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Bronx rapper T-Shyne's latest project, Confetti Nights, is on our list of the week's best new releases. 300 Entertainment/ Young Stoner Life Records hide caption
Paramore's Brand New Eyes and Tracy Chapman's Tracy Chapman are featured in our Records That Changed Our Lives series. Photo Illustration by Estefania Mitre/NPR/Getty Images hide caption
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Humble Quest, from Nashville singer Maren Morris, tops our shortlist this week of the best albums out on March 25. Harper Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
PJ Harvey's Uh Huh Her and Tiger Trap's Tiger Trap are featured in our Records That Changed Our Lives series. Photo Illustration by Estefania Mitre/NPR/Getty Images hide caption
Records That Changed Our Lives: Defying gatekeepers with 'Uh Huh Her' and Tiger Trap
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Rosalía's highly anticipated MOTOMAMI tops our shortlist of the best albums out on March 18. Daniel Sannwald/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Rex Orange County's latest release, WHO CARES?, is on NPR Music's shortlist for the best albums out on March 11. Alexandra Waespi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The Belgian singer and rapper Stromae's first new album in nearly a decade, Multitude, tops our picks for the best new albums out on March 4. Michael Ferire/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kate Bush's The Dreaming and Yoko Ono's Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band are two of the albums featured in our Records That Changed Our Lives series Photo Illustration by Estefania Mitre/NPR/Getty Images hide caption
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Robert Glasper's Black Radio III top's our shortlist for the best new albums out this week. Mancy Gant/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Khruangbin's collaboration with Leon Bridges, Texas Moon, is one of NPR Music's picks for the best new records out on Feb. 18. Pooneh Ghana/Couttesy of the artist hide caption
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Pop and R&B singer Raveena's latest, Asha's Awakening, is on our shortlist of the best albums out on Feb. 11. Furmaan Ahmed/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The 2 Chainz full-length Dope Don't Sell Itself is on our shortlist of the best albums out on Feb. 4. The Atlanta rapper says it'll be his final trap album. Wynton Harvey/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Elvis Costello's latest album with The Imposters is The Boy Named If. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Amber Mark's stunning debut, Three Dimensions Deep, is on our shortlist of the best albums out on Jan. 28. Nelson Huang/Courtesy of the artist hide caption