIN MY NAME.” That clear commitment to street-level ethics extends to some of his invited guests too, namely EST Gee on “DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR” and Polo G on “WHO WANT WAR.” As locked in with his contemporaries as he ...

HEELS HAVE EYES - EP Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Westside Gunn Since putting on his first Heels Have Eyes event in Philadelphia concurrent with WrestleMania XL back in April 2024, hip-hop impresario Westside Gunn has fashioned himself into a full-blown pro-wrestling promoter. That should come as no surprise to the Griselda Records faithful, who’ve followed his WWE-indebted lyricism and kayfabe-derived cover art all these years. Roughly one year later, on the eve of a much buzzed-about Las Vegas installment, he drops this EP-length release that links to his 4th Rope brand. Following the secular gospel opener “FISHSCALE FRIDAY,” he slips into Flygod mode for the rugged boom-bap reboot “EINSTEIN KITCHEN.” Stripped of the guest list that hopped into the ring on the preceding  12 , he appears to holler even louder over the choral soul of the Harry Fraud-produced “GORO.” Helmed by Denny Laflare, the piano-driven “DAVEY BOY SMITH” nods to a long-departed Hall of Famer while Gunn rattles of...

Chicken & Sauce Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 That Mexican OT  &  Sauce Walka

WE NEED TO TALK: LOVE Album ∙ R&B/Soul ∙ 2025 Keri Hilson The R&B superstar calls it a comeback on her raw, intense third album.

WHEN - EP Album ∙ R&B/Soul ∙ 2025 Alex Isley A pre-album teaser of gorgeous, sultry R&B.

Canerandagio - Parte 1 Album ∙ Rap ∙ 2025 Neffa ‘TROPPAweed’ impreziosisce il ritorno al rap di un pioniere della scena.

Vero (Royal Edition) Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2015 Guè

NON GUARDARE GIÙ Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Tredici Pietro La rinascita del rapper emiliano passa per un album maturo e contaminato.

753 d.C.pz Album ∙ Rap ∙ 2025 Zep Dembo

El Galactico Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Baustelle

Viscerale Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Mezzosangue

Comuni Mortali Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Achille Lauro

Echoes of Her Album ∙ Reggae ∙ 2025 Shaneil Muir