Album Mode
By Demar Grant & Adriel Smiley
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Welcome to Album Mode where journalist, Demar Grant and The Cool Table host, Adriel Smiley breakdown and review the latest albums. Each episode features a new album where both hosts dive in-depth about the project and the artist’s path to its release.
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Kendrick Lamar Fires Back at Drake with 'Euphoria' Diss Track
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May 01, 2024 |
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CLXXV. PARTYNEXTDOOR | PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4)
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May 01, 2024 |
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Is Drake's AI 'Taylor Made Freestyle' Wack? And the Quavo vs. Chris Brown Beef Undercard
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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CLXXIV. Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Drake Responds to Kendrick Lamar Emphatically with 'Push ups'
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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CLXXIII. Future & Metro Boomin | WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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CLXXII. J. Cole | Might Delete Later
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Who Should Replace J. Cole in the Big 3?
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Best Albums of 2024 So Far and Lizzo Isn't Quitting Music
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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CLXXI. Beyoncé | Cowboy Carter
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Taking Sides in the Drake-Kendrick Lamar Beef and Homeland Security Does Diddy
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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CLXX. Future & Metro Boomin | WE DON'T TRUST YOU
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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The U.S. Government Wants to Ban TikTok and Vybz Kartel Wins His Murder Conviction Appeal
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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CLXIX. Justin Timberlake | Everything I Thought It Was
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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CLXVIII. Flo Milli | Fine Ho, Stay
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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James Blake and Kanye West Are at War with Spotify
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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CLXVII. Ariana Grande | Eternal Sunshine
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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Lil Rod Presents New Diddy Allegations and Meek Mill is the Butt of the Joke
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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CLXVI. Schoolboy Q | Blue Lips
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Yeat is the SGA of Hip Hop, Rappers vs NBA Players Part 2
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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CLXV. MGMT | Loss of Life
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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CLXIV. Yeat | 2093
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Usher Super Bowl Halftime Reactions and Predictions Plus Little Simz's New EP 'Drop 7'
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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CLXIII. Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign | Vultures 1
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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2024 Grammys Recap, Reaction and TikTok Breaks Up with UMG
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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CLXII. The Last Dinner Party | Prelude to Ecstasy
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Megan Thee Stallion Triggers Nicki Minaj Into Dropping The Worst Diss Track of Her Career
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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CLXI. Benny the Butcher | Everybody Cant Go
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Mos Def's Drake Problem and Playboi Carti's Singles Lowkey Kinda Suck
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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CLX. 21 Savage | American Dream
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Top 10 Songs of 2023
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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The Top 10 Albums of 2023
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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CLIX. Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday 2
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Top 5 Music Storylines of 2023
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Diddy's Heinous Allegations, Megan Thee Stallion + Pardi's Beef and Andre 3000's Drops a New Album
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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CLVIII. Drake | For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition (Scary Hours 3)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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2024 Grammy Nominations are in and did Druski really get robbed?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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CLVII. PinkPantheress | Heaven Knows
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Missy Elliot becomes the first female rapper inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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CLVI. Majid Jordan | Good People
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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CLV. Brent Faiyaz | Larger than Life
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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DJ Envy Gets Caught Up in Real Estate Scam Allegations and What We've Been Listening to Lately
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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CLIV. Sampha | Lahai
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Is Drake The Greatest Hitmaker in Music History? And Bandcamp's Staff Gets Slashed in Half
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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CLIII. Offset | Set It Off
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Doja Cat Embraces the Alt-Right & Drake vs. Joe Budden
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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CLII. Drake | For All The Dogs
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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CLI. Jorja Smith | Falling or Flying
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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This week's TikTok Top 10, Taylor Swift dating Travis Kelce and Usher at the Super Bowl
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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CL. Doja Cat | Scarlet
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Drake ducks Doja Cat, Billboard launches their TikTok charts and dubbing PS1 Drill
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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CXLIX. Olivia Rodrigo | GUTS
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Is Sexyy Red An Industry Plant? And Beyoncé Issues an Official Dress Code
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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CXLVIII. Burna Boy | I Told Them...
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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CXLVII. Quavo | Rocket Power
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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Drake Reveals the 'For All the Dogs' Cover and Spotify's Top 5 Most Streamed Rap Albums of 2023
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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How piracy in the 2000's morphed hip hop and is Eminem rap's Kelly Clarkson?
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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CXLVI. Noname | Sundial
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Hip Hop 50th Anniversary RETRO REVIEW: Jay-Z | The Blueprint
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Tory Lanez gets sentenced to 10 years and Reason is beefing with his label, TDE
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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CXLV. Post Malone | Austin
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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CXLIV. Travis Scott | Utopia
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Doja Cat hates her fans and Drake is never doing a serious interview EVER again
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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CXLIII. NewJeans (뉴진스) | Get Up
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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NewJeans And PinkPantheress Are Destined to Collab And Spotify's Top 50 Most Streamed Rap Songs
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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CXLII. J Hus | Beautiful and Brutal Yard
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Rappers and Their NBA Equivalents and The Grammys Allows AI Music to Win Awards
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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CXLI. Dominic Fike | Sunburn
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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CXL. Lil Uzi Vert | Pink Tape
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Best Albums of 2023 So Far and 'The Idol' Season Finale Makes No Damn Sense
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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CXXXIX. Young Thug | Business is Business
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Drake announces a new album, Lil Uzi Vert reveals The Pink Tape's album cover and is Future top 50?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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CXXXVIII. Gunna | A Gift & a Curse
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Predicting the Song of the Summer, The Idol is still cringe and Andre 3000 is dropping an album??
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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CXXXVII. Janelle Monáe | The Age of Pleasure
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Honestly, Nevermind turns one, aging like fine wine and 'The Idol' is creepy but cringey
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Taylor Swift gets bullied out of dating Matty Healy and The Weeknd's acting is weird in The Idol
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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CXXXVI. Dave x Central Cee | Split Decision
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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CXXXV. Arlo Parks | My Soft Machine
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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CXXXIV. KAYTRAMINÉ | KAYTRAMINÉ
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May 27, 2023 |
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Where is the Song of the Summer? Kid Cudi Cancels His Single and Summer Walker's EP is buns
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May 27, 2023 |
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Repo Reaper's TikToks are reviving DaBaby's Career & Which 90s Artists Outlasted the Decade
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May 23, 2023 |
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RETRO REVIEW: Nas | Illmatic
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May 23, 2023 |
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CXXXVIII. Destroy Lonely | If Looks Could Kill
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May 17, 2023 |
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The Weeknd is changing his name and Doja Cat hates her old music
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May 16, 2023 |
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CXXXVII. boygenius | The Record
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May 09, 2023 |
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CXXXVI. Jack Harlow | Jackman.
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May 07, 2023 |
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Post Malone Flexes his 8-song Diamond Collection and Pras Found Guilty in Political Conspiracy Trial
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May 06, 2023 |
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Is Pusha T top 50? Mac Demarco drops 199-song album "One Wayne G"
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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RETRO REVIEW: NWA | Straight Outta Compton
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Soundbytes: The AI Drake and The Weeknd Controversy & Frank Ocean Flops at Coachella
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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CXXXIV. Daniel Caesar | NEVER ENOUGH
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Soundbytes: Complex's Hip-Hop Media Power Ranking
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Soundbytes: 2043: OVO ODYSSEY, Drake's shows, 6lack vs SCARING THE HOES
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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CXXXIII. Tyler, the Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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CXXXII. 10,000 gecs | 100 gecs
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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CXXXI. Miley Cyrus | Endless Summer Vacation
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Soundbytes: T-Pain underrated, overrated or properly rated?
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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CXXX. Kali Uchis | Red Moon in Venus
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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CXXIX. Don Toliver | Love Sick
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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CXXVI. Aftërlyfe | Yeat
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Soundbytes: Drake & Yachty, Hailey vs. Selena and Tyler the Creator's leaks
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Soundbytes: Boy's a Liar Pt.2 & Rihanna's Superbowl Performance
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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CXXV. This is Why | Paramore
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Grammys Gripes 2023
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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CXXIV. Raye | My 21st Century Blues
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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CXXIII. Lil Yachty | Let's Start Here
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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CXXII. Ice Spice | Like..?
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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CXXI. Top 10 Albums of 2022
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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CXX. SOS | SZA
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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CXIX. HEROES & VILLAINS | Metro Boomin
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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CXVIII. This Is What I Mean | Stormzy
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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CXVII. The Family, TM & Eulogy | BROCKHAMPTON
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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CXVI. King's Disease 3 | Nas
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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CXV. Her Loss | Drake & 21 Savage
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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CXIV. Luv 4 Rent | Smino
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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CXIII. Midnights | Taylor Swift
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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CXII. It's Only Me | Lil Baby
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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CXI. WILLOW | COPINGMECHANISM
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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CX. $oul $old $eparately | Freddie Gibbs
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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CIX. age/sex/location | Ari Lennox
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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CVIII. God Did | DJ Khaled
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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CVII. Close to Home | Aitch
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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CVI. Traumazine | Megan Thee Stallion
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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CV. Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 | Calvin Harris
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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CIV. Renaissance | Beyoncé
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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CIII. Special | Lizzo
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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CII. WASTELAND | Brent Faiyaz
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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CI. Top Albums of the Year So Far
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 100 Special
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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C. Give or Take | Giveon
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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XCIX. Honestly, Nevermind | Drake
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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XCVIII. Twelve Carat Toothache | Post Malone
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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XCVII. Forest In The City | UMI
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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XCVI. Harry's House | Harry Styles
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May 26, 2022 |
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XCV. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | Kendrick Lamar
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May 18, 2022 |
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XCIV. Come Home The Kids Miss You | Jack Harlow + The Heart Part 5 | Kendrick Lamar
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May 12, 2022 |
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XCIII. I NEVER LIKED YOU | Future
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May 05, 2022 |
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XCII. It's Almost Dry | Pusha T
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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XCI. Noughty By Nature | Digga D
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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XC. Ramona Park Broke My Heart | Vince Staples
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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LXXXIX. D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape | Dreamville
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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LXXXVIII. I Know Nigo | Nigo + The Will Smith - Chris Rock slap at the Oscars
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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LXXXVII. Tana Talk 4 | Benny The Butcher
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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LXXXVI. Who Cares? | Rex Orange County + Tyler, the Creator concert thoughts
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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LXXXV. Duality | Luna Li
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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LXXXIV. God Don't Make Mistakes | Conway The Machine + Euphoria thoughts
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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LXXXIII. 2 Alivë | Yeat
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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LXXXII. Ethereal | $not
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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LXXXI. Few Good Things | Saba
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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LXXX. Pink Moon | Pink Sweat$
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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LXXIX. Brightside | Rich Brian
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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LXXVIII. From a Birds Eye View | Cordae
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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LXXVII. Dawn FM | The Weeknd + DS4Ever | Gunna thoughts
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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LXXVI. Top 10 Albums of 2021
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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LXXV. Roddy Rich | LIVE LIFE FAST
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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LXXIV. Russ | Chomp 2
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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LXXIII. Khalid | Scenic Drive (The Tape)
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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LXXII. 2022 Grammy Nominations and Predictions
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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LXXI. Adele | 30
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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LXX. Silk Sonic | An Evening With Silk Sonic
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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LXVIX. Ed Sheeran | =
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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LXVIII. Kawhi Leonard Presents: Culture Jam (Vol. 1.)
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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LXVII. PinkPantheress | to hell with it
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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LXVI. Don Toliver | Life of a DON
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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LXV. Meek Mill | Expensive Pain
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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LXIV. YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Sincerely, Kentrell
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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LXIII. Lil Nas X | Montero
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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LXII. Kacey Musgraves | Star-Crossed
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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LXI. Baby Keem | The Melodic Blue
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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LX. Drake | Certified Lover Boy
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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LIX. Kanye West | Donda
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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LVIII. Benny The Butcher | Pyrex Picasso
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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LVII. King's Disease II | Nas
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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LVI. Adolescence | Unknown T
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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LV. Happier Than Ever | Billie Eilish
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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LIV. We're All Alone In This Together | Dave
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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LIII. Sling | Clairo
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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LII. Vince Staples | Vince Staples
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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LI. Top 5 Albums of 2021 (So Far)
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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L. CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Tyler The Creator
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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XLIX. Back of My Mind | H.E.R.
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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XLVIII. Culture III | Migos
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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XLVII. The Voice of The Heroes | Lil Baby & Lil Durk
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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XLVI. When Smoke Rises | Mustafa
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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XLV. Sour | Olivia Rodrigo
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May 25, 2021 |
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XLIV. The Off-Season | J. Cole
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May 19, 2021 |
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XLIII. A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun | Aly & AJ
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May 11, 2021 |
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XLII. if i could make it go quiet | Girl in Red
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May 06, 2021 |
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XLI. A Gangsta's Pain | Moneybagg Yo
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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XL. Slime Language 2 | Young Stoner Life
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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XXXIX. Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine | Brockhampton
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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XXXVIII. Fuck Your Expectations PT.1 | AG Club
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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XXXVII. Justice | Justin Bieber
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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XXXVI. Once Upon a Time | Chika
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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XXXV. Scary Hours 2 | Drake
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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XXXIV. Made In The Pyrex | Digga D
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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XXXIII. Terra Firma | Tash Sultana
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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XXXII. TYRON | slowthai
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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XXXI. Flowers for Vases / Descansos | Hayley Williams
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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XXX. Collapsed in Sunbeams | Arlo Parks
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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XXIX. Unbothered | Lil Skies
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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XXVIII. DemiDevil | Ashnikko
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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XXVII. Madvillainy | Madvillain
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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XXVI. Whole Lotta Red | Playboi Carti
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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XXV. Top 10 Albums of 2020
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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XXIV. Evermore | Taylor Swift
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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XXIII. Man on the Moon III: The Chosen | Kid Cudi
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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XXII. Nightmare Vacation | Rico Nasty
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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XXI. Plastic Hearts | Miley Cyrus
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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XX. Good News | Megan Thee Stallion
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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XIX. So Help Me God! | 2 Chainz
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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XVIII. Pluto x Baby Pluto | Future & Lil Uzi Vert
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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XVII. Emergency Tsunami | NAV
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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XV. Featuring Ty Dolla $ign | Ty Dolla $ign
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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XIV. Burden of Proof | Benny the Butcher
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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XIII. EDNA | Headie One
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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XII. Savage Mode 2 | 21 Savage & Metro Boomin
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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XI. Nectar | Joji
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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X. A Day in a Yellow Beat | Yellow Days
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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IX. Top | YoungBoy Never Broke Again
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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VIII. Detroit 2 | Big Sean
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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VII. Smile | Katy Perry
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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VI. King's Disease | Nas
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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V. Teenage Fever | Kaash Paige & Laugh Now Cry Later | Drake
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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IV. Limbo | Aminé
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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III. What Could Possibly Go Wrong | Dominic Fike
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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II. Folklore | Taylor Swift + No Pressure | Logic
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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I. Rise Above Hate | Unknown T
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Jul 22, 2020 |