‘Only Built For Infinity Links’ review: Quavo and Takeoff can’t freshen the Migos formula

“I ain’t left off ‘Bad and Boujee,’ you think I’m left off ‘Bad and Boujee.” Dated meme aside, Takeoff not having a line in Migos’s biggest hit is the best thing that could’ve happened to the group. Not because he…

15 Female Musicians That Defined The 2010s

This decade has been blessed with one of a kind female artists who are so unapologetically themselves. Some of them we’ve grown up with, others shared a piece of their wisdom. Granting us with an abundance of divine sounds, these…

Bi-Weekly Hip Hop Roundup: “Rhythm & Flow” is Netflix’s Hidden Gem

On Wednesday, Stereogum writer Tom Breihan submitted a post for his phenomenal “Status Ain’t Hood” column-a weekly rap roundup that directly inspired what you’re reading now. In his most recent summary, Breihan compiles a range of different hip hop reality…

Album Review: Ed Sheeran: No.6 Collaborations Project

After years of writing delicate pop tunes, Ed Sheeran just wants to have fun. Gone are the days of making mathematical symbols as album titles (although maybe not; he still hasn’t made a project with the subtraction sign as the…

The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2018

For the third year in running, The Young Folks music staff has compiled a list of our Top 50 favorite albums of the year. As with last year, the list was compiled through the votes of our music staff, plus…

The Best Latin Pop singles of 2018

I’ve been a pop obsessive all my life, and I’ve always been particularly interested in its role in the cultural landscapes of certain regions of the world, favoring the most thorough, globally-conscious, production-focused perspectives on the genre. I have a…

Album Review: Rita Ora – “Phoenix”

Hardly born with the gift of a golden voice, Rita Ora will have to come up with inventive ways to sound appealing in the cutthroat business of pop music. On the opening cut here she finds one such way: the…