Compton rapper YG. His latest release, 4REAL 4REAL, is on our short list for the best new albums dropping on May 24. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Three generations of urbano hitmakers — Lanay, Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny — join together for the "Soltera (Remix)." YouTube hide caption
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Kanye West and Lil Pump as Perrier and Fiji, respectively, as Adele Givens looms overhead. Will Heath/NBC hide caption
Carly Rae Jepsen's Dedicated is on our shortlist of the best new albums out May 17. Markus & Koala/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sylvan Esso perform in Austin, Tex. in 2018. Julia Reihs/KUTX hide caption
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Jamila Woods' album Legacy! Legacy! is on our short list of the best new releases out May 10. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: mxmtoon, closeup of 75 Dollar Bill performing live, Faye Webster, cover art for Khiis Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Who's got the best pet? Clockwise from top left: American Forrest, Erin Rae & The Heartbeets, The Grackles, The Brothers Reed, TWINKIDS, Ano Bank$. YouTube hide caption
Big Thief's U.F.O.F. is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on May 3. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Otura Mun and ÌFÉ release a new song dedicated to a fallen friend. Hear that and more on this Alt.Latino playlist. Miguel Figuerora/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Weyes Blood (left), Glen Hansard and Lizzo Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Lil Nas X (left), FKA Twigs and Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend Courtesy of the artists 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
Cuco dedicated his new "Hydrocodone" music video to the memory of ourselves through time. Youtube hide caption
(Left to right) Bumbac Joe of Parlant Parlant, Divino Nino and Tatiana Hazel. Jason Bennet / Alexa Viscius / Falyn Huang & Shamis McGillin/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Cuz I Love You, from the singer Lizzo, is on our short list of the best albums out April 19. Luke Gilford/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Twanguero, Danilo Torres, and Moises Baqueiro perform onstage for NPR Alt.Latino during the 2019 SXSW Festival at Flamingo Cantina in March 2019 in Austin. Hutton Supancic/Getty Images hide caption
(From left to right) DJ Step, DJ Cut-Cuz and J-Lektro are just some of the DJs making moves in Chicago's music scene right now. Caleb Zahm / Dariusz Michael / Emily Melissa/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
(From left) Angie McMahon, MorMor and Devon Gilfillian Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Hear Lila Downs' new Peruvian cumbia classic on this week's Alt.Latino music roundup. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Titanic Rising, from the artist known as Weyes Blood, is on our short list for the best new albums out on April 5. Kathryn Vetter Miller/Courtesy of the artist hide caption