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The former Fifth Harmony singer's ecstatic sophomore album finds her in the sway of new love with a candid pop sophistication.
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On his Mr. 305 label debut, the Miami rapper and friends deliver heady, beat-driven reggaeton and Latin rap wedded to soul, funk, and rock grooves.
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The former One Direction singer's full-length debut mines hip-hop and electronic for his pop confections.
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A cast recording of a musical of Alanis Morissette's 1995 blockbuster polishes away many of the original's quirks.
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Assortment of 1992-1997 hits and rarities that will appeal most to collectors who pick up the 7" carrying-case edition.
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The composer celebrates the adventurous and traditional facets of his music by reinterpreting his career highlights.
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The rap supergroup's third full-length of 2019 is a bit more true to life than their usual comic-inspired output.
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Dub companion to Lee "Scratch" Perry's well-received 2019 collaboration with Adrian Sherwood.
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Gift Guide
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Classical
New Classical Reviews
October, 1989
An effusively performed minor classic of Brazilian jazz fusion, percussionist Airto Moreira's 1988 album Samba de Flora found him diving into an organic mix of originals and covers alongside equally gifted collaborators including his wife vocalist Flora Purim, Argentine pianist Jorge Dalto, bassist Alphonso Johnson, percussionist Don Alias, Cuban conga player Cachete, and others. The album was originally released on the cult independent Montuno Records label, based out of the Record Mart record store located in the Times Square subway station.
1994
This classic solo debut aptly captures the feeling of a loner retreating from the noisy tension of life with others and finding solace in musical solitude. It was, in fact, recorded alone on a four-track in a basement, and there's a restless unhappiness in his fragmented stories of alienated urbanites. After that description, a reference to the definitive folk loner, Nick Drake, is inevitable -- Smith's whispery vocals, haunting melodies, and able fingerpicking deserve the comparison.
