Burna Boy's I Told Them... tops our shortlist for the best new albums out on Aug. 25. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption

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Immanuel Wilkins' album The 7th Hand tops WRTI editorial director Nate Chinen's album list this year. Courtesy of Blue Note Records/NPR hide caption
Danger Mouse (right) & Black Thought (left) Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Danger Mouse & Black Thought on World Cafe
Black Thought and producer Danger Mouse define a new lane for the rapper on the collaborative album Cheat Codes. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bella Poarch's debut EP Dolls is on our shortlist of the best releases out on Aug. 12. Marcelo Cantu hide caption
Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker (left), Karen O (center) and Freddie Gibbs Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Danger Mouse (left) and Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O (right) Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Karen O And Danger Mouse On World Cafe
Danger Mouse and Karen O. have combined forces for the album Lux Prima. Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Danger Mouse (left) and Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O collaborated on Lux Prima, one of the albums on our short list for the best new releases out March 15. Eliot Lee Hazel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Strand of Oaks' newest folk track is one of 10 songs on this month's Heavy Rotation. Alysee Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Brian Burton and Sam Cohen, musical creators for 'Resistance Radio' Ebru Yildiz/Ebru Yildiz hide caption
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. as part of the birthday celebration for Big Tony of Trouble Funk. Kyle Gustafson/Washington Post/Getty images hide caption
Left to right: Danger Mouse, Norah Jones, Daniele Luppi and Jack White, whose collaborative Western album is titled Rome. Frank Ockenfels/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Laurel Sprengelmeyer of Little Scream (left); Daniele Luppi, Norah Jones, Danger Mouse and Jack White of the Rome project (top right); Ben Sollee (bottom right). Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Italian composer Daniele Luppi (left) and Danger Mouse during recording sessions for their new album Rome. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption