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Heavn by Jamila Woods fuses R&B, Jazz and various other genres including classic indie. Surely it must appeal to Cure-loving Fatiha! 

Freetown Sound by Blood Orange is such an "immaculate" album that James worries he might burst into tears just talking about it. Here's hoping Aparna feels the same, otherwise trouble could be afoot. 

Splendor & Misery is a sci-fi concept album by experimental rap trio Clipping. Lyrics and soundscapes combine to tell an Afrofuturist story of an escape from oppression into the void of space. Jen Ives prepares to be transported. 

One of the decade’s most copied rappers finally reached No. 1 on the album chart, years after his aesthetic rubbed off on hip-hop. Guest: Andrew Nosnitsky. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytime ... Show More

Tune in to this week’s podcast to listen to Craig Connelly talking about his brand-new album project: ‘Believe In Magic’. He also shares how he feels he has changed as a person throughout his career and why he decided to keep releasing music throughout the global pandemic. 

To mark the release of Changes, his first album since 2015’s Purpose, Justin Bieber opens up to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about how his faith and his relationship with new wife Hailey Baldwin saved his life and inspired him to make music again. (2/15/2020) 

James Blake joins Zane to talk about mental health and the process of creating his new album, ‘Friends That Break Hearts’. 

Armond & Doc continue on this week by going in-depth on two much-talked about (and extremely different) projects - The Weeknd's 'Starboy' and Childish Gambino's 'Awaken, My Love!'. How is The Weeknd handling his incredible rise? Can Childish pull off the extremely ambitious music ... Show More

Armond & Doc continue this week's conversation and #RankTheCatalog of Kanye West - do they agree on what his best album is?  Why was it so hard for a label to take a chance on Kanye in the early 2000's? All that and a lot more. 

It's 18 years since James Blunt released his hit single, You’re Beautiful which reached No.1 around the world. It helped James's debut album, Back to Bedlam sell 12 million copies and become the UK’s best-selling album of the 2000s. But his global success was met with an immediat ... Show More

Back in the late 1980s, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E were members of N.W.A., one of the most important and iconic hip-hop groups ever. But in the wake of their historic 1988 album Straight Outta Compton, the two fell out over business disagreements. Once Dre went solo, he proceeded to rip ... Show More