She declared, this “ain’t a Country album” but “a ‘Beyoncé’ album” — positioning herself in opposition to the genre’s rigid power structures. And yet, she made the year’s best ...
His new album, GNX, has just appeared on music platforms everywhere, with no prior promotion. While this release strategy has become a bit of a gimmick since Beyoncé really mainstreamed it in ...
This year was one big stress test that presented artists with a choice: Face uncomfortable realities or serve distractions to the audience. Pop music turned inward and looked backward while hip ...
It was a pretty good year for the genre, as the Top 15 Rock Albums of 2024 shows. Among the albums highlighted below, which were chosen by the UCR staff, are veterans of the field returning from ...
6," in which Kendrick fondly remembers coming up with fellow TDE rappers Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and ScHoolboy Q before explaining he left the label on good terms. To close the album out, he brings it all ...