Album Core

Post Malone – Hollywood’s Bleeding (Full Album) [iTunes]

“I’m not trying to make anything massive, I’m not trying to make hit records,” Post Malone tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. It’s somewhat unconvincing coming from one of the most popular artists on the planet, but whatever he’s doing, it’s working. His third full-length album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, is bright and adventurous. Sure, it’s filled with all the flexing and bravado he’s known for, and…

Yemi Alade – Woman of Steel (Full Album) [iTunes]

The Afropop goddess returns with catchy, eclectic sounds.

Released: 30 August, 2019

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Taylor Swift – Lover (Full Album) [iTunes]

There’s a reason Taylor Swift sounds so confident and cool on Lover, her seventh album and the most free-spirited yet. She’s in love—pure, steady, starry-eyed, shout-it-from-the-rooftops love. Arriving 13 years after her eponymous debut album—and following a string of songs that sometimes felt like battle scars from public breakups and celebrity feuds—this project comes off clear-eyed,…

Jidenna – 85 to Africa (Full Album) [iTunes]

Jidenna – 85 to Africa (Full Album) [iTunes]

Released: 23 August, 2019

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Beyoncé – The Lion King: The Gift (Full Album) [iTunes]

In the lead-up to the release of The Lion King: The Gift, a collection of music inspired by the 2019 reboot of the classic Disney film, Beyoncé remarked that the project was meant to be “a love letter to Africa.” As executive producer, Bey made it a point to solicit contributions from artists spanning a number of the continent’s many culturally rich traditions and regions, including Nigeria,…

Gucci Mane – Delusions of Grandeur (Full Album) [iTunes]

Gucci Mane is feeling pretty good about himself. If you couldn’t tell by the cover of his Evil Genius follow-up Delusions of Grandeur, you can hear him tell you about it on the project’s opener, “Bussdown.” “I’m richer, more handsome, more healthy, more cocky, wrist more rocky, money longer, bread stronger, my b*tch badder, I got more stamina…” he says. How much better Gucci is doing than…

Prince – Originals (Full Album) [iTunes]

When Prince died in 2016, he left behind a huge amount of unreleased music—a literal steel vault so private and tightly guarded it had to be drilled open. Following on the heels of 2018’s unprecedentedly intimate Piano & a Microphone 1983, Originals is a collection of highly polished demos for songs ultimately gifted to other artists. As exciting as it is to hear Prince’s initial vision for…

Kelvyn Boy – T.I.M.E (EP) [iTunes]

The dancehall-inflected singer blends melody with pristine beats.

Released: June 21, 2019

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Omawumi – In Her Feelings (Full Album) [iTunes]

Smooth, sensual grooves from an R&B wonder woman.

Released: June 14, 2019

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Loote – lost (EP) [iTunes]

Loote – lost (EP) [iTunes]

Released: June 14, 2019

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Hayden James – Between Us (Full Album) [iTunes]

Hayden James’ debut album has been a long time coming. Since his 2013 self-titled debut EP, the Sydney-based producer, who excels at mid-tempo house grooves and tropical synth, has been a staple of Australian music, from festivals and radio to many collaborations—including a co-writing credit on Katy Perry’s Witness. All that’s to say that James has made a lot of friends along the way, and they…

Baroness – Gold & Grey (Full Album) [iTunes]

By now, Savannah, Georgia, metal band Baroness is down to one original member—singer/guitarist and album cover artist extraordinaire John Baizley—and based in Philadelphia. But the steady turnover during the past decade and a half hasn’t made Baroness feel any less cohesive or consistent. Their fifth full-length album throws in a few stylistic changes (the post-rock interludes “Assault on East…

Madonna – Madame X (Deluxe) (Full Album) [iTunes]

“The whole inspiration for this record was completely and utterly based on going out in Lisbon and trying to make friends,” Madonna tells Apple Music’s Julie Adenuga. “Portugal is such a melting pot for so many different cultures—there’s a lot of people from Brazil, Angola, Spain. You can stand out on a balcony and hear some incredible voice carrying through the starlit sky, and it’s just so…

Meg Mac – Hope (Full Album) [iTunes]

Meg Mac – Hope (Full Album) [iTunes]

Released: June 7, 2019

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AURORA – A Different Kind of Human (Step II) (Full Album) [iTunes]

On her third album, Norwegian singer-songwriter and electronic producer Aurora Aksnes celebrates individual imperfection and the quest to evolve. “We have come here for you,” she chants on the title track, imagining aliens on a mothership retrieving someone too “pure” for this world so they can live in contentment. It’s at once wide-eyed science fiction and a grand metaphor worthy of Kate Bush,…

GoldLink – Diaspora (Full Album) [iTunes]

GoldLink – Diaspora (Full Album) [iTunes]

Released: June 12, 2019

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