The crowd dances to the music at the Dreamville Music Festival in Raleigh, N.C. Alanté Serene Millow/NPR hide caption
Ari Lennox ENTER TEASER
Ari Lennox
Amber Mark's Three Dimensions Deep is one of NPR Music's top 20 R&B albums of 2022. Photo Illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR/Scott Dudelson/Getty Images hide caption
The new album out this week from Ari Lennox is age/sex/location. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Coming 2 America - Sounds of Zamunda perform a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
Ari Lennox plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Ben de la Cruz/NPR). Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Summer doesn't last forever, but it's always summer if you have roséwave in your heart. Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption
"I just feel like that kind of just followed me all throughout my life. I've always kind of been slept on a bit," Ari Lennox says. Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR hide caption
J. Cole and his Dreamville label wanted to invite as many artists as possible to connect and create on the album Revenge of the Dreamers III. Tabatha Fireman/Getty Images hide caption
Carly Rae Jepsen. Her song "Too Much," from her fourth full-length, Dedicated, is on our list of the best tracks out in May. Markus & Koala/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tyler, The Creator. His latest album, IGOR is on our list of the best albums out in May. Sam Rock/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals perform at 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 19, 2019. .Paak's single "Make Me Better" featuring Smokey Robinson is featured on this month's Heavy Rotation. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption