50 Best Albums of 2018
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2018 was all about bold new voices breaking out of the margins and being heard — from Latin-pop party-starters to feminist guitar heroes to a new school of hip-hop revolutionaries.
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Best of ’88: Biz Markie on the ‘Dead Real’ Stories of ‘Vapors’
Posted in: Music NewsThe Inhuman Orchestra says the stories about unrequited romance, a lost job opportunity and a crew snub were all facts: "I didn't know how to write no other way"
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20 Best Metal Albums of 2018
Posted in: Music ListsNineties revivalists, noise-rock weirdos and titans of the old school: the year in heavy
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Best of ’88: MC Lyte’s Machismo-Slaying Anthem ‘Paper Thin’
Posted in: Music FeaturesLana Moorer wrote her 1988 takedown of a cheating partner when she was just 12 or 13, before she'd ever had a boyfriend. It was still convincing, became an iconic hip-hop hit
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Song You Need to Know: Guttersnipe’s Giddy Noise Explosion ‘Like My Voice Was Holothurin’
Posted in: Music NewsThe astoundingly caustic Leeds duo are getting year-end attention for their album 'My Mother the Vent.'
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Review: Meek Mill’s ‘Championships’ Places Him Up There With the Greats
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe Philly rapper's latest takes on racism, beefs and the wages of success while still leaving room for bangers.
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Best of ’88: Slick Rick on the Greatest Story Hip-Hop Ever Told
Posted in: Music NewsOne of the best rappers of all time remembers creating "Children's Story," the foundational storytelling rap
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Review: Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun’ is Infinite, Sad
Posted in: Album ReviewsThere's going back to 1993, or 1979.
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Review: Imagine Dragons Keep the Genre-Blurring Jock Jams Coming on ‘Origins’
Posted in: Album ReviewsOne of the biggest bands in the world remains eclectic-yet-milquetoast
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Review: Cupcakke Stays on a Roll with ‘Eden’
Posted in: Album ReviewsAutism awareness and the etiquette of sending nudes are just two of the topics covered on the raunchy Chicago rapper's latest
