FKA twigs' mixtape Caprisongs is NPR hip-hop and R&B editor Sheldon Pearce's top album of the year. Photo Illustration: Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption
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Pusha T's It's Almost Dry is one of NPR Music's top 20 hip-hop albums of 2022. Photo Illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR/Derek White/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
FKA Twigs' new mixtape, CAPRISONGS, tops our shortlist for the best albums out on Jan. 14. Orograph/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"I'm out here still updating and like, you have to interact with these updates," Earl Sweatshirt says. Kat Lonsdorf/NPR hide caption
Earl Sweatshirt On Resentment, Growth And Giving Yourself A Chance
Alessia Cara, performing live earlier this month in Spain, released one of our must-hear albums for Nov. 30, The Pains Of Growing. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic hide caption
Earl Sweatshirt's forthcoming LP, Some Rap Songs, is due out on Nov. 30. Mike Windle/Getty Images hide caption
Earl Sweatshirt's new single is "Nowhere2Go." There's no word yet on a new full-length. Steven Traylor/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Earl Sweatshirt in Austin, Texas, during SXSW March 21, 2015. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption
Top row, left to right: Laura Marling, Valerie June, Mike Milosh of Rhye; bottom row: Ty Segall, James Blake, Earl Sweatshirt. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Earl Sweatshirt And Vince Staples With Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Frannie Kelley
Trent Reznor (left) of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, which puts its seventh album, Hesitation Marks, out next Tuesday. Rapper Earl Sweatshirt (right) released his major label debut on Tuesday. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Juana Molina, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Earl Sweatshirt, The Goldberg Sisters (Adam Goldberg) Courtesy of the artists hide caption