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xaviersobased might be an offspring of Lil B, but he’s too nonchalant to make anything as gooey-sincere and…

When Polow da Don isolated those three bittersweet chords, pedaling between major and minor, he must’ve known. Those…

I’ll talk about the late-2010s Detroit rap boom with the same overblown wistfulness as old heads reminiscing about…

When I was 15, I got caught in a tornado. It touched down at Cat’s Cradle, a 750-capacity…

Unless you and your cousin share custody of a Grammy, Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar aren’t the most…

London R&B singer Ella Mai broke out in 2018 with the sleeper hit “Boo’d Up,” which employed its…

J. Cole continues to be the preeminent face of a specific microgenre I like to call Podcast Rap,…

On a crowded dancefloor, where illicit substances, pheromones, and hypnotic beats blur, it’s hard to tell if it’s…

The first time I ever experienced butterflies in the pit of my stomach, I immediately went out and…

Pregnancy changed Oklou’s mind as well as her body. “I feel like my consciousness has naturally, without me…

Internet pop artist Cece Natalie has made blingy 2000s-inspired bedroom pop and hypnotic R&B infusions. Her latest track,…

xaviersobased: “Struggle Gang” Track Review