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NPR Music 2021 Staff Picks: Suraya Mohamed

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The Best Music Of 2021: NPR Staff Picks

NPR Music 2021 Staff Picks: Suraya Mohamed

December 16, 2021 • NPR Music's senior manager shares her favorite albums and songs of 2021.

New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On July 23

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On July 23

July 23, 2021 • Kanye West's long-awaited (and much-hyped), DONDA tops our list of the best albums out this week, along with new ones from Leon Bridges, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Ledisi and more.

New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On July 23

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Heat Check: Homecoming

March 9, 2020 • Lil Uzi Vert's audible adrenaline, Stove God Cooks' anamorphic flow, Emma-Jean Thackray's jazz shade and Megan Thee Stallion's savage sass. Heat Check doesn't let up.